Job Type
Full-time
Description
Application Deadline: 10/03/2026
Position Summary: Our client is seeking a proactive and skilled Project Planning and Controls Specialist to join their team. The selected candidate will collaborate closely with technical leads, managers, and the business team to develop and manage cost plans and schedules. This role requires partnering with technical leads who rely on the business team for insightful and relevant variance analysis. The successful candidate will leverage strong communication skills to effectively influence and guide technical leads in making informed project decisions. This position is fully on-site for a contract duration of 2-3 years.
Job Duties and Responsibilities: On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Analyze, prepare, validate, and maintain cost estimates, detail baseline budgets, work package agreements, and monthly cost variance reports.
- Provide detailed analysis and reporting of project status within an established system of project controls.
- Analyze forecasts to identify issues before they become problems, enabling projects to react timely and develop appropriate solutions.
- Work with the project technical leads and project manager to execute project schedule development, project monitoring and control, and integrated change control.
- Partner with project managers, technical leads, and managers to make recommendations to influence key decision makers within the scope of project controls (work breakdown structure, schedule, and budget/cost).
- Understand the scope of work sufficiently to build and status schedules, generate budget profiles, and support project teams.
- Estimate at Completion (EAC) development by utilizing a variety of project controls tools.
- Analyze, compile, and present project specific data from a variety of sources to meet on-demand needs.
- Research, assemble, and evaluate project information or data and recommend sound, practical solutions to project issues.
Requirements
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in business administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline and five (5) years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
- Knowledge of the Nuclear Weapons Product Realization Process (Systems and components)
- Experience in schedule development and maintenance including building and updating project timelines, tracking milestones and deliverables, and using Primavera P6.
- Experience to resource load to enable accurate allocation and leveling of resources, ensuring realistic schedules, cost control, risk mitigation, and effective project execution.
- Experience with Earned Value Management principles
- Active DOE Q clearance
Desired Qualifications: - Demonstrated success in collaborating with stakeholders to provide solutions and deliver actionable insights to technical leadership through cost and schedule analysis.
- Proven ability to prioritize and manage workload efficiently while meeting tight deadlines and adapting to changing priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of clearly explaining complex information.
- Strong commitment to gaining a thorough understanding of the program's technical scope.
- Ability to perform and succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic, and ambiguous environment.
Security Clearance Candidates must possess an active DOE Q security clearance.
Background Check and Screenings A pre-employment drug screening and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verification is required.
Benefits We take pride in promoting a healthy work-life balance, family-friendly benefits, servant leadership, team values and professional growth. Our competitive benefits package includes:
- Medical insurance - 100% company paid premiums for employees
- Dental and vision insurance
- 401k plan with company match
- 24 hours of paid community service a year
- Up to 4 weeks paid time off a year
- 10 paid floating holidays
- Life insurance, short- and long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Professional development opportunities
Salary Description
$90,000 - $120,000 depending on experience
