Senior Project Controls Specialist (Planner/Scheduler)

Senior Project Controls Specialist (Planner/Scheduler)

Location: Kansas City, MO

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Pay Rate: $57.00 $64.00 / Hour (USD)
• Travel Requirements: Driving may be required (MVR check applies)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The Senior Project Controls Specialist leads project controls processes and consults with the project management team to ensure client satisfaction. This role presents schedule status reports to the project management team and client, and validates proper set-up and management of the Primavera P6 Project Schedule(s).

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze data, logs, and reports in the suite of project controls tools.
• Validate proper Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is utilized.
• Develop effective scheduling reports for projects.
• Develop, implement, and manage the reporting data warehouse to produce valuable program controls reports and data for multiple large projects.
• Provide leadership and training to team members ensuring the resolution of difficult project control issues.
• Develop and implement project controls execution plans.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with existing and potential clients, customers, and contractors.
• Responsible for engineering, procurement, and construction planning, scheduling, logistics.
• Serve as a point of contact for technical questions from the project team.
• Validate the accuracy of schedule management and forecast reporting.
• Interface with the Project Management Team.
• Review upstream (prime contract) / downstream (purchase orders & subcontract) change orders.
• Lead the Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM).
• Lead the presentation of Project Controls reporting when required.
• Validate schedule progress.
• Analyze and evaluate schedule management involving the critical path method of scheduling techniques.
• Perform schedule what-if scenarios.
• Validate the accuracy of earned value management system reporting.
• Analyze progress measurement.
• Analyze progress curves.
• Review material takeoffs.
• Perform quality checks and inspections on project controls deliverables.
• If assigned to the field, perform field audits to validate accuracy of reporting and processes.
• Perform Project Forensic Analysis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Required Skills

• Experience with critical path scheduling, project cost management, estimating, and document control.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6.
• Ability to facilitate and produce detailed construction schedules and interface those construction schedules with engineering and procurement activities.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field required; applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• OSHA 10-hour safety certification ability to obtain required.

Required Experience

• 7 years of direct project controls experience required.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This infrastructure engineering firm has been designing and building essential city infrastructure since 1898. Operating as a 100% employee-owned organization through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), the firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and operates from 75 offices across the country and internationally, employing more than 14,500 employee-owners and generating over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. The firm serves critical sectors including energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare, and has earned consistent recognition as a Glassdoor Best Places to Work with a 4.2-star rating across more than 1,800 reviews. Teams include civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, and program management professionals engaged in complex, consequential projects.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-10747 Industry: Engineering

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