Strategic Project Planning & Controls Specialist

Boston Government Services, LLC; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

Paid Vacation

401K

Long and Short-Term Disability

Job summary

Boston Government Services, LLC (BGS) seeks a proactive Project Planning and Controls professional to support Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque. You will develop cost plans, schedules, and variance analyses while guiding technical leads and managers in informed decisions.

The role requires a strong background in project controls, Earned Value, and a DOE Q clearance, with onsite work at Sandia. Join a mission-driven team delivering secure, high-impact programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline plus five (5) years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of the Nuclear Weapons Product Realization Process (Systems and components).
• Experience in schedule development and maintenance including building and updating project timelines, tracking milestones and deliverables, and using Primavera P6.
• Experience to resource load to enable accurate allocation and leveling of resources, ensuring realistic schedules, cost control, risk mitigation, and effective project execution.
• Experience with Earned Value Management principles.
• Active DOE Q clearance.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security or clearance badge.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, prepare, validate, and maintain cost estimates, detail baseline budgets, work package agreements, and monthly cost variance reports.
• Provide detailed analysis and reporting of project status within an established system of project controls.
• Analyze forecasts to identify issues before they become problems, enabling projects to react timely and develop appropriate solutions.
• Work with the project technical leads and project manager to execute project schedule development, project monitoring and control, and integrated change control.
• Partner with project managers, technical leads, and managers to make recommendations to influence key decision makers within the scope of project controls (work breakdown structure, schedule, and budget / cost).
• Understand the scope of work sufficiently to build and status schedules, generate budget profiles, and support project teams.
• Estimate at Completion (EAC) development by utilizing a variety of project controls tools.
• Analyze, compile, and present project specific data from a variety of sources to meet on-demand needs.
• Research, assemble, and evaluate project information or data and recommend sound, practical solutions to project issues.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Fast-paced work adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration / project management / accounting / finance

Tools

Primavera P6

Cost reporting systems

Job description

Boston Government Services, LLC (BGS) seeks a proactive Project Planning and Controls professional to support Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque. You will develop cost plans, schedules, and variance analyses while guiding technical leads and managers in informed decisions.

The role requires a strong background in project controls, Earned Value, and a DOE Q clearance, with onsite work at Sandia. Join a mission-driven team delivering secure, high-impact programs.