Project Controls Support (B025_FY23-Q07)

Cameo Consulting Group•Richland, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Cameo Consulting Group, LLC a management consulting practice based out of Alexandria, VA, is seeking multiple Senior and Mid-Level Project Management Consultant to support onsite at the Department of Energy in Richland, WA. GENERAL DUTIES: Mid-Level Project Management Consultant Duties: Participate in weekly interface meeting with AMMS Task Monitor to review progress and/or discuss efforts and priorities. Other AMMS sub-organizations or customers may require separate meetings for work planning and progress status. Expert-level analysis will be required to consolidate and document the program and project work scope from multiple sources, maintain operational awareness of the capital planning and investment control processes; and reconcile the Integrated Investment Portfolio/Reliability Project Investment Portfolio (IIP/RPIP), RL budget formulation and execution. Products/Expectations include: WBS/WBS Dictionary – Expectation: captures and reconciles budget, IIP/RPIP, RL external independent review (EIR) Baseline and Contractor baselines. Integrated facilities and infrastructure budget crosscut and Exhibit 300s – Expectation: complies with HQ process and deliverable requirements and milestones. Baseline Change Management – Expectation: implements the WBS in the RL and Contractor baselines. Expert-level analysis will also be essential to monitoring and control the investment execution as well as defining and documenting performance incentives, as well as periodic status and performance assessments. Expectations include: Performance Metrics – Expectation: documents and implements the earned value outcome indicators whereby project success will be recognized. Performance Incentives – Expectation: document the completion criteria and fee agreements associated with strategic and high priority work scope to include including performance evaluation. Performance Reports – Expectation: documents weekly monthly and quarterly status reviews and assessments. Assist with monitoring and analyzing performance using Earned Value Management and other performance management principles to ensure resources are being utilized effectively. Recognize and report adverse trends to respective Federal staff to help ensure baseline progress schedules are met. Integrate monthly variance analyses through workbook and meetings with input from the contractors and the RL Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for inclusion in routine reporting such as Integrated Planning Accountability and Budgeting System (IPABs Project Analysis Reporting System 2 (PARS 2). Support the Federal staff in preparing for program and project reviews and/or other draft presentations to RL Management, Headquarters (HQ) Management, and external parties, etc. Provide scheduling support. Maintain performance data files. Assist with reviews of invoices, baseline submittals, and other contractor change packages. Provide support in review and analysis of Independent Government Estimates. Assist with baseline reviews, HQ Peer Reviews, and other reviews as required. This includes recommendations and assessments of technical and non-technical project issues. Assist with evaluation and review of statements of work and work scope strategy for appropriateness and accuracy. Evaluate and review project and program risks to assure currency of risk reports and risk management planning. Evaluate current schedule data and analyze the Critical Path schedules. Assist with integrated budget request and lifecycle planning. Expert-level analysis will be applied to the production and maintenance of all required program and project documentation. Products/Expectations comply with DOE O 413.3 and include: Program and Project Execution Plans – Expectation: documents project objectives, funding profiles, requirements, performance parameters, management approach and R2A2s. Program and Project Risk Management Plans – Expectations: documents program and project risks and risk handling strategies. Risk Register/updates – Expectations: maintains inventory of program and project risks with their likelihood of occurrence, impacts and dispositions. Contract Performance Baselines and Performance Measurement Baselines – Expectations: documents the integration of the scope definition and the labor, material and other resource cost estimates with the performance to planned performance and using the following tools; Scope, Cost, and Schedule Baseline Deviations – Expectation: documents the scope, cost and schedule factors, their impacts and their remedies when actual performance and planned performance vary significantly. Issue Management Process – Expectation: documents the process whereby internal and external elements with the potential to impact the project are identified, documented and dispositioned. Issue/Change/Contingency etc. Logs – Expectation: provides a convenient record of core information associated with issues, changes, contingency use and other transactions affecting the project. Senior Project Management Consultant Duties: Participate in weekly interface meeting with AMMS Task Monitor to review progress and/or discuss potential realignment of efforts and priorities where required. Support the Hanford Invoice Review and Approval Process workflow automation tool and data repository; act as the primary system administrator; coordinate with Hanford clients and HMESC developers to ensure the invoice review process supports the whole of Hanford prime contractors; provide training to all process users. Support AMMS system integration activities to ensure Microsoft Power Apps, SharePoint, the Integrated Document Management System are seamlessly joined to optimize the user experience across Hanford; maintain the AMMS SharePoint libraries, including general information, task order development, contractor fee evaluations and Contractor Performance and Reporting System input repositories. Modernize our business operations toolkit developed in Power BI and SQL using Python, SQL, and other various. programming languages as directed. Collaborate to help automate systems and other operational tasks. Move big data with the ability to identify and resolve problems associated with production workflows. Support AMMS performance and funding analysis for the AMMS investment portfolio: Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract Site-Wide Services, Infrastructure Reliability Projects, & Usage-Based Services; RL Directed Contracts, GSSC, & Service Assessments; automate and publish monthly portfolio health reports. Support analyses over the course of the period of performance, including consolidation of data, analysis of performance data, trending, variance analysis, etc. on a schedule determined to satisfy the needs of AMMS customers/stakeholders. Support quarterly HQ performance reviews, annual briefing to Regulators, RL Quarterly FPD and Contractor Quarterly Reviews, AMMS Monthly Project Performance Report, Ad Hoc requests from RL management and HQ, and the collating, review, and provision to HQ of Operations Activities information. Provide cross-functional support to other RL organizations in areas of budget formulation and planning, fiscal year execution, funds management, Integrated Priority List (Red/Blue Chart) development and the related briefing materials and responses to Headquarters, Regulator, or other inquiries. Support Budget Formulation & Execution, Planning & MINSAFE reviews, and updates to Prime Contractor Contract Baseline Alignment Guidance (CBAG). Support maintaining a life-cycle Work Breakdown Structure for the Hanford portfolio. Support the processes involved with the extraction and import of MII Cost Estimating data to Primavera, along with the associated quality control and merging planning and performance data, as well as monthly Earned Value Management System data. Additional database support may be required for supporting improvements to the Primavera platform for Global RL code updates, inclusion of waste information, etc. Support AMMS in development, configuration control, and distribution of communication artifacts, including wall charts, portals and databases associated with requirements, progress, etc. Support assessments of functions and processes related to reporting systems, such as Integrated Planning, Accountability, and Budgeting System (IPABS), Project Assessment and Reporting System (PARS), Hanford Contract Alignment Board (HCAB), Budget Formulation & Execution, as well as associated corrective actions. Support coordination and internal interface of requested information to support audits of Environmental Liabilities. Support RL in responding to DOE-Headquarters (HQ) requests and other reviews, such as External Independent Reviews (EIRs) and Internal Project Reviews (IPRs) Support independent project assessments or other reviews to enable AMMS and/or other RL leaders to arrive at comprehensive, defensible, and credible determinations about project progress, potential impediments to progress, and recommendations for either improvement or additional review. Utilize RL process documentation requirements, including DOE Procedure Management System (DPMS) procedures, Government Accountability Office (GAO) requirements, desktop guides, etc. Support performance and funding analysis for Site Wide Services and Other Hanford Support, GSSC, and Service Assessments.

