Project Controls Specialist

Project Controls Specialist

Overview

McCarls Technical Services (MTS) is a leading heavy industrial engineering and construction firm specializing in the design and construction of complex projects across various sectors including: Chemical Minerals & Metals Power Oil & Gas Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing sectors. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Project Control Specialist to support our Project Delivery team.

As MTS continues to experience success and increasing demand for the high-quality services we provide we are excited to offer new opportunities for growth and advancement. Our continued national expansion means that we are actively seeking dedicated innovative and forward-thinking professionals to join our team. If youre looking for a place where your contributions are valued and where you can grow alongside a company that is committed to excellence McCarls offers the ideal environment. We believe in investing in our people and providing the resources and support needed to help you reach your full potential. Join us and be part of a thriving company with endless possibilities for career development.

General Purpose:

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Project Control Specialist (PCS) to develop and support schedule and budget activities across our project portfolio. This role encompasses project control activities on a portfolio of projects cost and progress management forecasting analysis planning scheduling and preparation of project reporting. Additionally active collaboration with project team members during the development of budgets forecasts schedules and monthly cost reporting updates are central to this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to create and work within Cost and Work Breakdown Structures (CBS-WBS)
• Provide operational support to Project Managers and project teams throughout the project lifecycle
• Create project budgets from as-sold estimates
• Collaborate with Project Managers Finance & Accounting on financial reporting and forecasting
• Analyze and report cost variances cash flow forecasting and resource planning
• Assist with the development of and maintain resource loaded project schedules
• Lead schedule reviews with site staff project engineers and client representation
• Support the definition of progress reporting rules of credit for projects
• Analyze and report schedule impacts
• Track critical activities and changes to the critical path impacting the project
• Able to run critical path reports and support the project team in critical path analysis
• Ability to coordinate multiple sources of schedule inputs into a master schedule

Qualifications:

• 5 years related project controls work experience (Cost Specialist Scheduler) on Refining / Oil & Gas Petrochemicals Metals or engineering capital projects.
• Bachelors degree in engineering business finance construction management or similar degree
• 10 years of project controls experience in place of degree
• Familiar with large capital programs extensive pre-construction programming and scheduling experience maintaining EPC multi-group multi-disciplinary project schedules
• Experience managing contractor relationships and understanding of best practices in the design and construction industry
• Experience using enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
• Experience with Vista Viewpoint is a plus
• Experience in cost and progress management
• Understanding of critical path method scheduling using Primavera Products
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to build and maintain strong and trusted working relationships with internal stakeholders
• Able to work as part of a team with strong organizational skills
• Skilled in MS Word Excel and Power Point
• Occasional travel may be required

Required Experience:

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