Senior Project Controls Engineer

Baker Construction•Matthews, NC

19h

About The Position

Baker Power & Process is seeking a Senior Project Controls Engineer to support multiple construction projects. The role works with clients and project delivery teams to develop cost and schedule baselines; collect and analyze monthly progress; analyze project variances; integrate information into project financial forecasts; and report results in standard formats to appropriate levels. The position also supports implementation of financial controls, procedures, systems, and forecasting techniques, and interfaces with project team members and management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as engineering, construction, or business, or equivalent work experience.
In-depth knowledge and experience in power and industrial engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) project controls practices and methods.
Experience using Primavera (P6).
Ability to define initial schedule activity durations for review with construction management.
Advanced understanding of project controls, scheduling, and earned value management systems and principles.
Intermediate to advanced understanding of project management.
Advanced proficiency with the Microsoft Office software suite.
Exceptional communication, teamwork, and influencing skills to foster a collaborative, continuous-improvement environment.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks, including parallel project-controls support for new work and projects under execution.

Responsibilities

Complete routine project control assignments with minimal oversight.
Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated critical path schedules for major projects in accordance with contract specifications.
Develop and document project planning considerations, objectives, scope, and milestones for incorporation into schedules.
Gather progress information from project managers and team members to update and monitor projects.
Evaluate and update schedule dates, physical percent complete, resource requirements, subcontractor commitments, and project accruals.
Review schedule progress and resource productivity.
Develop time-phased project cost and resource forecasts; validate project costs and update requirements as needed.
Monitor project deliverables and actual expenditures against forecasts.
Conduct performance reporting for major projects using Earned Value Management.
Conduct financial analyses, including variance, risk, and profit/loss analyses.
Document and assess the impact of project changes on cost and schedule baselines.
Generate and analyze earned value reports and discuss observations with the project manager.
Prepare client and internal status reports communicating cost status and documenting trends.