Project Controls Professional III

Overview:     
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Project Controls Professional III will support Capital and O&M projects through cost analysis, scheduling, forecasting, project controls, and risk identification. The role will develop and maintain detailed schedules using Primavera P6, monitor project costs and performance, prepare EVM reporting, and support accurate project forecasts. The ideal candidate will have project controls or project management experience, formal Primavera P6 training, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools. This full-time position is located in Richland, WA.

Pay rate: $76.02 - $108.96

Benefits:

• Sick Leave: One hour of paid sick leave for every 40-hours worked (sick leave can be used after 90-days of employment)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options: Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (eligible after one year and 1,000 hours worked - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, LifeBalance Discount Program

Responsibilities:

• Support Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) projects through project controls, cost analysis, scheduling, forecasting, and risk identification.
• Coordinate, track, and execute project estimates while supporting the development of project scope, schedules, and cost estimates.
• Develop and maintain detailed Level 1–4 project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Integrate project cost estimates and schedules to develop logic-tied, resource-loaded cost flow projections.
• Monitor project schedules, scope, costs, and budgets and communicate potential impacts or changes to Project Managers and management.
• Analyze schedule and cost variances to identify activities that may impact project performance, budgets, or timelines.
• Evaluate real-time project cost data to assess project status and financial health.
• Recommend corrective actions to mitigate potential cost or schedule overruns.
• Partner with Project Managers to develop accurate Estimates to Completion (ETC) and maintain reliable project forecasts.
• Develop project reports and provide updates on financial performance, schedule status, scope changes, and funding requirements.
• Track projected and actual project budgets and maintain budget impacts within applicable project control systems.
• Implement approved budget and schedule changes into baseline project schedules.
• Review schedule data to ensure the correct scope of work is accurately reflected.
• Enter monthly project schedule status updates in Primavera P6 in coordination with Project Managers.
• Prepare schedule metrics and Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting.
• Process journal entries for completed but uninvoiced work and transfer identified mischarges to the appropriate project or work order.
• Coordinate with vendors and contractors to develop and maintain integrated project schedules.
• Enter and maintain project data across applicable databases while ensuring configuration control throughout project approval and execution.
• Perform consistency reviews of projects and schedules, resolve findings, and identify lessons learned for continuous improvement.
• Attend project review, challenge, approval, safety, and staff meetings as required.
• Develop ad hoc project schedules and recommend improvements to project controls processes and procedures.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and 8 years of project controls/project management experience in an industrial environment;
• OR Associate degree and 9 years of project controls/project management experience;
• OR High school diploma or GED and 11 years of project controls/project management experience in lieu of a degree.
• Formal training in Primavera P6 or another project management system is required.
• Working knowledge of Primavera P6 and professional project management principles.
• Experience with project controls, project scheduling, cost analysis, forecasting, and detailed variance analysis.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology and project reporting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Project, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and data-validation skills.
• Strong organizational, administrative, and time-management abilities.
• Ability to establish goals, prioritize work, and understand interdependencies among project activities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including comfort presenting information to groups.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and manage multiple project control activities effectively.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.     

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.     

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