General Description

The Capital Project Controls Specialist will assist Project Managers with the processes involved in managing capital project costs and schedule. The person in this role will be responsible for the control services and reporting to enable successful and efficient delivery of the Cirba Solutions capital plan. The selected candidate will work collaboratively with internal project team members, external engineering and construction partners, and will assist in the generation of monthly capital performance reports.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain, manage, and update projects schedules and cost forecast on a monthly basis or as needed in concert with the project management team
• Maintain proper project and activity codes and cost breakdown structure
• Review project status periodically and identify schedule/cost variance
• Perform project/program/portfolio cost and schedule analysis
• Prepare and present monthly capital performance reports
• Assist in preparation of executive level summary reports
• Support Cirba Solutions in capital planning prioritization
• Conduct analysis of the Capital plan spending and forecasting, evaluate and report on project progress and performance
• Provide assistance to the project management team in obtaining standardized reports from various project control systems
• Collaborate with third party engineering and construction contractors to consolidate necessary project details
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of project controls/management experience
• Hands-on knowledge of scheduling software (Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.)
• Thorough understanding of project control concepts, processes and procedures, including project cost control and reporting, project scheduling, project performance reporting, development of project work breakdown structures and reporting on project variances from approved plan
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively, utilizing limited resources to achieve complex goals
• Project controls experience on medium to large-scale construction projects (chemical industry experience is a plus)
• Demonstrated knowledge of capital planning and assessment, cost-benefit analysis, planning and evaluation, change management, and risk management protocols
• Excellent oral and written communications skills with the ability to present findings to management and stakeholders
• Proven ability to work effectively within groups and to complete assigned tasks independently
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Ability to travel on occasion

Education and Training Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, economic or business administration discipline from an accredited college or university (preferably engineering);
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from Project Management Institute is desirable but not required