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 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. Presents schedule status reports to the project management team and client.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate proper set-up and management of the Primavera P6 Project Schedule(s)
• 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 Experience

• 7 years of direct project controls experience required

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Onsite role based in Kansas City, MO
• Field audits may be required to validate accuracy of reporting and processes
• Driving is required (MVR check applies)
• Flex scheduling eligible

Benefits

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

About the Client

This client is a 100% employee-owned infrastructure engineering, architecture, and construction firm with more than 125 years of experience building critical infrastructure across the energy, aviation, water, telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare sectors. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, and operating from 75 offices across the country and internationally, the firm employs more than 14,500 employee-owners and generates over $7.4 billion in annual revenue. Teams here include civil and structural engineers, architects, environmental scientists, construction managers, and program management professionals who engage with complex, consequential projects from major airport expansions to large-scale energy infrastructure backed by an ESOP ownership model that aligns every employee's success with the organization's performance.

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

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