Senior Project Controls Specialist

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC.•Oak Ridge, TN

About The Position

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) provides management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private-sector clients. SMSI is seeking a Project Controls Specialist for its Oak Ridge, Tennessee office to support a local contract. The position supports and maintains the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and overall Project Controls System, including 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 project execution and performance objectives. The role involves advanced project controls work on projects with significant or non-routine requirements, including providing technical direction and supervision for cost engineering and planning/scheduling activities. The specialist works with broad expertise and substantial independence, developing advanced concepts and standards, identifying and resolving complex issues, and contributing to project and organizational objectives. The role may also serve as a Control Account Manager (CAM), for which subject matter expertise in project controls, project management, budgets, scheduling, corrective actions, status reporting, engineering principles, and EVMS tools and processes is required.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
A valid Real ID for onboarding.
A minimum of 10 years of related project controls experience.
A 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 with cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis, in field and home-office settings.
Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel.
Oral and written communication skills.
Proficiency with personal computer operating systems, basic software applications, and multiple discipline-specific software applications.
Knowledge of financial reporting systems and controller account codes, and understanding of controller instructions affecting 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 in project controls and/or project management; project budgets, including cost estimating, cost control, and cost analysis; project scheduling; corrective actions; detailed and accurate status reporting; and engineering functions and principles needed to 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 planning/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 the 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, and proposal activities requiring substantial technical skill and experience.
Identify, analyze, and provide innovative solutions and guidance for cost engineering and scheduling.
Ensure work is completed as scheduled.
Develop advanced concepts, techniques, and standards based on professional principles and theories.
Work independently under consultative direction, exercising judgment and latitude in determining methods and courses of action to meet objectives.