Project Controls Specialist

Pelican Energy Consultants•Covington, LA

About The Position

As a Project Controls Specialist, you will be responsible for the scheduling, project cost, and reporting across a portfolio of Engineering Projects. Ensuring the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of projects schedules, actual cost, and cost forecasting. Support long term manpower planning. Implement project control processes and procedures to assure consistency across projects and teams. Monitor schedule and cost across the company to assure teams meet process and procedural requirements. You’ll be responsible for creating and maintaining resource-loaded schedules, managing risks, and supporting project managers through effective project controls. Your expertise in Primavera P6 software will be essential to delivering engineering projects on time and within scope. Direct interface with Project Managers, lead project engineering and design teams. Develop and strengthen relationships with client Project Controls Personnel.

Requirements

4-year degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required
0 - 10 years related experience in Project Controls
Expertise in modern scheduling and cost tools
MS Office Suite (MS Work, MS Excel, etc)
Bluebeam / Adobe
MS Windows
Primavera P6
Good Written Communication and Oral Skills
Detail Oriented
Dependable
Technical Aptitude
Good Organizational Skills
Quick Learner
Self-Learner
Good Integrity
Good collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

Primavera and PMI Scheduling Professional certifications preferred

Responsibilities

Ensure the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of projects schedules, actual cost, and cost forecasting.
Support long term manpower planning.
Implement project control processes and procedures to assure consistency across projects and teams.
Monitor schedule and cost across the company to assure teams meet process and procedural requirements.
Create and maintain resource-loaded schedules.
Manage risks.
Support project managers through effective project controls.
Direct interface with Project Managers, lead project engineering and design teams.
Develop and strengthen relationships with client Project Controls Personnel.
Meet with the proposal manager and ensure full understanding of stakeholder expectations, scope of work, deliverables and develop a schedule to support the required proposal requirements.
Meet with the project manager and ensure full understanding of stakeholder expectations, scope of work, deliverables and develop a schedule to support the project requirements.
Ensure engineering design-leads develop execution plans and update the project controls systems.
Validate execution plans.
Train and Develop Project Controls staff to accomplish project controls requirements.
Review and Update Schedule, Budget, and Forecast.
Monitor and control change.
Ensure execution plans are updated when approval of change in scope, schedule, quality, or deliverables is received.
Track Project Progress and issue updated schedule to Project Manager Bi-weekly highlighting issues and schedule slips.
Maintain the appropriate level of communication with Management.
Ensure project team follows company Project Controls policies and procedures.