Early Career Project Planning & Controls Specialist, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 75,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Project Planning & Controls Specialist to join the Mission Services team in Albuquerque, NM. The role focuses on providing analysis and reporting for project controls, including baselines, cost control, and schedules, with collaboration across CAM, PI, and business leads.

Candidates will support project managers and engineers to manage risk, ensure schedule milestones, and deliver value to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, accounting, finance or relevant discipline.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring project budgets, tracking expenditures, forecasting costs and variances.
• Developing and updating project schedules using Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.
• Preparing regular status reports on progress, schedule adherence and budget performance.
• Analyzing project data to identify trends, issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Tracking changes to scope, schedule or budget and assessing impact on objectives.
• Coordinating resource allocation to meet milestones.
• Collaborating with project managers, engineers and stakeholders to align plans.

Skills

Budget monitoring

Scheduling

Cost estimation

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Job ID: 699043

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Full-Time

Temporary

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting‑edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co‑workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten‑hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part‑time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World‑changing technologies. Life‑changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking Project Planning & Controls Specialists to join our dynamic team. We are active in identifying candidates with relevant academic and work experience in an effort to meet our staffing needs and objectives for either current or near‑term positions.

Selected applicants will be interviewed by a subcommittee of managers and staff. Subsequently, successful applicants will be provided to managers for placement in positions across the Laboratory. These positions require reporting onsite due to the nature of the work.

Candidates are expected to team with others to support Sandia's mission by adding value, improving operations, offering innovative solutions and appropriately managing risk for the corporation.

Position Information

Project Planning and Controls provides analysis and reporting associated with various project controls deliverables and activities, such as project baseline, work package agreements, cost control, cost estimation, projections, or project reviews, including interfacing with the responsible Control Account Manager (CAM), technical Principal Investigator (PI), and business leads to meet the business requirements, program deliverables, and schedule milestones.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Monitoring project budgets, tracking expenditures, forecasting costs, and identifying cost variances.
• Developing, maintaining, and updating project schedules using tools like Microsoft Project, or Primavera P6.
• Preparing regular status reports on project progress, schedule adherence, and budget performance for stakeholders and senior leadership
• Analyzing project data to identify trends, issues, and opportunities for improvement
• Tracking and documenting changes to project scope, schedule or budget and assessing their impact on project objectives
• Coordinating resource allocation and availability to ensure project milestones are met
• Working closely with project managers, engineers, peers and other stakeholders to align project plans and controls.

Salary Range

$74,700 - $144,400

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance

Qualifications We Desire

• Master's degree in Business Administration.
• Strong knowledge of project controls practices, including project planning, scope management, scheduling, cost estimation, quality assurance, resource management, and risk management.
• Proficiency in project tools and applications, with strong organizational skills to prioritize and execute tasks effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Strong knowledge of schedule development and maintenance including building and updating project timelines, tracking milestones and deliverables, and using scheduling tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Primavera P6).
• Interest and willingness to gain an understanding of the technical scope
• Ability to work and excel in an ambiguous, dynamic and fast paced environment
• Data analytics and data literacy skills

About Our Team

Mission Services provides essential business services that support Labs operations. From supply chain to project controls, finance, and integrated business management; Mission Services ensures that every mission at Sandia has the necessary equipment, materials, project management and business support necessary to keep The Mission moving.

Our vision is to transform our services for mission success and support Sandia's national security mission by innovating, partnering with our customers, and addressing issues directly. We aim to significantly enhance our mission delivery, increase our value to sponsors, clients, national security partners at the Sandia Field Office (SFO), and internal customers, while fostering trust in our teams. Our 10000 staff is matrixed to support various missions across the Labs.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre‑employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug‑releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on‑site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.