Senior Project Controls Engineer | Travel 15%

Baker Construction; Hallam (NE); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Construction is seeking a qualified Sr. Project Controls Engineer to support multiple construction projects. You will develop cost and schedule baselines, collect monthly progress data, analyze variances, and integrate forecasts for client and management reporting.

You will implement financial controls and forecasting techniques, interface with project teams, and provide earned value management insights to keep projects on track and profitable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in relevant field (engineering/construction/business), or equivalent work experience.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in power and industrial engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) project controls practices and methods.
• Experienced Primavera (P6) user.
• Advanced level understanding of project controls, scheduling, and earned value management systems and principles.
• Intermediate to advanced level understanding of project management.
• Advanced level proficiency with Microsoft Office software suite.
• Exceptional communication, teamwork and influencing skills that foster a collaborative and continuous-improvement environment.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks concurrently (e.gl, parallel project controls support for new work and projects under execution).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for completing routine aspects of project control assignments with minimal oversight
• Develops, maintains, and analyzes integrated critical path schedules for major projects in accordance with contract specifications
• Develops and documents project planning considerations and objectives, scope, and milestones to incorporate into the schedule
• Gathers project progress information from project manager and project team members to update and monitor the project
• Evaluates and updates data regarding schedule dates, physical percent complete, resource requirements, subcontractor commitments and project accruals
• Reviews schedule progress and productivity of resources.
• Develops time-phased project cost and resource forecasts; validates project costs & updates requirements as required
• Monitors progress of project deliverables and actual expenditures versus forecasts
• Conducts performance reporting for major projects using Earned Value Management
• Conducts financial analysis including variance, risk, and profit/loss analyses
• Documents and assesses the impact of project changes on cost/schedule baselines
• Generates and analyzes earned value reports for projects and discuss any observations with the project manager
• Prepares client and internal status reports to communicate cost status and document trends

Skills

Earned Value Management

Scheduling

Cost Control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/construction/business

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Baker Construction is seeking a qualified Sr. Project Controls Engineer to support multiple construction projects. You will develop cost and schedule baselines, collect monthly progress data, analyze variances, and integrate forecasts for client and management reporting.

You will implement financial controls and forecasting techniques, interface with project teams, and provide earned value management insights to keep projects on track and profitable.