Project Controls Specialist

Strategic Management Solutions.•Oak Ridge, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to work at its Oak Ridge, Tennessee office in support of a local contract. The position supports and maintains the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and overall Project Controls System to enable effective project planning, scheduling, cost management, and performance monitoring. It includes cost estimating, analysis, and control, as well as developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules to support successful execution and achievement of performance objectives. The role may provide technical direction and supervision for cost engineering and planning/scheduling work, identify cost and schedule trends for management, and prepare or review cost engineering and planning deliverables. It supports project organizational and administrative activities and handles cost engineering, cost analysis and control, and planning and scheduling for projects or proposals with significant, non-routine, or technically demanding requirements. The specialist is expected to use broad expertise and independent judgment, develop advanced concepts and standards, and provide creative solutions to complex issues while working under consultative direction toward long-range targets. The position requires experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis, and cost engineering functions, including estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis. It also involves knowledge of personnel supervision, administration, and training; financial reporting systems and controller account codes; and project-controls-related controller instructions. For positions that also serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM), subject matter expertise and proven experience in project controls or project management, budgets, scheduling, corrective actions, status reporting, and relevant engineering functions are required. Expert knowledge of EVMS tools and processes is specified.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
A valid Real ID for onboarding purposes.
At least 5 years of related project controls experience.
Bachelor's degree or higher, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis.
Experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis.
Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel.
Oral and written communication skills.
Proficiency with personal computer operating systems and several basic software applications.
Proficiency with multiple discipline-specific software applications currently in use.
Knowledge of financial report systems and controller account codes, and understanding of controller instructions that affect project controls, including project financial status reports and earned revenue determination data.
Intermediate understanding of general project controls technical skills.
Knowledge of engineering and/or construction management acquired through specialized instruction or practical experience.
Expert-level knowledge of EVMS tools and processes.
For positions also serving as a Control Account Manager (CAM): subject matter expertise and proven experience with project controls and/or project management; project budgets, cost estimating, cost control and cost analysis; project scheduling; corrective actions; detailed and accurate status reports; and engineering functions and principles needed to understand, implement, and monitor technical projects.

Responsibilities

Support the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Project Controls System.
Perform cost estimating, analysis, and control activities.
As delegated, supervise and provide technical direction for cost engineering and/or planning and scheduling activities.
Identify cost and schedule trends for management attention.
Supervise schedule development, maintenance, and monitoring activities.
Supervise cost engineering analysis and control activities.
Prepare, review, or supervise preparation and presentation of cost engineering and planning activities.
Support project organizational and administrative activities.
Perform cost engineering, cost analysis and control, planning, and scheduling for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for discipline, project, or proposal activities requiring substantial technical skill and experience.
Provide cost engineering and schedule guidance and identify, analyze, and develop innovative solutions for projects.
Ensure work is completed as scheduled.
For positions serving as a Control Account Manager (CAM), manage or support project budgets, scheduling, corrective actions, detailed status reporting, and implementation and monitoring of technical projects.