Project Controls Specialist - Isotopes Division

KeyLogic, LLC; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 76,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

KeyLogic, LLC seeks a Project Controls Specialist to support planning, scheduling, cost analysis, and performance monitoring at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The role emphasizes Oracle Primavera P6 and complex DOE/engineering projects.

Qualified candidates will have 5+ years in project controls and an active DOE Q clearance or eligible for rapid reactivation, with strong analytical and communication skills. This is a contract (6-12 months) position based in Oak Ridge, TN.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of project controls experience.
• Active DOE Q clearance or eligible for prompt reactivation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Support cost tracking, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Establish baselines, milestones, and performance metrics.
• Monitor progress and identify risks to cost, schedule, and resources.
• Prepare controls reports and management dashboards.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and stakeholders on scope, cost, and schedule alignment.
• Support change control, forecasting, and corrective action planning.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Position Type: Contract (6-12 months)

Clearance: Active DOE Q clearance or previously held Q clearance eligible for prompt reactivation

Position Summary

KeyLogic is seeking an experienced Project Controls Specialist to support project planning, scheduling, cost analysis, and performance monitoring within the Isotopes Division/CIPRC at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

The ideal candidate will have strong Oracle Primavera P6 experience and a background in project controls supporting complex engineering, construction, or technical projects, preferably within the Department of Energy (DOE).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project schedules using Oracle Primavera P6.
• Support project cost tracking, budget monitoring, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Establish and maintain project baselines, milestones, and performance metrics.
• Monitor project progress and identify potential cost, schedule, and resource risks.
• Perform critical-path analysis and evaluate schedule impacts.
• Prepare project controls reports, performance summaries, and management dashboards.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and stakeholders to ensure alignment between project scope, cost, and schedule.
• Support change control processes, project forecasting, and corrective action planning.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant project controls experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Oracle Primavera P6.
• Active DOE Q clearance or previously held Q clearance that can be readily reactivated, subject to verification.
• Experience with project scheduling, cost tracking, forecasting, and performance reporting.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting DOE, ORNL, or national laboratory projects.
• Experience with engineering, construction, nuclear, or other complex technical projects.
• Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM), integrated project controls, and project performance analysis.

About KeyLogic

Supporting critical missions at the intersection of data and science, KeyLogic provides mission management, systems analysis, data analytics, digital transformation, and cybersecurity to customers in the energy, federal civilian, and defense sectors, with a 20+ year portfolio of successes supporting DOE, DOC, EPA, DOD, DHS, FBI, and other federal agencies challenged with complex missions. We help our customers solve the world's most challenging problems with unsurpassed anticipatory service.

KeyLogic employs over 400 team members, including systems designers, developers, data scientists, IT and cybersecurity specialists, engineers, mission experts, program managers, and more than 70 Ph.D. scientists. This multidisciplinary team works together solving challenging problems with anticipatory service-always staying one step ahead-benefiting our customers, and ultimately helping build a better world.

We are committed to the success of each customer's mission. We care enough to make their mission our mission and their success our success. We take technical service delivery to a level above our peers. Our anticipatory service is best-in-class.

KeyLogic is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer. KeyLogic is committed to a policy of non-discrimination against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Request for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Job Code: 2789