Project Controls Specialist

Project Controls Specialist Overview

Job Summary:

This position will provide support to ORNL organizations to ensure the planning, cost maintenance, and executing of various project schedule goals and objectives.

This is a senior level position supporting the project controls efforts on either a large-scale scientific research & development project or large scientific instrument project.

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:


* Work with the project controls lead and Control Account Managers (CAMs) to develop and maintain:


* Project work breakdown structure (WBS) and dictionary.


* Summary and detailed, logic driven, resource loaded schedules.


* Summary and detailed cost estimates.


* Actual costs and accrual integration.


* Risk identification and risk analysis.


* Change control


* Provide day-to-day support to the project with schedule and cost maintenance and status, forecasting and conducting what-if analysis.


* Assist in generating monthly reports on project status and performance, to include analysis on SPI/CPI, variance explanation and critical path and near critical paths.


* Attend technical and management meetings to understand and report status accurately.


* Perform ad-hoc activities as directed by the project controls lead.


* Support the CAMs and project management staff in preparing for various project reviews, including internal and external project status reviews.


* Develop, present, and reinforce project management process and systems training for all applicable project staff, specifically the project control account managers (CAMs).

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:


* BS/BA in project or construction management, business, engineering or equivalent.


* Five years of experience successfully performing project controls duties as noted above for research-based project(s) within the DOE or Department of Defense (DOD).


* Five years of project experience working within an EVMS environment compliant with EIA-748; to include setting baselines, incorporating baseline changes, producing monthly reports and variance analyses.


* Solid understanding of project controls best practices regarding scope, time, cost, change and risk management; and a complete understanding of DOE Order 413.3b and EIA-748 compliant EVM.


* Significant experience with Primavera and EVM cost processors.

Preferred Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:


* Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.


* BS/BA in project or construction management, business, engineering or equivalent.


* Eight years of experience successfully performing project controls duties as noted above for research-based project(s) within the DOE Office of Science within a national laboratory environment.


* Eight years of project experience working within an EVMS environment compliant with EIA-748 and DOE Order 413.3b.


* Experience with the DOE PARS II reporting...