Senior Project Controls Specialist

Intellectt INC; North Carolina; On-site; USD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellectt INC in North Carolina seeks a Senior Project Controls Specialist to transform large project datasets into accurate, auditable reports and dashboards. You will own cost, schedule, invoicing, and earned-progress data across projects and support PMO leadership.

The role emphasizes data-driven analysis, advanced Excel/Power BI skills, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive reporting improvements and automation.

Qualifications

• Extensive Project Controls experience on construction or capital projects.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI capabilities.
• Strong data analysis, mining, reconciliation, and visualization skills.
• Experience with cost, schedule, invoicing, earned progress, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6 or Oracle Primavera Cloud.
• Understanding of integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, and float.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and reconcile project cost, schedule, invoicing, and earned-progress data.
• Review invoices, cost codes, work packages, POs, and supporting docs.
• Extract, clean, combine, validate, and reconcile data from multiple project-control systems.
• Identify variances, anomalies, forecast changes, progress trends, and gaps.
• Analyze SPI/LPI, milestones, dependencies, float, and critical paths.
• Support schedule reporting using Primavera Cloud or similar tools.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and advanced Excel models.
• Perform data-quality checks to ensure auditable reporting.
• Support reporting automation using analytics, automation, and AI tools where relevant.
• Collaborate with Project Controls, Cost, Scheduling, Finance, Procurement, and project teams.

Skills

Project Controls

Excel

Power BI

Data analysis

Data mining

Reconciliation

Visualization

Forecasting

Variance analysis

SQL

VBA

Power Query

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle Primavera Cloud

SQL

Power Query

VBA

Job description

Title: Senior Project Controls Specialist
Location: North Carolina
Duration: 15 Months
Employment Type: W2 Contract
Pay Rate: $48 $52/hr W2

Job Description:
Seeking a highly data-driven Senior Project Controls Specialist to support project cost, schedule, invoicing, earned field progress, and management reporting. This role will focus on transforming large project datasets into accurate, auditable, and actionable reports and dashboards for Project Controls, PMO, and site leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze and reconcile project cost, schedule, invoice, and earned-progress data.
• Review invoices, cost codes, work packages, purchase orders, and supporting documentation.
• Extract, clean, combine, validate, and reconcile data from multiple project-control systems.
• Identify cost/schedule variances, anomalies, forecast changes, progress trends, and reconciliation gaps.
• Analyze SPI/LPI, milestones, dependencies, float, critical/near-critical activities, and planned vs. earned progress.
• Support schedule reporting and data exports using Oracle Primavera Cloud or similar scheduling tools.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, advanced Excel models, and management reports.
• Perform data-quality checks and ensure reporting is accurate, traceable, and auditable.
• Support reporting automation and process improvements using analytics, automation, and AI tools where appropriate.
• Partner with Project Controls, Cost, Scheduling, Finance, Procurement, and project teams.

Required Skills:

• Strong Project Controls experience supporting construction, engineering, or capital projects.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
• Strong data analysis, data mining, reconciliation, and visualization skills.
• Experience with project cost, schedule, invoicing, earned progress, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Experience with Primavera P6, Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC), or similar scheduling platforms.
• Understanding of integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, float, critical path, and work packages.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred:

• Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, EPC, or other regulated/large capital-project experience.
• Experience with SQL, Power Query, VBA, reporting automation, or AI-based analytics.
• Experience developing executive-level Project Controls dashboards and reports.