Senior Project Controls Specialists

Primary Talent Partners, LLC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Talent Partners, LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks a Senior Project Controls Specialist for a 12-month hybrid contract. Expect Primavera P6 scheduling, detailed cost and schedule analysis, and collaboration across multiple teams.

Strong Excel and data forecasting skills are essential. The role requires extensive project controls experience and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision, using complex data and various software tools.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree required; or 11 years of project controls experience in lieu of degree.
• Expert Primavera P6 scheduling and analysis capabilities.
• Strong Excel and data analytics skills; proficient in cost/schedule forecasting.
• Proven collaboration and communication with project teams and leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and analyze detailed project schedules in Primavera P6.
• Update schedules regularly with actual progress and revised logic.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, IT, and team members on scope and dependencies.
• Gathers information for status and health of projects from team members.
• Produces monthly project reports including P6 outputs for leadership.
• Gathers, validates, and analyzes schedule data for accuracy and trends.
• Maintains work breakdown structures and tracks schedule variances and critical path.
• Generates project controls reports and supports data-driven decisions.

Skills

Primavera P6

Advanced Excel

Forecasting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PMI or AACE certification

Tools

MS Office

Jira

Powerplant

Maximo

PeopleSoft

Business Objects

Job description

Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Senior Project Controls Specialistswith our large power and utilities client in Charlotte, NC. This is a 12-month contract with a potential for extension. This is a hybrid position - 3 days a week in office.

Pay:

$60.00 - $70.00/hr;W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment.Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

Description:

This is the expert level of the Project Controls classification hierarchy. Workers at this level are responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 while independently performing regular schedule updates that incorporate actual progress, remaining durations, and logic revisions. This position may also perform project forecasting, cost alignment to schedules, cost analysis, and variance analysis.

This position typically is assigned to projects classified as “Green ” per the Project Management Center of Excellence Project Profile Matrix with a high level of complexity. Workers are expected to have advanced skills and the ability to work independently, with guidance limited to unusual or complex projects or issues. Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate in a matrix working environment and with multiple levels of leadership are critical for this individual’s success. This position must be adept at picking up and using unfamiliar software and able to work with large and complex data files. Advanced to expert level of experience in Excel is required for this role.

Responsibilities & Duties: include, but are not limited to:

• Develop, maintain, and analyze detailed project schedules in Primavera P6.
• Independently perform regular schedule updates, incorporating actual progress, remaining durations, and logic revisions.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, IT, and other project team members to capture scope, sequences, and dependencies.
• Gathers input and information for projects. Works with project team members to obtain information regarding the status and health of assigned projects.
• Generates monthly project reports that drive discussion with PM and Project Team, including P6 reports.
• Responsible for gathering, verifying, validating and analyzing schedule data.
• Develops and maintains work breakdown structures, project schedules, tracks and trends schedule data, Tracks and reports project status, analyzes variances, determines earned value, and analyzes critical path activities at a level appropriate for each project
• Generates periodic Project Controls reports. Responsible for gathering, verifying, validating, and analyzing data in support of project controls
• Experience in Project Controls Cost Methodologies. Including maintaining cost estimates, tracking, and trending cash flow reports, change control documentation (scope or cost) and/or any reports associated with project controls.
• Tracks and reports project status, performs variance and other data analyses at a level appropriate for the project.
• Distributes and archives project documents.
• Maintains effective relationships with customers and supports the resolution of quality issues
• Proficient in conflict resolution and reaches positive outcomes among team members.

Required Qualifications:

• Graduation from a four-year college or university - business, finance, project management, engineering, technical, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 7 years of project controls experience.
• Minimum of 11 years of project controls experience in lieu of a degree.
• Proficient in project controls principles.
• Proficiency / Expertise with project management / project controls concepts / computer applications / analytics; strong collaborative team member.
• Demonstrated expertise in using Primavera P6 to develop, maintain, and analyze project schedules
• Demonstrated knowledge of analyzing, integrating, trending and forecasting cost and schedule information for projects
• Demonstrated effective collaboration skills with good written and oral communication skills
• Proven collaborative team member

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters - business, finance, project management, or equivalent.
• PMI or AACE certification (the following or equivalent are acceptable - PMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, AACE-CCC, AACE-PSP, AACE-CEP, AACE-EVP).
• Demonstrated expertise in using Software such as MS Office, Jira, Business Objects, Powerplant, Maximo or EAM, PeopleSoft. Risk management tools / Monte Carlo analysis.
• Expert in user of Excel
• Prior company or Utility experience.

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Aff…

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