Project Controls Specialist

Job Title : Project Controls Specialist

Location : Union NJ

Job type and Duration : Contract to Hire

Our client, a global Architecture and Design Firm, is looking to hire a Project Controls Specialist to join their team in Union, NJ.

The Staff Project Controls Specialist will be responsible for leading the project controls processes with the internal project management team to execute project deliverables within budget and schedule.

• Ensure the project is set up using the Enterprise Planning & Controls software.
• Analyze data, review logs, and run reports in the Enterprise Planning & Controls software or other tools.
• Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Develop, implement, and maintain effective scheduling reports, cost reports, cash flows, and forecasts for multiple projects.
• Follow project execution plans.
• Responsible for engineering, procurement, and construction planning, scheduling, logistics, and cost control.
• Serves as a point of contact for technical questions from the project team.
• Approve Purchase Orders and / or Subcontracts for proper coding.
• Input and document changes to cost reports or forecasts.
• Interfaces with the Project Management Team and Accounting Department to review project costs and contingency costs and support external audits.
• Review upstream (prime contract) and downstream (purchase order & subcontract) change orders.
• Develop and present a cash flow report.
• Develop various levels of schedules.
• Apply and review the entry of logic ties within the schedules.
• Monitor resource loading of a schedule.
• Support Interactive Project Planning Meetings (IPPM).
• Create various schedule reports and determine the appropriate reporting format.
• Develop, review, and analyze pre-programmed project scheduling reports and back-up documentation for accuracy.
• Consult with the project team on the progress of the schedule.
• Analyzes and evaluates schedule management involving the critical path method of scheduling techniques, estimating, project cost management, and forecasting.
• Perform schedule what-if scenarios.
• Develop and maintain an earned value management system.
• Input and validate progress measurement.
• Develop and maintain progress curves.
• Perform material takeoffs.
• Perform quality checks and inspections on project control deliverables.
• Perform field audits to validate the accuracy of reporting and processes.
• Capable of assisting with Project Forensic Analysis

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