Project Control Specialist

McCarl's Technical Services

$75K — $95K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in project controls, specializing in refining/oil & gas, petrochemicals, or engineering capital projects.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, or construction management or equivalent experience.
  • Advanced experience in project scheduling for large capital programs, especially with multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Familiarity with managing contractor relationships and industry best practices.
  • Proficient in ERP systems; Vista Viewpoint experience is advantageous.
  • Expertise in cost management and progress reporting methods.
  • Solid understanding of critical path method scheduling, particularly with Primavera Products.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain cost and work breakdown structures for projects.
  • Support Project Managers with operational tasks throughout project execution.
  • Create detailed project budgets based on initial estimates.
  • Collaborate on financial reporting and forecasting with project teams.
  • Analyze cost variances and manage cash flow forecasts effectively.
  • Maintain updated project schedules, including resource loading.
  • Lead schedule reviews and impact analysis with team members and clients.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on teamwork.
  • Exposure to diverse projects across various sectors.
  • Challenging work that directly contributes to project success.
Full Job Description
Project Controls Specialist

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Project Control Specialist to support our Project Delivery team.

General Purpose:

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Project Control Specialist (PCS) to develop and support schedule and budget activities across our project portfolio. This role encompasses project control activities on a portfolio of projects, cost and progress management, forecasting analysis, planning, scheduling, and preparation of project reporting. Additionally, active collaboration with project team members during the development of budgets, forecasts, schedules and monthly cost reporting updates are central to this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Ability to create and work within Cost and Work Breakdown Structures (CBS-WBS)
  • Provide operational support to Project Managers and project teams throughout the project lifecycle
  • Create project budgets from as-sold estimates
  • Collaborate with Project Managers, Finance & Accounting on financial reporting and forecasting
  • Analyze and report cost variances, cash flow forecasting, and resource planning
  • Assist with the development of and maintain resource loaded project schedules
  • Lead schedule reviews with site staff, project engineers, and client representation
  • Support the definition of progress reporting rules of credit for projects
  • Analyze and report schedule impacts
  • Track critical activities and changes to the critical path impacting the project
  • Able to run critical path reports and support the project team in critical path analysis
  • Ability to coordinate multiple sources of schedule inputs into a master schedule


Qualifications:
  • 5+ years related project controls work experience (Cost Specialist, Scheduler) on Refining / Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Metals, or engineering capital projects.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, construction management, or similar degree
  • 10+ years of project controls experience in place of degree
  • Familiar with large capital programs, extensive pre-construction programming, and scheduling experience maintaining EPC multi-group, multi-disciplinary project schedules
  • Experience managing contractor relationships and understanding of best practices in the design and construction industry
  • Experience using enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
  • Experience with Vista Viewpoint is a plus
  • Experience in cost and progress management
  • Understanding of critical path method scheduling using Primavera Products
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to build and maintain strong and trusted working relationships with internal stakeholders
  • Able to work as part of a team with strong organizational skills
  • Skilled in MS Word, Excel, and Power Point
  • Occasional travel may be required

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