Project Controls Specialist

Job Description

Position Description

The ideal candidate would be someone with experience working with non-profit/community action agencies, with very strong communication and presentation skills, experienced leader who fosters collaboration and is able to engage with multiple stakeholders, strong program or project management skills to oversee implementation of income qualified energy efficiency programs for DTE.

Position Description

Assists the project management teams by developing, monitoring and updating estimates and/or an integrated project plan and schedule so that the project may be executed in the most efficient manner possible.

Provides expertise and develops methods and techniques, standards, processes, procedures, guidelines and templates, for the estimating/scheduling organization, to support efficient development, management and control of project estimating/scheduling.

Coaches, mentors, trains and provides oversight of project estimators/schedulers in estimating/scheduling tools, techniques and processes.

May lead projects and/or project teams (including assigning work, reviewing progress and evaluating results), mentor, provide guidance and technical direction to less experienced engineering and technical staff, including the provision of input in performance evaluations, but is not responsible for supervising anyone.

Span of control: 0; this is an individual contributor job.

Key Accountabilities:

Supports the project teams and estimating/scheduling personnel efforts towards the development of the project plan and translating that project plan into the project estimate/schedule

Leads, develops and provides analysis of project estimates or schedules (including, as applicable, CPM software implementation, time impact and delay analysis, and review of periodic schedule updates)

Ensures the credibility of the information contained in the estimate/schedule

Assists with the preparation of project time and/or cost claims

Oversees the development and recording of the project’s historical estimate/schedule information and lessons learned

Provides expertise to develop methodologies, techniques and tools, software, standards and guidelines for estimating and/or planning/scheduling; expert knowledge in application of estimating/scheduling software and application of the software

Provides direct support and expertise to project personnel and estimators/schedulers regarding estimating and/or planning/scheduling.

Ensures that required project estimating and/or planning/scheduling controls are appropriately implemented and maintained.

Provides means of continuous improvement of the estimating/scheduling organization through benchmarking and maintaining affiliations with industry estimating/scheduling organizations and local/national chapters.

Scheduling Specific:

Develops master and detail schedules inclusive of major milestones, detailed WBS, assignment of costs, labor and equipment to activities, resource leveling, etc.

Monitors and updates schedule progress toward achieving the desired project completion date and informing management team of changes to schedule outcome.

Prepares and provides schedule progress reports, trending charts, and schedule analysis and re-ports forecasts for all significant project activities.

Analyzes the effects to the critical path activities; identifies changes to the project that affect the schedule, and develops the recovery schedules and alternate courses of action.

Posting Qualifications:

Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or a related field and the knowledge and experience generally acquired through 7-plus years of job relevant experience.

Preferred: Scheduler - 4+ years experience working with Primavera, preferably P6; Estimator - 4+ years experience in construction estimating on large projects.

May require the physical ability to work in a power plant environment (e.g. climb stairs, work in hot, confined environments).

Competencies

Communicate effectively (verbally & in writing) with individuals at all levels, inside and outside the Company.

Written and verbal communication & advocacy skills consistent with the ability to present results of projects & research, and engage in persuasive written & verbal interaction with all levels of the business unit

Analytical & problem-solving skills consistent with the ability to identify key issues from a broad range of alternatives, and recommend optimal solutions for various situations.

Ability to develop / coordinate cross-functional work groups and projects, yielding optimal outcomes.

Working knowledge of financial & economic analysis, project & risk management

Scheduler:

Knowledge in design scheduling, construction scheduling, program scheduling, and cost & resource loading. This includes developing detailed WBS, milestones, activities definition, logical sequences, durations, activity dependencies and interdependencies, and activity contingencies. Understanding of schedule models and methods, schedule quality analysis, schedule strategy, schedule integration techniques, Monte Carlo Analysis, schedule performance analysis techniques, etc.

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all.Company Description

With almost four decades of experience as a proven industry leader, Acro continues to be consistently recognized among the Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in the United States. As an international professional services firm with deep expertise in consulting and staff augmentation offering a variety of solutions including MSP, VMS, RPO, HRO (and more), Acro operates across North America, Europe, and Asia from over 30 locations. Acro’s client portfolio includes some of the most well-known names in business and provides services across all verticals including technology, aerospace, energy, automotive, government, and manufacturing. To learn more, please visit