Senior Project Controls Engineer: Risk, Schedule & Cost

X-energy; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 109,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with employer match

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Dev

Job summary

X Energy in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking a project controls specialist to support planning, scheduling, cost estimating, and change management across programs. You will develop risk-adjusted forecasts, maintain risk registers, and deliver data-driven dashboards to leadership.

A 5‑day in-office schedule applies; travel is minimal. The role requires strong experience with project controls, probabilistic methods, and on-screen takeoff tools, plus proficiency in Word/Excel.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in engineering, project management or related industry.
• Experience using best practices in planning & scheduling, cost management, estimating or change management and trends.
• Experience using project management software applications.
• Advanced software skills using on-screen takeoff and estimating tools.
• Experience writing basis of estimate documents.
• Knowledge of multiple construction and project disciplines.
• Basic understanding of engineering documents and deriving quantities.
• Basic software skills: Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Provide project controls and risk management support to project teams.
• Lead SRA, CRA, and probabilistic modeling to assess project uncertainties.
• Maintain risk registers and track risks across cost, schedule, technical, and programmatic domains.
• Perform risk-informed analysis of schedules and cost baselines with mitigation strategies.
• Produce reports and executive summaries with probability distributions and Monte Carlo results.
• Create dashboards and KPIs to track risk exposure and mitigation effectiveness.
• Support risk-adjusted forecasts and EACs with quantitative results.
• Assist in developing integrated schedules with risk analysis and critical path.
• Track budgets, expenses, and risk-driven cost variance and contingency burn-down.
• Prepare periodic risk assessments and translate data into insights.
• Maintain professional demeanor in all communications.
• Execute core tasks with minimal supervision.
• Perform quantity surveys with on-screen takeoff as assigned.

Skills

Project controls

Risk management

Planning & scheduling

Cost management

Estimating

Change management

Project management software

Takeoff tools

Estimating tools

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

X Energy in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking a project controls specialist to support planning, scheduling, cost estimating, and change management across programs. You will develop risk-adjusted forecasts, maintain risk registers, and deliver data-driven dashboards to leadership.

A 5‑day in-office schedule applies; travel is minimal. The role requires strong experience with project controls, probabilistic methods, and on-screen takeoff tools, plus proficiency in Word/Excel.