Requirements

8 years’ relevant experience.
Experience with Hanford mission support activities and familiarity with the site mission, activities, and priorities, preferred.
Proficiency in DOE Budgeting, Cost & Schedule Estimating, Contract and Baseline Performance processes, preferred.
Experience in Resource Planning & Allocation and Business Management Practices.
Experience in analysis, tracking, monitoring, assessment, review and coordination.
Experience in communication and interface skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, & Outlook.
Proficiency with reporting systems utilized at RL and HQ, preferred.
Experience in program and project management practices, policies, and procedures.
Experience in program and project Risk Identification, Mitigation and Management.
Experience in estimating and scheduling practices and tools such as P6.
Experience in oversight of prime contractor baseline planning, including scope definition, schedules, cost estimates, performance reporting, and earned value analysis.
Proficiency in review of change packages, evaluation of cost estimates and assessment of supporting back-up documentation.
Proficiency with contractor performance evaluation including verification of scope completion, schedule variance analysis, and cost variance analysis.
US. Citizenship.
BS/MS degree in Computer Science, relevant technical field of study, or in lieu of degree, relevant work experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.
10 years of relevant experience.
Expertise related to Hanford mission support activities and familiarity with the Hanford Site mission, activities, and priorities, preferred.
Proficiency in Budgeting, Cost & Schedule Estimating, Contract and Baseline Performance processes.
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and programming patterns
Proficiency in analysis, tracking, monitoring, assessment, review, and coordination.
Proficiency with SQL programming language, and SQL reporting.
Proficiency with Oracle.
Proficiency with the Python programming language.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI.
Proficiency with Microsoft Power Apps.
Understanding of APIs and how to consume them.
Expertise in program and project management practices, policies, and procedures.
Proficiency with Node.JS, ReactJS, and JavaScript.
Proficiency in estimating and scheduling practices and tools such as P6.
Proficiency in oversight of contractor baseline planning, including scope definition, schedules, cost estimates, performance reporting, and earned value analysis.
Proficiency in review of change packages, evaluation of cost estimates and assessment of supporting back-up documentation.
Proficiency with contractor performance evaluation including verification of scope completion, schedule variance analysis, and cost variance analysis.
Ability to independently perform multiple tasks with dynamic priorities and pivot to new tasks quickly.
Must be able to maintain security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required).

