Project Controls Senior Analyst

Consolidated Nuclear Security; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

401(k) matching

Wellness programs

Job summary

Consolidated Nuclear Security in Oak Ridge, TN, is seeking a Planning and Scheduling professional to coordinate multi-scope project planning, scheduling, cost estimation, and reporting. You will interface with Project Managers and core teams to keep projects on track and compliant.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years of relevant experience (or Master’s with 3+ years). Proficiency in Primavera P6, SAP, and MS Office is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• 12+ years of education/training/experience may satisfy requirements.
• Strong knowledge of Primavera P6 and SAP.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Access).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning, scheduling, estimating, monitoring, and reporting across multiple scopes.
• Interface with Project Managers and Core Team Members.
• Provide tools to keep projects on track, within budget, and compliant.
• Plan, develop, monitor, and control project scopes, schedules, costs, and risk.
• Perform schedule, cost, and resource variance analysis.
• Prepare cost and schedule reports and trend analyses.
• Ensure data integrity and configuration control.
• Facilitate internal team communications and meetings.
• Assist with customer interactions and status reporting.
• Budgeting and forecasting for program planning and BOEs.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Cost estimation

Analytical skills

Communication

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

Excel

PowerPoint

Access

Job description

Requisition ID19828-Posted09/14/2026-Planning and Scheduling- Level of Experience (1) -No travel required- Job Location Options (1)

What You'll Do

This position performs the following duties:

• Coordinate the planning, scheduling, estimating, monitoring, configuration control, analysis, and reporting on multiple scopes of varying size, complexity, and level of risk
• Interface significantly with Project Managers and Core Team Members, as well as functional organizations
• Provide project manager with tools to keeping projects on track, within budget, and within compliance requirements

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Plan, develop, monitor, and control project scopes, schedules, cost estimates, and risk for projects and tasks
• Perform schedule, cost, and resource variance analysis.
• Prepare cost and schedule reports, conduct effective cost and schedule trending processes, provide analysis for use to support corrective actions, and produce timely reports for assigned projects
• Ensure the data integrity and configuration control for assigned projects
• Facilitate internal team communications and meetings
• Assist with customer interactions, including tracking project management deliverables and presenting project management status to external or internal customers
• Perform budgeting and forecasting responsibilities in support of program planning, internal Fiscal year planning, and BOEs for project execution

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 4 years of relevant experience
• OR Master's degree: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
• OR 12 or more years of relevant education, training, and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements

Preferred Job Requirements

• Professional or advanced level of project control technical skills in cost, schedule, and reporting
• High level of proficiency with Primavera P6
• Proficiency with Microsoft software applications, including Windows, Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint, and the ability to integrate applications
• Knowledge of or experience with project controls practices and principles, including work breakdown structure development, duration management, schedule logic and dependencies, critical path analysis, change control, cost engineering, estimating, Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), status reporting, and what-if analysis
• Ability to resolve complex issues, strong organizational skills, excellent oral and written communications skills, strong analytical and problem solving skills, and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to effectively facilitate meetings
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and effectively manage multiple/changing priorities
• Understanding of basic accounting principles
• Strong working knowledge of SAP, cost planning, and financial management software

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.