Project Control Specialist - Martinez, United States - PTS Advance

Description

The Construction Project Controls Specialists main job responsibilities are to provide construction work package estimating, forecasting, and progress reporting to the execution organization and manage overall project closeout, benchmarking, and analysis of the construction project portfolio.

JOB DUTIES:

• Support the TAR organization in outages as cost analyst.
• Develop communications and reporting networks for data gathering, review, analysis and presentation of recommendations to ensure projects remains on schedule and within budget.
• Review, analyze and communicate cost & progress data in Enterprise Project Controls software (IPS).
• Provide project controls support during FEL (Front End Loading Engineering) and execution phases.
• Develop, maintain, and report on Plan of the Plan KPIs and milestone metrics during construction execution phase.
• Develop project estimated costs including direct and indirect labor costs, equipment rentals and misc. materials.
• Provides monthly updates and forecasts to accounting for all active projects including accruals per accounting practices on capital and expense.
• Communicate cost status & recommendations to the project teams and accounting to maintain the projects within approved budgets and cash flow constraints.
• Reviews and understands general work scope for construction projects and participates in field walkdowns and progress checks.
• Assists with development of master schedule and reviews schedule coding to ensure accurate project reporting.
• Provides final summary of costs at the completion of the construction project including final cost breakdown comparison analysis and performs final project close-out services.
• Works with contractors to develop and maintain appropriate and accurate cash flows and cost forecasts.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years as Project Controls Specialist
• 3 years of experience within refinery or heavy industrial setting
• Bachelors degree in Engineering or related field preferred
• Knowledge and application of construction management best practices
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication & problem solving skills
• Primavera planning and scheduling experience preferred