Project Controls Specialist

The Shaw Group - The Woodlands, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - The Woodlands, TX

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Project Controls Specialist is primarily responsible for the proper setup, population, and maintenance of project control systems necessary to monitor, control, and report on project performance, data gathering and analysis of project KPI's. The Project Controls Specialist works closely with the Construction, Engineering, and Design teams to report on the operational health of a project(s) and make sure they are following our Project Controls processes and procedures. This job follows a hybrid schedule with a 5-day work week. Working 9-hour shifts from Monday through Thursday and 4 hours on Friday. Remote work days are Wednesday through Friday.

Responsibilities

• Assist in conformation of estimate to project schedule and cost management systems at various project stages and levels of detail.
• Perform weekly and monthly cost forecast exercises.
• Perform continuous cost performance monitoring and reporting on active projects.
• Perform forward-looking analysis on the project including accurate Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) utilizing multiple forecasting methods for Estimate-to-Complete (ETC).
• Perform trend identification for management attention.
• Track, review and incorporate internal and external changes.
• Effectively communicate and report status of projects in relation to the project performance baseline, reasons for deviation, and assist with implementing corrective action plans.
• Interface with company business systems (InEight Suite, Microsoft Dynamics, Command Center etc.).
• Ensure compliance with established cost performance baselines; Include well defined scope, assumptions, deliverables, Cost Breakdown Structure, and Claiming Schemes.
• Support PMs in managing procurement actions (accruals).
• Have a strong understanding of project scope, especially as it pertains to tracking quantities and reporting on progress for both internal and third-party construction activities.
• Become thoroughly knowledgeable with the project's contract documents, drawings, specifications, and scope of work.
• Support document management; oversee the process by which incoming and outgoing documentation is produced, organized, distributed, filed, and administered to internal and external customers.
• Support the change management process, communicating regularly with internal and external partners to identify and track issues, potential change orders, and executed change orders.
• Review new issue drawing and contract documents for change of conditions; quantify impact of changes, and communicate to affected parties (i.e. field personnel, client, etc.).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Accounting, Economics, Construction Science or related degree. Experience will be evaluated in lieu of bachelor's degree.
• Cost/Schedule control (Basic).
• EVMs techniques and applications (Basic).
• Data Analysis (Basic).
• Cost Control Methods (Basic).
• Forecasting (Basic).
• Quantity surveying.
• Engineering Drawing Comprehension.
• Dashboarding systems (Basic).
• Microsoft Office Suite (Intermediate).
• Primavera P6 (Basic).
• 1-3 years' experience working in the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Modularization, and/or Fabrication industry.
• Recent graduates encouraged and eligible to apply.