Project Controls Engineer [Environmental] III 03361 NWG

North Wind Group - Knoxville, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

Knoxville, TN

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

The Project Controls Engineer III at North Wind Group is responsible for managing and coordinating all Project Controls activities for engineering, environmental, and construction projects. This role involves overseeing scheduling, budgeting, estimating, risk management, reporting, and contract administration to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget. The position requires strong leadership skills and the ability to integrate various project control functions effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of project-specific PC execution strategies.
• Coordinate with Project Management on reporting, project control activities, and other services.
• Facilitate and oversee the risk assessment, mitigation, and contingency planning process for the Program.
• Coordinate and issue necessary project reports, including progress, cost, and schedule.
• Ensure full integration between the estimating, cost control, planning/scheduling, and risk management functions within projects.
• Oversee the development of procedures for various project control activities including budget preparation, forecasts, progress validation, and related cost engineering and planning/scheduling functions.
• Oversee cost engineering activities including development and implementation of cost control systems, invoice processing activities, monthly cost reporting, trending, FAC Analysis, cost variance analysis, funding budgets, and cash flows.
• Oversee cost estimating/forecasting activities including periodic project re-estimates and cost benchmark metrics.
• Oversee planning & scheduling activities including development of summary and detailed project schedules, progress and performance monitoring, schedule deviations and workaround solutions; plan and manage the execution of internal audits of critical commercial internal control systems.
• Ensure that invoices are tracked, confirmed, and handed off to Accounts Payable properly.
• Oversee cash calls and forecasts to/from Finance including revenue recognition on projects.
• Oversee contract administration activities as it pertains to change control on projects.
• Train junior staff and provide other administrative procedures to projects as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Minimum 7 years' experience on engineering, environmental and construction projects specializing in project controls.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in the preparation of cost estimates to completion utilizing bottoms up ETC analysis and forecasting utilizing other PMI approved methods.
• Minimum 7 years' demonstrated experience and working understanding of project planning and scheduling, cost control, risk analysis and cost estimating and EVMS.

Nice-to-haves

• EcoSys experience preferred
• Financial background preferred

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement for eligible employees