LPF Project Controls Schedule Analyst

Consolidated Nuclear Security; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Consolidated Nuclear Security in Oak Ridge, TN, seeks a Scheduling Analyst for LPF Project Controls to execute complex project activities, ensuring timely completion in line with DOE and plant directives. You will plan, coordinate, and direct scheduling efforts across multiple scopes of varying size and risk.

The role requires strong Earned Value Management knowledge, excellent communication, and proficiency with Primavera P6, SAP, and WebEVM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 7+ years in scheduling
• Experience on DOE 413.3b projects preferred
• Advanced skills in planning, scheduling, and cost control

Responsibilities

• Plans, coordinates, and directs activities to meet PM demands
• Provides tools to confirm projects are on track, within budget, and compliant
• Manages cost, schedule, and risk plans and forecast to complete
• Interfaces with DOE, NNSA, and NPO stakeholders

Skills

Scheduling experience

DOE project controls experience

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Cost control

Change management

Leadership

Project analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

WebEVM (CloudEVM)

Empower

Job description

Requisition ID18542-Posted08/10/2026-Planning and Scheduling- Level of Experience (1) -Travel - 30% or less- Job Location Options (1)

What You'll Do

The LPF Project Controls Schedule Analyst is responsible for executing technical activities of assigned projects to ensure efficient and timely completion of work in accordance with Government and Plant directives. In addition, this role performs the following duties and responsibilities:

• Plans, coordinates, and directs activities to meet demands of Project Management (PM) mission in accordance with assigned organizational authorities and responsibilities.
• Provides technical aptitude, integration, and leadership for planning, scheduling, monitoring, configuration control, analysis, and reporting on multiple scopes of varying size, complexity, and level of risk.
• Ensures Project Managers are provided with tools to confirm projects are on track, within budget, and within compliance of requirements.
• Participates in planning, development, monitoring, and control of project scope, cost, and schedule integration.
• Utilizes tools and systems necessary to effectively and proactively manage, control, and report on cost and schedule for concurrent projects.
• Manages development of cost, schedule, and risk plans, collection of performance data, tracking data, analysis, development of forecast of estimate to complete, and reporting.
• Ensures identification and tracking of changes/potential changes to project scope, ensuring estimates of cost changes and schedule impact are given visibility with client and PM.
• Manages integration of cost and schedule data and reporting with company’s accounting and management information systems to facilitate meeting company performance and financial goals.
• Interacts with internal and external stakeholders to ensure proper business input is collected, analyzed, and resulting output distributed, as required.
• Takes a leading role in driving organization and company toward established visions and objectives.

The successful candidate in this position requires demonstrated knowledge and experience of control systems, including Earned Value Management and applicable project management processes; demonstrated oral and written communication skills in reporting to customers and stakeholders; ability to work with personnel at all levels across the organization and external stakeholders; ability to identify and develop required resources to support project schedules; ability to logically and systematically evaluate project and process problems to determine appropriate solutions; and ability to interface with internal and external customers, including management, users, and DOE, NNSA, and NPO.

What You Can Expect

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
• Bachelor's degree: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience
• OR Master's degree: Minimum 6 years of relevant experience
• OR PhD: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience

Preferred Job Requirements

• 25+ years of scheduling experience
• 15+ years of scheduling experience on DOE 413.3b projects, and a working knowledge and understanding of DOE policies, procedures, and requirements in areas associated with project controls
• Demonstrated advanced skills in planning and schedule compliance
• Demonstrated advanced skills in cost control, change management, and variance reporting
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, a high level of personal motivation, high standards, and the ability to work with the team and support organizations to address/resolve project issues and meet short deadlines
• Demonstrated advanced computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office, Primavera P6, SAP, and/or WebEVM (CloudEVM)
• Advanced experience in Empower
• Cross functional experience in Project/Control Account Management for DOE projects; experience with managing multiple scopes of work and multiple vendors

Why Y-12?

You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.