About RSI

RSI has provided services to major federal clients and Fortune 500 engineering and construction companies since 1996. RSI has nearly 30 years of experience in complex, highly regulated markets providing environmental, engineering, energy, and project management services while maintaining an excellent safety record.

RSI is headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and is a wholly owned operating company of ASRC Industrial (AIS). AIS is a wholly owned operating company of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC), an Alaska Native Corporation.

RSI offers a full range of benefits including a generous PTO plan; paid holidays; medical, dental, vision; 401K (100% match up to 4% eligible compensation) and 100% immediate vesting; basic and supplemental life insurance; and short- and long-term disability.

Position Description

RSI is seeking a Senior Project Controls Specialist responsible for supporting the PMO Director in project scoping, planning, and scheduling; earned value management (EVM); change control; and problem identification and resolution support. The Senior Project Controls Specialist requires strong communication skills and a positive, service-oriented attitude.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor project status using Primavera P6
• Plan and monitor project cost performance
• Review the project status by analyzing actual physical progress and reported activity completion and comparing that information to the project schedule
• Document project progress and changes, forecast project cost and schedule impacts, and communicate progress updates and projections to team members
• Prepare summary and detail level reports, which are fundamental monitoring tools to identify progress and problems with projects
• Accrual preparation and analysis
• Coordinate with internal and external clients on the status of work being performed and process logic change requests while analyzing these impacts on the schedule and resource allocation
• Utilize the “lessons learned” from other projects to identify potential risk exposures and needed activities and logic changes
• Perform risk analysis of the project plan to determine how to achieve reduced levels of risk while maintaining safety and technical specification adherence
• Prepare status reports using Cobra or similar EVM system and provide detailed analysis on project status through the use of earned value management techniques and tools
• Perform detailed variance analysis of actuals versus forecast
• Forecast multiple projects with various expenditure types monthly
• Conduct change control in accordance with established procedures
• Interface with program managers, projects managers, and senior management
• Close purchase orders and drive project closeout process
• Proactively recommend solutions to team for recovery or problem resolution
• Monitor team compliance with company standards and processes
• Travel to project sites to support management reviews, as needed

Required Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical, financial, business, or related field plus at least 5 years of progressively more difficult project control experience with an emphasis on cost analysis and reporting. Detailed knowledge of project control practices, methods, procedures is desired.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated application of project control concepts, processes, methodology, and techniques
• Demonstrated experience in cost engineering practices such as performance analysis, business planning, budgeting, economic analysis, cost control, forecasting, etc., with ability to query company financial accounting system for detailed cost analysis
• Demonstrated experience with EVM techniques
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate at all levels of management, including executive management
• Working knowledge of business planning processes and supporting budgetary, financial, workforce planning processes
• Demonstrated ability in problem solving and analysis; familiarity with the concept of how risk management tools work and are used and applied on a project
• Demonstrated ability using Deltek Costpoint and Cobra preferred
• Experience building and maintaining schedules in Primavera P6
• Demonstrated ability to use PC-based software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.)

Clearance and Health Regiments:

• Criminal Background Check
• Pre-placement Drug Screening

EEO Statement:

ASRC Industrial (AIS) and its operating companies affords equal opportunity in employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, familial status, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under Federal, State or Local law. AIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.