Project Controls Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Project Controls Engineer

Job Description

This role is responsible for providing schedule management support, both internally and externally to partners and clients, under the supervision of the appropriate leadership.

Responsibilities

• Create, develop, and maintain detailed resource-loaded schedules, considering the industry-known best practices of schedule management, performance work statements, technical proposals, work breakdown structures, and directions from sr project managers and technical leads.
• Create, develop, and maintain schedule baselines.
• Work with all stakeholders to collect progress and performance updates and keep the schedules up to date.
• Perform schedule analysis, including critical path and float analysis, near-critical path activities assessment, 'what-if' scenarios/analysis, schedule variances, etc., and create related reports as directed and requested.
• Perform schedule health-checks/audits considering industry-known best practices/policies and/or the internally developed/adopted evaluation criteria/scorecard.
• Perform schedule impact analysis to support risk and issue management, and change management processes.
• Support proposal-related efforts including, but not limited to, WBS and schedule development and cost and resource analysis/projections.
• Conduct schedule management trainings and brief schedule management analysis as needed.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of hands-on experience or exposure to Primavera P6 scheduling software
• Bachelors degree in management, business, engineering, science, or a relevant field

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge or direct experience in project management principles and practices
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) methodologies
• Experience in capital construction or large-scale engineering projects
• Experience utilizing industry-known best practices of scheduling management and schedule health-check/audit process, preferred
• Experience scheduling for capital construction projects, preferred

Work Environment

On-Site Office Environment, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The position offers non-billable holidays and PTO, including 11 holidays and 3 weeks of PTO.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Oak Ridge, TN.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $85.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Oak Ridge, TN.

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 21, 2026.

This is a fully onsite position in Oak Ridge,TN.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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