Nice To Haves

Positive attitude
Critical thinking skills
Accountable for actions
Excellent communication and writing skills
Ability to work independently AND work as a team member
Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, and challenging environment.

Responsibilities

Participate in weekly interface meeting with AMMS Task Monitor to review progress and/or discuss efforts and priorities.
Consolidate and document the program and project work scope from multiple sources
Maintain operational awareness of the capital planning and investment control processes
Reconcile the Integrated Investment Portfolio/Reliability Project Investment Portfolio (IIP/RPIP), RL budget formulation and execution
Monitor and control the investment execution
Define and document performance incentives, as well as periodic status and performance assessments
Assist with monitoring and analyzing performance using Earned Value Management and other performance management principles to ensure resources are being utilized effectively
Recognize and report adverse trends to respective Federal staff to help ensure baseline progress schedules are met
Integrate monthly variance analyses through workbook and meetings with input from the contractors and the RL Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for inclusion in routine reporting such as Integrated Planning Accountability and Budgeting System (IPABs Project Analysis Reporting System 2 (PARS 2)
Support the Federal staff in preparing for program and project reviews and/or other draft presentations to RL Management, Headquarters (HQ) Management, and external parties, etc
Provide scheduling support
Maintain performance data files
Assist with reviews of invoices, baseline submittals, and other contractor change packages
Provide support in review and analysis of Independent Government Estimates
Assist with baseline reviews, HQ Peer Reviews, and other reviews as required
Assist with evaluation and review of statements of work and work scope strategy for appropriateness and accuracy
Evaluate and review project and program risks to assure currency of risk reports and risk management planning
Evaluate current schedule data and analyze the Critical Path schedules
Assist with integrated budget request and lifecycle planning
Production and maintenance of all required program and project documentation
Support the Hanford Invoice Review and Approval Process workflow automation tool and data repository
Act as the primary system administrator
Coordinate with Hanford clients and HMESC developers to ensure the invoice review process supports the whole of Hanford prime contractors
Provide training to all process users
Support AMMS system integration activities to ensure Microsoft Power Apps, SharePoint, the Integrated Document Management System are seamlessly joined to optimize the user experience across Hanford
Maintain the AMMS SharePoint libraries, including general information, task order development, contractor fee evaluations and Contractor Performance and Reporting System input repositories
Modernize our business operations toolkit developed in Power BI and SQL using Python, SQL, and other various. programming languages as directed
Collaborate to help automate systems and other operational tasks
Move big data with the ability to identify and resolve problems associated with production workflows
Support AMMS performance and funding analysis for the AMMS investment portfolio: Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract Site-Wide Services, Infrastructure Reliability Projects, & Usage-Based Services; RL Directed Contracts, GSSC, & Service Assessments; automate and publish monthly portfolio health reports
Support analyses over the course of the period of performance, including consolidation of data, analysis of performance data, trending, variance analysis, etc. on a schedule determined to satisfy the needs of AMMS customers/stakeholders
Support quarterly HQ performance reviews, annual briefing to Regulators, RL Quarterly FPD and Contractor Quarterly Reviews, AMMS Monthly Project Performance Report, Ad Hoc requests from RL management and HQ, and the collating, review, and provision to HQ of Operations Activities information
Provide cross-functional support to other RL organizations in areas of budget formulation and planning, fiscal year execution, funds management, Integrated Priority List (Red/Blue Chart) development and the related briefing materials and responses to Headquarters, Regulator, or other inquiries
Support Budget Formulation & Execution, Planning & MINSAFE reviews, and updates to Prime Contractor Contract Baseline Alignment Guidance (CBAG)
Support maintaining a life-cycle Work Breakdown Structure for the Hanford portfolio
Support the processes involved with the extraction and import of MII Cost Estimating data to Primavera, along with the associated quality control and merging planning and performance data, as well as monthly Earned Value Management System data
Support AMMS in development, configuration control, and distribution of communication artifacts, including wall charts, portals and databases associated with requirements, progress, etc
Support assessments of functions and processes related to reporting systems, such as Integrated Planning, Accountability, and Budgeting System (IPABS), Project Assessment and Reporting System (PARS), Hanford Contract Alignment Board (HCAB), Budget Formulation & Execution, as well as associated corrective actions
Support coordination and internal interface of requested information to support audits of Environmental Liabilities
Support RL in responding to DOE-Headquarters (HQ) requests and other reviews, such as External Independent Reviews (EIRs) and Internal Project Reviews (IPRs)
Support independent project assessments or other reviews to enable AMMS and/or other RL leaders to arrive at comprehensive, defensible, and credible determinations about project progress, potential impediments to progress, and recommendations for either improvement or additional review
Utilize RL process documentation requirements, including DOE Procedure Management System (DPMS) procedures, Government Accountability Office (GAO) requirements, desktop guides, etc
Support performance and funding analysis for Site Wide Services and Other Hanford Support, GSSC, and Service Assessments