Sr. Project Management Specialist

Geosyntec Consultants•Oak Ridge, TN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is a trusted partner enabling critical missions across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex for more than 35 years. We contribute to DOE’s nuclear security and environmental remediation enterprise by providing the highest-caliber staff and experts. We are seeking a motivated Senior Project Management Specialist to contribute to our mission supporting our work at Y-12 APMO in Oak Ridge, TN. Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service. We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family. To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business Management, Project Management, or related field
Minimum of 8 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Proven ability to solve problems creatively.
Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
Proficiency with Project Scheduling, MS Office, and Adobe Acrobat.
Strong communication skills (oral and written).
Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful.
Ability to oversee projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.
Due to federal contract security requirements, candidates must be able to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance if required.
Due to federal contract security requirements, this position requires U.S. Citizenship.
Successful candidates will be able to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.
Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.
Federal contractors must follow Federal drug-free workplace rules, which prohibit marijuana use, even if medical or recreational use is permitted under State Law.

Nice To Haves

Experience on Department of Energy projects with a budget ≥ $500M
Working level knowledge of DOE O 413.3b, Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets
Working level knowledge of DOE O 430.1C, Real Property Asset Management
Familiarity with the following applications: Primavera P6, Acumen Risk, Active Risk Manager (ARM), Empower, PARS
Strong business acumen, and exceptional interpersonal skills
Active DOE-Q security clearance
Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Responsibilities

Provide project oversight, technical support and subject matter expertise to the Y-12 Project Management Office (Y-12 PMO) and the Lithium Processing Facility (LPF) Federal Project Director (FPD) in the area of Project Management, including but not limited to evaluation of contractor project performance, cost/schedule/risk analysis, project controls evaluations, design/project reviews, project stakeholder status reporting, project life cycle management, quality assurance, configuration management, and project/resource planning.
Address emergent issues by performing research and providing requested information.
Provide oversight planning, execution, and status reporting.
Participate in project reviews (such as Annual Peer Reviews (APR), External Independent Reviews (EIR), Independent Cost Estimate (ICE), Sufficiency Reviews, Design Reviews, etc.).
Perform oversight of contractor’s execution/implementation of contract and project requirements.
Conduct and document assessments (Shadow, Internal, and Independent Assessments, and Awareness Activities).
Identify and track issues through closure in contractor/federal Issues Management Systems (IMS).
Draft input to project documents (Project Execution Plan (PEP), Project Data Sheet (PDS), Project Definition Rating Index Analysis, Key Performance Parameters, Project Completion Criteria, etc.).
Draft input to project presentations (Monthly Project Review (MPR), Senior Management Team (SMT), In-brief’s).
Review, analyze, and report on contractor performance against cost and schedule baselines.
Review contractor deliverables (such as Baseline Change Requests, Engineering Specifications/Drawings, Management Plans, etc.).
Identify/quantify project risks and mitigation actions.
Configuration management, maintenance, and storage of project records and documentation.
Coordinate, conduct, and attend project meetings (Schedule Status, Change Control, Integrated Project Team (IPT), Daily Tag-ups, Risk Management Board, etc.).
Estimate and track project budgets and staffing plans.
Data entry/tracking in federal data systems (FPD Tool, PARS, etc.).
Coordinate, track, and assemble Project’s Critical Decision (CD) packages.