Project Controls 3

Gilder Search Group; Los Alamos (NM); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilder Search Group seeks a senior cost/project controls professional with strong EVMS experience to support the Earned Value Management System and Project Controls. You will perform cost estimating, analysis and control activities, supervise cost engineering and planning/scheduling, and develop schedules to ensure timely completion of projects.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of related experience; postgraduate coursework may be desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum eight years of related experience.
• Postgraduate coursework may be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Project Controls System.
• Perform cost estimating, analysis and cost control activities.
• Supervise and provide technical direction for cost engineering and/or planning/scheduling activities.
• Develop and monitor project schedules; ensure work is completed as scheduled.
• Identify trends for management attention and resolve complex issues with creativity.
• May coordinate activities of other personnel.

Skills

EVMS experience

Cost estimation

Cost control

Cost analysis

Planning/scheduling

Supervision

Oral and written communication

Project controls

Control Account Manager (CAM)

Education

Bachelor's degree

8 years related experience

Job description

Experience and Clearance

P6 Experience, Q-clearance- if not current, ability to get the clearance. Cobra administration experience backend software capabilities. Work with cobra on the red network, onsite 2 weeks/month.

Qualifications and Education

Position typically requires a bachelor?s degree and a minimum eight years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. At this level, post graduate coursework may be desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Support the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Project Controls System. Perform cost estimating, analysis and control activities. As delegated to, supervises and provides technical direction for cost engineering and/or planning/scheduling activities. Identifies trends for management attention. Performs schedule development, maintenance, and monitoring activities. Supports project organizational and administrative activities, when delegated. Supervises and provides technical direction for cost engineering and/or planning/scheduling activities, when delegated. Ensures work is completed as scheduled. Identifies trends for management attention. Has wide-ranging experience, uses professional concepts and Laboratory objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. Frequently contributes to the development of new theories and methods. Considered expert in field within the organization. Develops resolutions to complex problems that require the frequent use of creativity and where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Work is accomplished without considerable direction. May coordinate activities of other personnel. Exerts significant latitude in determining objectives of assignment, and determines the methods and procedures needed for new assignments.

Technical Skills and Experience

Position requires experience in performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis, and cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, and cost analysis, in the field and home office. Knowledge of supervision, personnel administration, and training of technical and non-technical personnel. Skilled in oral and written communication. Proficiency in using personal computer operating systems and several basic software applications. Proficiency in using multiple discipline-specific software applications currently used. Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience. For positions also serving as a Control Account Manager (CAM), advanced knowledge of and experience with project controls and/or project management, project budgets including cost estimating, cost control and cost analysis, project scheduling, implementation of corrective actions, developing and delivering detailed and accurate status reports and advanced knowledge of and experience with engineering functions and principles required to understand and successfully implement and monitor technical projects. Advanced knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) tools and processes.