Project Control Specialist

Job Type :       Full-Time

Level :             Mid Level

Location :       Ashburn, VA (Washington, DC metro area)

Travel :          No Travel       

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Our Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) practice in the Washington, DC metro area is seeking a Project Controls Specialist with transportation engineering and/or construction experience to join our managed services project controls and scheduling support team at an agency of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation. This is an onsite position in the client’s office location in Ashburn, VA.  

This individual will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Work collaboratively with the program support team consisting of 3 – 4 Project Control Specialists assigned to the Division’s Eastern region to execute the requirements of the Statement of Work (SOW) for a 5-year renewable services contract to manage a portfolio of large transportation engineering design and construction projects
• Perform project controls and scheduling support tasks for projects in 30 states and Puerto Rico
• Define and execute leading practice project controls strategies that mitigate operational and administrative schedule issues that improve schedule integrity, efficiency and productivity across all assigned project controls and scheduling tasks
• Effectively utilize the Oracle Primavera P6 to perform required project controls and scheduling tasks at both the program and project level to support all project phases
• Analyze assigned project schedules and generate periodic or ad-hoc reports to project stakeholders to provide in depth insight of project health to enable informed decision making
• Provide bi-weekly/monthly status reports to the Chief of Engineering, Branch Chiefs, Construction Engineers, Program Managers, Project Managers, Functional Managers etc.
• Work collaboratively with the client/project stakeholders to ensure the satisfactory fulfillment of all service level agreements

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 3 years of project controls and scheduling experience in a large transportation engineering, construction or public works environment
• Must possess at least 3 years of project controls and scheduling experience using Oracle Primavera P6 Professional or EPPM v21 or higher
• Experience and good understanding of supporting scheduling activities at both the project and program level within all phases of the project
• Prior experience utilizing Earned Value Analysis, Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling and Float Analysis
• MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT
• MUST BE ABLE TO PASS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCESS

COMPENSATION:

• Annual salary is based on experience
• 10% annual performance bonus
• Benefits include 15 days of PTO, 11 paid public holidays, medical, dental, vision, 4% employer match 401K plan, educational assistance, life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, etc.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

***  ONLY CANDIDATES LOCAL TO THE WASHINGTON, DC METRO AREA OR THOSE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO THE AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED.

If you are interested in this position, please send an updated resume and salary information to   as soon as possible to be considered. If you are not interested, but know someone who might be, please let us know. There is a $1,000 referral fee for referring a qualified candidate who is hired for the position.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:  

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