Senior Project Controls Specialist

Role Description

CDM Smith is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Controls Specialist to support construction projects across various locations in the U.S.! This role offers the chance to contribute to impactful infrastructure initiatives while working with a dynamic and collaborative team. The Senior Project Controls Specialist supports project delivery teams by developing moderately to highly complex schedule and cost baselines. This role involves collecting and analyzing monthly schedule and cost data, identifying variances, and assisting in root cause analysis. The specialist ensures that risk reserves are accurately maintained and integrated into financial forecasts and communicates this information through standardized reports to relevant stakeholders. Additionally, the role supports the implementation of financial controls, procedures, systems, and forecasting techniques. The specialist collaborates closely with project team members and various levels of management, while adhering to all safety protocols.

• Ensures compliance with internal procedures such as federal/government regulations.
• Gathers project progress information from project manager and project team members to update and monitor projects of moderate to high complexity.
• 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.
• Performs performance reporting for a portfolio of projects or programs using Earned Value Management.
• Conducts financial analysis including variance, risk and profit/loss analyses, etc.
• Performs non-routine analyses and prepares non-routine financial reports.
• Documents and assesses the impact of project changes on cost/schedule baselines.
• Manages Project Managers portfolios and projects on an international scale.
• For projects of moderate to high complexity, develops and documents project planning considerations and objectives, scope and milestones to incorporate into the schedule.
• Develops, maintains, and analyzes integrated critical path schedules for major projects and/or portfolio of projects in accordance with contract specifications.
• Evaluates and raises project early warning signals to project manager.
• Evaluates and recommends resource realignments to maintain project execution.
• Generates and analyzes earned value reports for moderately complex to highly complex projects and discusses any observations with the project manager.
• Performs portfolio analysis and reviews findings with portfolio managers with respect to On Time Delivery, Risk Forecasts, and Project Gross Profit Erosion etc.
• Evaluates project execution and impact of developing trends using prescribed methodologies to determine if project is proceeding within available resources and budget.
• Prepares client and internal status reports to communicate cost status and documents trends.
• Uses appropriate document management protocols to manage the storage and retrieval of project documentation.
• Provides technical guidance and training to more junior staff.
• Mentors more junior staff and develops them for future growth within the discipline and firm.
• May supervise the work of junior engineers on project work.
• Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5 years of related experience.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a college degree.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of project management methodology including budget development, project planning, control and assurance methodologies, and finance and accounting concepts and practices.
• Demonstrates excellent knowledge of project goals, drivers, strategies, risks and opportunities as well as an understanding of project finance, accounting or business administration.
• Demonstrates the ability to independently plan and manage the detailed execution of a construction project by thoroughly interpreting and utilizing contact documents, architectural and engineering drawings, and technical specifications.
• Expert level knowledge of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management suite of tools (Primavera P6).
• Proficient in the use of Project Performance tools (EcoSys).
• Possesses excellent teamwork and collaboration skills and an ability to work well in fast paced environments requiring daily shifting of priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Benefits

• 20% - 40% travel required.