What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Controls Specialist position at TALENT Software Services?
Job Title: Senior Project Controls Specialist
Job Summary:
Job Summary:
- Assists the project management teams by developing, monitoring, and updating estimates and/or an integrated project plan and schedule for efficient project execution.
- Provides expertise and develops methods, techniques, standards, processes, procedures, guidelines, and templates for the estimating/scheduling organization.
- Coaches, mentors, trains, and provides oversight of project estimators/schedulers in estimating/scheduling tools, techniques, and processes.
- May lead projects and/or project teams, mentor, provide guidance, and technical direction to less experienced engineering and technical staff.
- Span of control: 0; this is an individual contributor job.
- Supports the project teams and estimating/scheduling personnel efforts towards developing the project plan and translating it into the project estimate/schedule.
- Leads, develops, and provides analysis of project estimates or schedules.
- Ensures the credibility of information contained in the estimate/schedule.
- Assists with the preparation of project time and/or cost claims.
- Oversees the development and recording of the project’s historical estimate/schedule information and lessons learned.
- Provides expertise to develop methodologies, techniques, tools, software, standards, and guidelines for estimating and/or planning/scheduling.
- Ensures that required project estimating and/or planning/scheduling controls are appropriately implemented and maintained.
- Provides means of continuous improvement of the estimating/scheduling organization through benchmarking and maintaining affiliations with industry organizations.
- Develops master and detail schedules inclusive of major milestones, detailed WBS, assignment of costs, labor and equipment to activities, resource leveling, etc.
- Monitors and updates schedule progress toward achieving the desired project completion date and informs management team of changes to schedule outcome.
- Prepares and provides schedule progress reports, trending charts, and schedule analysis and reports forecasts for all significant project activities.
- Analyzes the effects on the critical path activities; identifies changes to the project that affect the schedule, and develops recovery schedules and alternate courses of action.
- Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field and 7-plus years of job-relevant experience.
- Preferred: Scheduler - 4 years of experience working with Primavera, preferably P6; Estimator - 4 years of experience in construction estimating on large projects.
- May require the physical ability to work in a power plant environment (e.g., climb stairs, work in hot, confined environments).
- Communicate effectively (verbally & in writing) with individuals at all levels, inside and outside the Company.
- Written and verbal communication & advocacy skills consistent with the ability to present results of projects & research, and engage in persuasive written & verbal interaction with all levels of the business unit.
- Analytical & problem-solving skills consistent with the ability to identify key issues from a broad range of alternatives, and recommend optimal solutions for various situations.
- Ability to develop/coordinate cross-functional work groups and projects, yielding optimal outcomes.
- Working knowledge of financial & economic analysis, project & risk management.
- Knowledge in design scheduling, construction scheduling, program scheduling, and cost & resource loading.
- Understanding of schedule models and methods, schedule quality analysis, schedule strategy, schedule integration techniques, Monte Carlo Analysis, schedule performance analysis techniques, etc.
- Expert knowledge in design, construction, program estimating.
- Understanding of estimating models, techniques and methods, estimating quality and accuracy analysis, estimating strategy and estimating optimization.
- Expert knowledge in cost elements, cost dimensions, cost classifications, cost types (material, equipment, labor, overhead, and profit), subcontract and purchased costs, pricing strategies, development of code of accounts, quantification, estimating factors, ratios, and indices, product and project costs.
- Ability to apply project planning & implementation and/or continuous improvement principles to affect tangible, positive outcomes.
- Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and project management software applications.
- Promotes an atmosphere conducive to the open exchange of new ideas and alternatives to orthodox approaches.
- Ability to work in a team or matrix structure that will support multiple clients.
- A flexible demeanor and the ability to work with shifting priorities while embracing new and evolving responsibilities.
- Project assignments are given with anticipated results and follow Company operating policies and procedures.
