Senior Project Controls Specialist

Strategic Management Solutions.•Oak Ridge, TN

About The Position

Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join its team at the Oak Ridge, Tennessee office, supporting 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 handles cost engineering, cost analysis and control, planning, and scheduling for projects with significant or non-routine requirements, or for discipline, project, and proposal activities that require a high degree of technical skill and experience. It calls for broad expertise, substantial independent judgment, and the ability to address unusually significant, unique, or complex issues. The specialist works under consultative direction toward long-range targets and uses wide latitude in selecting methods and techniques.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
A valid Real ID for onboarding purposes.
At least 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 the field and home office.
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 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 CAM: subject matter expertise and proven experience in project controls and/or project management, project budgets, cost estimating and control, cost analysis, 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/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 and 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 activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for discipline, project, and proposal activities requiring a high degree of technical skill and experience.
Identify, analyze, and provide innovative solutions to cost engineering and schedule challenges.
Ensure work is completed as scheduled.
Perform, monitor, and review planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis, and cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis, in the field and home office.
For roles also serving as a Control Account Manager (CAM), apply project controls and/or project management expertise to budgets, cost estimating and control, cost analysis, scheduling, corrective actions, status reporting, and technical project monitoring.