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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