Project Controls Specialist II

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Project Controls Specialist II to be able to support the cost and schedule requirements of multiple US federal construction projects in Dubai and the Pacific including day-to-day interface with project management, client and contractor personnel.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and “People First” workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What’s in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Responsibilities

• Actively review and understand the key aspects of the project contract. With the guidance of lead project control staff, assist with cost controls, and planning/scheduling activities that support the overall proposal strategy or project requirements.
• Develop and maintain cross-discipline relationships within the project team.
• Execute proper controls to proactively support, monitor, and communicate budget, actual status, and forecast costs, labor hours, and quantities for projects within a specific business unit.
• Define the aspects and relationships of risk, cost, and quantities on the project. Identify and document specific areas of risk and key quantities, and their effect on cost. Follow through on these items to improve the opportunity for success.
• Implement a project-specific change control procedure. Support the project team with change identification, documentation, schedule fragnets, and costing.
• Collect and input timely and accurate cost data for cost report development.
• Consolidate performance data to support performance measurement, data analysis, and cost forecasting.
• Develop accurate and timely project cost forecasts with the participation of other project controls lead staff. Forecasts should be valued and used to contribute to the overall control of the project.
• Actively pursue the identification and definition of cost trends. With lead cost staff prepare recommendations for action, include trends in the forecast, or develop a mitigation program.
• Provide sufficient and timely documents to support client invoicing. Define factors that influence project-specific cash flow.
• Create client and internal status reports that effectively communicate cost status and trends. Define corrective actions for implementation. Issue reports under the direction of lead project controls staff.
• Thoroughly understand, define, and identify schedule classifications and levels.
• Assist in the development of project work plans and schedules that support the project/business unit work processes and milestones.
• Develop and update network-logic-driven schedules that meet the needs of, and are used by, the project team. Provide accurate and timely data.
• Contribute to schedule risk analysis to help forecast schedule contingencies and related cost impacts.
• Develop accurate and timely project labor hour forecasts with the participation of lead staff and project management. Prepare schedule analysis narratives including recommendations for corrective actions.
• Create client and internal status reports that effectively communicate schedule status and identify critical path. Define corrective actions for implementation. Issue reports under the direction of lead project controls staff.
• Gain practical field experience to develop an understanding of construction.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• BS or AA in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering, Architecture or related field
• 8+ years of progressive experience with increasing responsibility
• Managed at least two project's valued at $40M USD or more through the various phases as a project scheduler using Primavera P6
• Experience working in CMiC, SAP or JD Edwards
• Experience with change management, preparing TIAs, participating in claims and proposals
• Experience with US federal construction
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Deploy and implement standard project control procedures following the Division and/or Business Unit procedures
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced project controls staff in established cost control procedures and guidelines
• Proficient with spreadsheets and word processing software
• Be self-sufficient with scheduling and cost management software to include Primavera Products, MS Project, Deltek Acumen Fuse, etc.
• Familiar with company-standard project control systems