Project Controls, Staff

M.C. Dean, Inc; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the engineering sector is seeking a Project Controls Staff member who will be responsible for project planning, scheduling, and documentation to meet project and customer requirements. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in project management, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage complex scheduling tasks. This role also entails assisting teams in tracking project progress and evaluating schedules while ensuring compliance with deadlines and budgets.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with a High School Diploma.
• 6+ years of experience with an Associate degree.
• 2+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Providing project planning and scheduling documentation.
• Assisting Project Managers in maintaining Master schedule.
• Preparing periodic management reports and presentations.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Problem resolution

Communication

Time management

Education

High School Diploma

Associate Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

CMMS software

Project Management Software

Primavera P6

Job description

Overview

Project Controls, Staff

Responsible for

• Providing project planning and scheduling documentation to support project and customer requirements.
• Providing planning and scheduling support for in-house or on-site work as required.
• Assisting Team Leads, Superintendents and the Project and Program Managers in tracking the projects against baseline schedules and budgets.
• Preparing periodic management and/or customer reports and presentations as required.
• Assisting on project proposal teams.
• Prior to project start, creating and revising preliminary master schedules, detailing the sequence of all work to be performed.
• Assisting Project Manager in maintaining Master schedule for each project, identifying and recording the impact of work performed and not performed as scheduled.
• Evaluating actual progress and providing regular schedule updates.
• Interfacing with Operations to discuss impact of work and resolution of problems.
• Contributing to the development of working schedules for Estimating, prior to proposal date, which sufficiently illustrate the sequence of work activities and contract time.
• Assist in preparing and issuing proposal and preliminary schedule.
• Incorporating Resource and/or Cost Loading data into schedules as required.
• Consulting appropriate project team members and estimating procedures as a means of ensuring that proper planning is completed prior to the commencement of work.
• Assisting Project Managers in creating short-term schedules, monitoring such schedules to determine impact on master schedule, and helping in formulating actions to correct scheduling problems.
• Providing information as needed on the content, modification, or presentation of project schedule.
• Remaining current on the advancements in scheduling software.
• Continuously expanding and updating professional knowledge and honing training skills in order to enhance individual and team innovation and productivity.
• Aiding Project Managers and others as required with incorporation of fragments in Project Schedule.
• Schedules and tracks equipment maintenance using CMMS software
• May require some travel to job sites.

Education Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience with a High School Diploma or
• 6+ years of experience with an Associate degree or
• 2+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree

Preferred but not required:

• Project Management Software (PM Online) – In-house Software.
• AS400 (internal)
• CMMS software
• Primavera P6 software

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.