Senior Project Controls Specialist
SMSI is hiring a Senior Project Controls Specialist in its Oak Ridge, TN office to support a local contract: maintaining the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Project Controls System, performing cost estimating/analysis/control, and developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules. Requires U.S. citizenship, a Real ID, and 10+ years of project controls experience.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Oak Ridge, TN
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- U.S. Citizenship
- Valid Real ID for onboarding purposes
- Minimum of 10 years related project controls experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions (schedule development, control, analysis)
- Experience in cost engineering functions (cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, cost analysis)
- Expert level knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) tools and processes
- Knowledge of financial report systems, controller account codes, and controller instructions impacting project controls
- Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel
- Skilled in oral and written communication
- Proficiency in personal computer operating systems and multiple basic and discipline-specific software applications
- Knowledge of engineering and/or construction management gained through specialized instruction or practical experience
Full description
Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) provides expert management consulting, program and project management, and technical consulting services to government and private-sector clients. SMSI has built a strong reputation for client-focused performance, delivering innovative solutions and measurable results that help clients achieve their goals, meet critical commitments, and successfully reach key milestones.
Job Summary
SMSI is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our team at our Oak Ridge, Tennessee office, supporting a local contract. This position plays a key role in supporting and maintaining the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and overall Project Controls System to ensure effective project planning, scheduling, cost management, and performance monitoring. Key responsibilities include performing cost estimating, analysis, and control activities, as well as developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules to support successful project execution and ensure performance objectives are met.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Project Controls System. Perform cost estimating, analysis and control activities. As delegated to, supervises and provides technical direction for cost engineering and/or planning/scheduling activities. Identifies trends for management attention.
- Supervises schedule development, maintenance and monitoring activities. Supervise cost engineering analysis, and control activities.
- Prepares and reviews or supervises the preparation and presentation of cost engineering and planning activities.
- Supports project organizational and administrative activities.
- Responsible for cost engineering and cost analysis/control and planning and scheduling activities for projects with significant non-routine requirements or for discipline/projects/proposal cost and planning activities which require a high degree of technical skilled experience.
- Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to cost engineering and schedule guidance to projects.
- Ensures work is completed as scheduled. Identification of cost trends for management attention.
- Has broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways.
- Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards based on professional principles and theories.
- Viewed as expert in field within the Laboratory.
- Works on unusually significant, unique or complex issues, provides solutions that are highly creative and where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles. Has impact on success of future concepts, products or technologies.