Project Controls Specialist

WSP•Houston, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our Project Controls team in Houston, TX. This is a hybrid role. Your Impact Job Duties: Responsible for schedule management to support energy projects. Establish baseline schedule: durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms. Responsible for updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for major programs. On monthly basis, review and integrate contractor schedules into the program master schedule Act as the lead to manage scheduling team for the project Organize and chair monthly schedule review meeting with client team Chair bi-weekly schedule update calls with different discipline leads Develop and update project progress monthly. Review subcontractor’s schedules and monitor their performance. Perform Earned Value analysis reports Schedule Change Management. Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of the impacts of potential delays and provide recommendations for schedule recovery. Assess and provide recommendations to resolve scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience in developing and managing project schedules.
Civil infrastructure or energy/transmission distribution market experience.
Experience supporting large mega projects
Experienced with critical path method analysis/technique with Primavera.
Project financial forecasting skills.
Change Order and Extension of Time analysis.
Experience working with cross-functional teams.
Experience working within large and challenging client programs with one or more project teams.
Effective reporting and communication skills.
Experience in preparing project reports and documentation.
Building construction and or project management experience
Team player and Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

Responsible for schedule management to support energy projects.
Establish baseline schedule: durations, critical path, logic, resources, costs, cost curves, resource histograms.
Responsible for updating and analyzing detailed execution schedules for major programs.
Review and integrate contractor schedules into the program master schedule
Act as the lead to manage scheduling team for the project
Organize and chair monthly schedule review meeting with client team
Chair bi-weekly schedule update calls with different discipline leads
Develop and update project progress monthly.
Review subcontractor’s schedules and monitor their performance.
Perform Earned Value analysis reports
Perform time impact analyses (TIA) to determine the extent of the impacts of potential delays and provide recommendations for schedule recovery.
Assess and provide recommendations to resolve scope changes or delays to the Project Team and Executive Management.