Project Control Specialist

Strike - Spring, TX

Spring, TX

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

About the position

The Project Controls specialist will lead project controls with a high level of experience in cost tracking, forecasting, and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Support both the project team and business unit, including Vice Presidents, Directors, Project Managers, Estimators, Project Coordinators, Construction Managers, Superintendents, and Foreman on a project controls basis.
• Work with estimating and the project team to establish the project budget, including hours, dollars, and quantities.
• Produce a baseline schedule, understanding the sequence of work, and provide schedule updates on a weekly basis utilizing Microsoft project.
• Set-up progress tracking and utilize completed quantities and earned value to capture percent complete.
• Lead cost and productivity review meetings with the project team on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Communicate hours, cost, schedule, and productivity variances, including over / under billings.
• Manage the project controls functions for multiple projects, including cost forecasting, scheduling, progress and productivity tracking, and risk.
• Understand the project Scope of Work and have the ability to recognize change, and to ensure it is captured via the Change Order Management process.
• Analyze project controls metrics and provide guidance to the project and senior management teams.
• Prepare monthly project status reports.
• Utilize Microsoft office tools to organize data into presentation format.
• Perform other duties as needed for estimating, project management, and / or senior management.

Requirements

• Experience working in project controls.
• Experience putting together detailed reports and/or charts showing costs to date, schedule and cost variance, and earned value reporting.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction, Business, or relevant fields.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in program / project management work will be considered a substitute for the degree requirement.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the oil and gas industry preferred.
• Project Management Professional certification is a plus.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and Power BI is a plus.