Project Controls Estimating

COMPA Industries•Aiken, SC

17h•$110 - $120•Onsite

About The Position

COMPA Industries is searching for qualified candidates for an onsite Principal Business Analyst – Project Controls Estimating position supporting the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility and NNSA Capital Projects mission at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The Principal Business Analyst – Project Controls Estimating will provide senior-level project-controls, estimating, scheduling, and financial-analysis support for complex NNSA capital projects at the Savannah River Site. This position is responsible for the organization, development, implementation, maintenance, and accountability of project-control, financial-analysis, scheduling, and estimating applications used to manage cost, schedule, funding, forecasting, and financial performance throughout the lifecycle of highly complex or unique projects and programs. The selected candidate will work under very limited supervision and serve as a key interface among project management, engineering, construction, procurement, scheduling, estimating, operations, maintenance, and financial organizations. The position will support the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility and assist the NNSA Capital Projects mission through comprehensive evaluation of project scopes, cost estimating, scheduling, management planning, and development of procedures and processes that support integration with engineering and procurement functions.

Requirements

Master’s degree in business, construction management, engineering, a technical discipline, or a related area and at least five years of practical experience.
Bachelor’s degree in business, construction management, engineering, a technical discipline, or a related area and at least seven years of practical experience.
Associate degree and at least 11 years of practical experience.
High school diploma and at least 15 years of relevant experience.
A minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, construction, operations, estimating, scheduling, project controls, proposal development, project management, or a combination of these disciplines.
At least five years of experience demonstrating knowledge of the applicable subject-matter area.
Experience reviewing work for completeness against project specifications and scope definitions.
Expert proficiency in automated accounting, cost-management, scheduling, and estimating systems.
Comprehensive knowledge of project management.
Comprehensive knowledge of tactical-level cost and schedule control.
Knowledge of operations, maintenance, project startup, or construction.
Experience developing cost estimates, schedules, forecasts, spend plans, and project-control documentation.
Experience identifying cost and schedule variances and recommending corrective actions.
Strong computer and data-analysis skills.
Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The ability to work independently under very limited supervision.
The ability to communicate complex estimating, scheduling, financial, and project-control information to management.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Project management.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Project controls.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Cost estimating.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Planning and scheduling.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Tactical-level cost and schedule control.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Cost and schedule baseline development.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Work breakdown structure development.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Forecasting and spend-plan development.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Financial analysis.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Variance analysis.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Change management.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Resource planning.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Construction and project-startup interfaces.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Operations and maintenance interfaces.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Automated accounting systems.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Automated cost-management systems.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Automated scheduling systems.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Automated estimating systems.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Project specifications and scope-definition requirements.
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Technical, organizational, and financial reporting.
U.S. Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

An active DOE L or Q clearance held within the previous two years.
Working knowledge of Success Estimating software.
Experience supporting DOE, NNSA, Department of Defense, nuclear, or other highly regulated capital projects.
Previous Savannah River Site experience.
Experience supporting the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility.
Experience with PeopleSoft or comparable enterprise financial systems.
Knowledge of DOE critical-decision processes and deliverable requirements.
Experience preparing Bases of Estimate, Bases of Schedule, and work breakdown structure dictionaries.
Experience supporting Independent Cost Estimates or External Independent Reviews.
Experience with risk-informed scheduling.
Experience with constructability, maintainability, operability, startup, or commissioning reviews.
Experience with Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulation principles.
The ability to develop and maintain complex cost and schedule baselines.
The ability to evaluate project scopes and identify missing or incomplete requirements.
The ability to develop labor, material, equipment, subcontract, and other-than-labor estimates.
The ability to provide schedulers with activity sequencing, duration, logic, and resource input.
The ability to develop risk-informed schedules.
The ability to prepare and review Bases of Estimate and Bases of Schedule.
The ability to analyze project performance and recommend corrective actions.
The ability to coordinate effectively with engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and project controls.
The ability to present complex financial and project-control information to senior management.
The ability to lead projects and technical activities with minimal direction.
The ability to train and mentor project-controls personnel.
The ability to review work for completeness, quality, and compliance.

Responsibilities

Organize, develop, implement, maintain, and manage project-control, financial-analysis, scheduling, and estimating systems.
Prepare business and financial plans, forecasts, spend plans, and periodic or ad hoc management reports.
Develop and maintain cost and schedule baselines, milestone schedules, work breakdown structures, spend plans, and resource forecasts.
Establish effective utilization plans for equipment, labor, funding, facilities, and other project resources.
Apply advanced project-control concepts and provide technical leadership in the development of complex project-control applications.
Guide project-controls personnel in multi-project integrated analysis, problem identification, and corrective-action development.
Participate in project cost reviews, schedule reviews, estimate reviews, and management meetings.
Develop and implement change-management processes for engineering and construction work.
Analyze cost and schedule performance against approved plans and baselines.
Identify the causes of cost and schedule variances and communicate recommended mitigation strategies to management.
Perform variance analysis, statistical analysis, scenario analysis, trend analysis, and other financial evaluations.
Prepare comprehensive monthly financial reports, forecasts, analyses, and spend plans.
Evaluate funding limitations and recommend appropriate project cost controls.
Identify productivity, financial, and business-process issues.
Develop integrated financial controls and cost-effective processes that improve productivity.
Develop costing rates and explain rate structures during the budget process.
Maintain applicable costing rates in PeopleSoft.
Analyze assigned overhead and service-pool variances.
Define requirements and develop models for complex business and financial systems.
Develop test plans and scenarios for system enhancements.
Oversee implementation of system improvements and monitor system effectiveness.
Initiate and direct special studies addressing complex business and project-performance issues.
Translate senior-management concepts and strategic objectives into executable operating plans.
Assemble, analyze, and interpret complex project, financial, estimating, and scheduling information.
Develop innovative solutions to complex project-control and business issues.
Provide leadership, technical direction, training, and mentoring to project-controls personnel.
Apply applicable Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulation principles.
Review work for completeness and compliance with project specifications and scope definitions.
Provide guidance to management regarding classification requirements and compliance.
Provide guidance regarding DOE critical-decision processes and required deliverable formats.
Review and provide input to specifications for engineered equipment and subcontracts.
Review and provide input regarding labor and other-than-labor resources required to execute project scope.
Provide schedulers with input regarding sequence, duration, logic, dependencies, and resource requirements.
Provide management with input regarding risk-informed schedules used to establish milestones and performance-based incentives.
Provide engineering, estimating, and scheduling organizations with constructability, maintainability, operability, startup, and commissioning input.
Provide input to technical writers preparing Bases of Estimate, Bases of Schedule, and work breakdown structure dictionaries.
Maintain effective coordination among project management, engineering, procurement, estimating, scheduling, construction, and operations organizations.