Project Controls Technical Specialist I

Hargrove Engineers and Constructors • $75K — $95K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • High School Diploma required; Bachelor's or Master's in related field preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in industrial planning, scheduling, and cost control.
  • Preferred certifications: AACE International or PMI.
  • Extensive knowledge in engineering disciplines and project control processes.
  • Proficient in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Timberline Estimating software.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and schedule heavy industrial engineering projects under minimal supervision.
  • Develop schedules and analyses for contract packages, addressing safety and schedule conflicts.
  • Monitor and update schedules through field verification and stakeholder interactions.
  • Manage the change notice/change order system, facilitating related meetings.
  • Create cost estimates for construction projects, including change orders.
  • Maintain the cost system, reconciling commitments and producing cost reports.
  • Support clients in developing construction strategies, focusing on logistics and safety.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale industrial engineering projects.
  • Minimal supervision fosters independence in role execution.
  • Collaborative environment with a focus on team-based construction strategies.
Full Job Description
What You'll Be Doing

Job Scope: Generally responsible for planning and scheduling heavy industrial engineering projects, monitoring project costs and/or estimating projects. Work will be performed under minimal supervision.

Primary responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
  • Developing schedules and analysis for contract packages to forecast construction activities and identify coordination issues where safety and schedule can potentially be in conflict.
  • Developing, monitoring and updating schedules by obtaining updates through meetings, construction coordination interviews and field verification.
  • Complete understanding of Earned Value and Project Productivity.
  • Monitoring and maintaining the change notice/change order management system. Assisting in facilitating weekly change notice hearings and change committee meetings.
  • Developing estimates for construction projects including but not limited to estimates associated with change notices.
  • Developing and maintaining the cost system including reconciling commitments, change orders, contractor invoices and producing cost reports.
  • Developing, monitoring, and updating schedules. Establishing a progressive system for projects.
  • Assisting clients and teammates in developing construction and contract strategies for constructability of projects as it pertains to logistics and safety.
  • Assisting in quantity analysis for the duration of activities and for estimating purposes.


Ideal Background

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Construction Science, Building Science or related field is highly preferred.

Certification: AACE International or Project Management Institute (PMI) certification is preferred.

Experience: This position requires 10 or more years of relevant industrial experience in planning, scheduling, cost control and estimating.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Knowledge and application of company business standards and good practices.
  • Extreme attention to detail.
  • Possesses a comprehensive understanding of the function of all engineering disciplines.
  • Understanding of existing and potential customer deliverable expectations and preferences.
  • Ability to set priorities.
  • Ability to effectively discuss and correspond with engineering disciplines and/or contractors to ascertain and understand pertinent information concerning schedules, scopes of work, estimates and/or project costs.
  • Coaching and mentoring skills and experience.
  • Excellent listening and communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Excellent presentation skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Knowledge of other disciplines deliverable development to ensure coordination of efforts.
  • Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all project controls deliverables.
  • Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area for a larger project.
  • Ability to determine construction material quantities.
  • Experienced in estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of project controls work. Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
  • Proficient in the use of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project scheduling software and Timberline Estimating software.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.


Physical Requirements:
  • Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.


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