Lead Project Controls Specialist

MidAmerican Energy Company; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MidAmerican Energy Company is seeking a Lead Project Controls Specialist to provide planning, scheduling, cost control and project direction for outages and major projects. You will develop achievable schedules based on resources and constraints.

The role requires experience with scheduling logic, earned value analysis, risk assessment, and reporting. Strong communication and leadership are essential to guide project managers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or six years of progressive work experience.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and Oracle WAM in maintenance planning is preferred.
• Prior outage/maintenance experience at an electric generating station is preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize, and lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Support multiple outage or major projects with planning, scheduling, cost control, estimating, risk assessment, and resource planning.
• Apply scheduling logic, constraints, lag/lead, and critical path methods.
• Consolidate and report cost, schedule, progress, and performance data; revise schedules as progress occurs.
• Evaluate data and develop alternatives to improve processes.
• Assess impacts of schedule, cost, and resource changes on durations and budgets; report issues to management.
• Recommend corrective actions for delays or budget overruns; present solutions to management.
• Provide direction to project managers and stakeholders on milestones.
• Perform additional duties as assigned (0-5%).

Skills

Scheduling

Cost control

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Excel

Narrative/reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Six years related experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle WAM

MS Office (Excel/Word/Access)

Job description

MidAmerican Energy Company is seeking a Lead Project Controls Specialist to provide planning, scheduling, cost control and project direction for outages and major projects. You will develop achievable schedules based on resources and constraints.

The role requires experience with scheduling logic, earned value analysis, risk assessment, and reporting. Strong communication and leadership are essential to guide project managers and stakeholders.