Senior Project Control Specialist

About

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cost responsibilities within the utility, oil & gas, or heavy construction sectors. As a Project Control Specialist, you will play a crucial role in overseeing and managing project schedules, costs, and resources to ensure successful project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize Primavera P6 software to develop, monitor, and update project schedules in alignment with project requirements and objectives.
• Collaborate with project managers and other stakeholders to establish project baselines, milestones, and critical paths.
• Conduct regular analysis and assessment of project schedules to identify potential risks, delays, and opportunities for optimization.
• Assist in the development and implementation of project controls processes and procedures to ensure adherence to budgetary constraints and timelines.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting on project progress, cost performance, and resource utilization to project stakeholders.
• Support project teams in the identification and resolution of scheduling and cost-related issues.
• Stay abreast of industry best practices and trends in project controls and scheduling methodologies.

Scheduler

• Manage day-to-day project schedules in Primavera P6.
• Conduct schedule variance analysis between current schedule and baseline date.
• Support PM in progressing schedule through milestone‑based governance life cycle.
• Run analytics reports documenting schedule‑related risks & variances.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications and able to run reports in Excel and manipulate associated dashboards and databases.

Cost Analyst

• Manage project cost on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Update forecasts for engineering, construction, and procurement activities and resources.
• Accept, review and process invoices and change orders.
• Contract management—ensure project costs for contracted resources are in accordance with PO terms.
• Prepare governance requests when total project forecast or annual project forecast have a variance to the approved budget (i.e., assist the PM in asking for additional funds, or to give back unrequired funding).
• Be familiar and competent with accrual‑based accounting – prepare monthly accruals for work performed but not invoiced; ensure follow‑on invoices are applied correctly.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in project controls, project scheduling, or related roles within the utility, oil & gas, or heavy construction industries.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Primavera P6 (P6) software.
• Cost experience with forecasting, tracking budgets, etc.
• Strong understanding of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.