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Project Controls Specialist (Scheduler)
ICONMA, LLC
🇺🇸 United States
Hybrid
4 days ago
$74.29 – $79.29 / hour
- Primavera
- P6
- Risk Management
4 days ago
Responsibilities:
- The purpose of the Project Controls Support REQ is to provide “Scheduler” expertise to support the projects within the PMO space.
- Assists the project management teams by developing, monitoring, and updating estimates and/or an integrated project plan and schedule so that the project may be executed in the most efficient manner possible.
- Apply methods and techniques, standards, processes, procedures, guidelines, and templates, to efficiently manage, develop, and control project estimates/schedules.
- Assignments are received in the form of results expected, within operating policies and procedures.
- Incumbent has the discretion to select from alternative approaches; decisions may involve changes to normal work processes.
- Supports project team and estimating/scheduling personnel efforts toward the development of the project plan and translating the project plan into the project estimate/schedule.
- Develops and provides analysis of project estimates or schedules, including, as applicable, CPM software implementation, time impact and delay analysis, and review of periodic schedule updates.
- Ensures the credibility of the information contained in the estimate/schedule.
- Assists with the preparation of project time and/or cost claims.
- Develops and records project historical estimate/schedule information and lessons learned.
- Applies methodologies, techniques and tools, software, standards and guidelines for estimating and/or planning/scheduling; knowledgeable in application of estimating/scheduling software and application of the software.
- Ensures that required project estimating and/or planning/scheduling controls are appropriately implemented and maintained.
- Participates in continuous improvement of the estimating/scheduling organization through benchmarking and maintaining affiliations with industry estimating/scheduling organizations and local/national chapters.
- 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 informing management team of changes to schedule outcome.
- Prepares and provides scheduled progress reports, trending charts, and schedule analysis and re-ports forecasts for all significant project activities.
- Analyzes the effects to the critical path activities; identifies changes to the project that affect the schedule, and develops the recovery schedules and alternate courses of action.
Requirements:
- This is a dual track base requirement job; education & experience requirements can be satisfied through one of the following options:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, Business Administration or a related field & 3+ years of job-relevant experience.
- Associate degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Accounting, Math, or related field & 5+ years of job-relevant experience.
- High School or GED, & 7+ years of job-relevant experience.
- Scheduler: 2+ years of experience working with Primavera, preferably P6
- Estimator: 2+ 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.
- Communicates effectively (verbally & in writing) with individuals at all levels, inside and outside the Corporation.
- 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.
- This includes developing detailed WBS, milestones, activities definition, logical sequences, durations, activity dependencies and interdependencies, and activity contingencies.
- Understanding of schedule models and methods, schedule quality analysis, schedule strategy, schedule integration techniques, Monte Carlo Analysis, schedule performance analysis techniques, etc
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, Business Administration or a related field & 3+ years of job-releva Required
- 3+ years experience at a ENERGY/UTILITY Company Required 3 Years
- Knowledge in design scheduling, construction scheduling, program scheduling, and cost & resource loading. This includes developing detailed WBS, miles Required
- 2+ years of experience working with Primavera, preferably P6 Required 2 Years
- Communicates effectively (verbally & in writing) with individuals at all levels, inside and outside the Corporation. Required
Why Should You Apply?
- Health Benefits
- Referral Program
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
Project Controls Specialist (Scheduler) · ICONMA, LLC