Senior Project Controls Specialist

Key responsibilities

• Apply senior-level project controls expertise in core competency areas, mostly scheduling, cost forecasting, variance analysis, change control management, and governance/procedural compliance
• Partner with cross-functional teams across project execution, project controls, and ensure accurate, consistent and on time reporting
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for reporting tools, data aggregation, analysis, and performance metrics
• Lead the development, assembly, validation, distribution, and archiving of monthly and project performance reports
• Lead development and generation of daily, weekly, monthly and project controls reports, including gathering, verifying, validating and analyzing data
• Oversee project-level change control and track changes to project scope, schedule and cost baseline in compliance with internal governance standards
• Oversee project controls benchmarking and self-assessment initiatives, identifying improvement opportunities and best practices
• Demonstrate senior-level knowledge of project schedules, cost estimates, variance analysis, earned value and critical path analyses
• Collaborate with Estimators and Project Controls Analysts to establish effective cost controls management baselines
• Maintain effective relationships with key team members and stakeholders, supporting resolution of quality issues

Requirements – education & experience

• 4 year degree in business, finance, project management, engineering, technical, or equivalent and 5+ years of prior work related experience OR 9+ years of related experience in lieu of degree
• Proficiency and expertise with project management and project controls concepts, computer applications, and analytics
• Strong collaborative team member with strong analytical background and communication skills

Required skills

• High level of technical proficiency with Excel
• Strong analytical judgment and questioning attitude
• Able to interpret project information into project schedules and cost forecasts
• Able to perform root cause analysis and articulate findings to leadership

Nice-to-have / preferred skills

• Masters degree in business, finance, project management, or equivalent
• PMI or AACE certification (PMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, AACE-CCC, AACE-PSP, AACE-CEP, AACE-EVP)
• Experience with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Project Management Office (PMO), Business Intelligence (BI) tools, and reporting dashboards
• Software proficiency: Ecosys, advanced MS Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, slicers), MS Office Suite, MS Power BI, MS Project Server, Oracle Primavera P6, Power Plan, Maximo
• Risk management tools such as SWORDE

Employment details – type, location, hours

Hybrid: 3 days onsite with occasional site visits encouraged. Some travel required for occasional field trips to project sites and annual business unit workshops (approximately 10%).