Requisition Number: 2457

Job Title: Sr. Project Controls Specialist

Date Opened: 5/7/2024

Location: Metairie

Industry: Oil & Gas

Department: Project Controls

Employment Type: Full-TIme Regular

Part-Time Available: No

Eligible for US Work Authorization Sponsorship: No

FLSA Exemption: Exempt (Eligible for Straight-Time Overtime)

Job Summary:

The Project Controls Specialist is responsible for ensuring that all project activities and costs are kept on schedule and tracked accordingly.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist project manager to develop project scope of work

• Study and understand all relevant project documents pertaining to the preparation of plans and schedules

• Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel to prepare plans and schedules

• Convert scope of work document into logically linked, resourced project schedule

• Prepare realistic, achievable schedules as logical networks and where necessary integrate engineering, procurement and construction schedules.

• Develop progress curves and manpower histograms

• Develop cost curves and cash flow histogram

• Establish cost breakdown structure

• Assist in development of CTR

• Review time-writing and develop weekly staffing reports

• Collect expended man-hours and prepare Earned Value analysis reports

• Gather accurate progress and expended man hours information at relevant time intervals

• Prepare, review and ensure the timely issue of all relevant reports to stakeholders

• Verbally and in writing advise project management and discipline personnel on impacts, contingencies and generally guide the scopes towards the earliest possible finish

• Provide realistic resource forecast data at a project and corporate level

• Maintain realistic future work forecast plans for resource management

• Coordinate with vendors and fabricators invoicing requirements

• Provide input into the budget forecasting process

• Issue weekly and monthly cost reports

• Mentor other, less experienced schedulers

• Train, encourage and provide guidance to schedulers, junior and assistant personnel

• Manage cost discipline to ensure accurate and timely control and forecasting of man-hour budgets and ensure that the impact of all change requests are properly assessed and included in the schedules

• Participate in schedule risk analysis as required

• Analyze progress and effects on schedule and advise necessary corrective actions

• Work with accounting on the development and issue of monthly invoices

• Track actual costs and prepare cost forecasts

• Participate in quantitative cost risk analysis

• Participate in project risk analysis

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Requires a High-School Diploma or Equivalent

• Bachelor's degree preferred

• Requires a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in an applicable project controls role

• Requires an excellent working knowledge of project management software, specifically Primavera P6 & Excel.

• Power BI and Acumen Fuse are a plus

• Experience in the oil & gas industry a plus

• Must have a proven record and experience leading the project controls effort on assigned projects

• Requires the ability to manage multiple projects and determine priorities

• Must have an excellent understanding of the basic principles of project management

• Requires an excellent general understanding of Cost Management, Estimating and Change Control

• Must have a high degree of computer literacy

• Must have experience implementing corporate and contract specific planning procedures

Working Conditions:

• Work is primarily conducted in an office environment (Private or Semi-Private office) but also requires occasional travel to off-site work locations.

• Field duties require outdoor work in a plant or offshore platform atmosphere;

• Interaction with other team members, as well as supervisors and client personnel;

• Working offshore or in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels;

• Must be able to wear safety equipment as required by the safety department for personal protection;

• May be at more than one job site in a day and must be able to tolerate climate changes;

• May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis.