Senior Project Control Specialist

Work Location: Aiken, SC

About the Role

Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking a Senior Project Control Specialist to support the Savannah River Site. This role involves the organization, development, implementation, maintenance, and accountability of total project controls, financial analysis, or estimating applications. The specialist will provide management with the capability to maintain planning, scheduling, financial analysis, and cost control throughout the life cycle of complex or unique projects.

Responsibilities

• Perform highly complex Project Control activities and/or supervise the overall Controls effort for a project or assignment.
• Plan and execute Project Controls requirements, including developing, implementing, and directing the total Project Controls program on projects/major work scopes.
• Demonstrate creative ability and knowledge in developing project baseline plans, milestone schedules, breakdown structures, and spend plans to optimize resource and facility utilization (equipment, manpower, and funding).
• Innovate new project control concepts using personal expertise and leadership in project control, including advanced system applications.
• Provide state-of-the-art technical project control expertise to guide subordinates in developing highly complex multi-project integrated area project analysis and problem correction.
• Analyze variances in cost and schedule performance against the plan and communicate reasons for variances and proposed mitigation plans to management.
• Maintain working knowledge of the functionality of Site Business systems.
• Provide technical and administrative direction, coordination, evaluation, training, and coaching to a team of Project Controls specialists.
• Perform personnel performance evaluations and counseling; assist in personnel selection and training.
• Develop and deliver training programs in Project Controls systems and methods.
• Prepare and present financial information in appropriate formats to senior SRNS management.
• Lead project cost reviews and schedule meetings.
• Walkdown and interface with personnel and systems in the field as required.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering, or a related area and five years of practical experience in project controls (cost and schedule control); OR
• Bachelor’s degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering, or a related area and seven years of practical experience in project controls; OR
• Associate’s degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering, or a related area and eleven years of practical experience in project controls; OR
• High school diploma and fifteen years of practical experience in project controls.
• Proficient ability and knowledge in developing cost and schedule baselines, milestone schedules, work breakdown structures, and spend plans.
• Strong knowledge of DOE 413 and Earned Value Management (EVM) requirements.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 scheduling software and cost processing software.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office software suite.
• Strong problem-solving, analysis, and interpersonal skills, as well as oral and written communication skills.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE “L” clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to use Acumen Fuse, PeopleSoft, and Oracle’s OBIEE.
• Advanced proficiency in cost processing software.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salaries.
• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance.
• Pre- and post-tax 401(k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning on day one.