Project Controls SpecialistQualus LLC
Job Summary
Power your future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a Project Controls Specialist. This position requires strong scheduling integration abilities of project team members and other departments. Competencies required involve strong communication skills, ability to influence (without authority), and relationship/team building.
Responsibilities
- Perform project support and work planning scheduling services for the System and Protection Department.
- Learns and uses written and/or historical knowledge procedures, processes, and workflows to develop reports that communicate the System Protection departments work plan near, mid, and long-term internally and externally.
- Maintain departments work plan and continue to integrate other departments, other data sources such as the Engineering Departments Project Status Report (PSR)
- Monitoring budgets, handling change management, running earned value analysis (EVA), and projecting cash flow.
- Tracking regulatory frameworks and evaluating environmental or supply chain risks before they derail project delivery
- Seeks inputs and changes affecting the work plan and ensures these are reviewed, accepted and then updates work plan appropriately.
- Monitors and communicates departments project specific tasks, inputs required, and durations needed of work plan Project Managers during Project Plan development
- Develops process for collecting data related to department trends and provides input to continuous improvement ideas
- Creates dashboards and program reports for System Protection department manager
- Review communication of departments status and assists with the communication of this status with project managers, stakeholders, and management.
- Provides accurate and timely dissemination of information based on inputs developed and received.
- Provides a high level of customer service and fosters team building. Builds strong relationships with peers, stakeholders and management.
- Works with the project stakeholders to capture and document the business requirements of the department and desired end-state.
- Builds schedule templates specifically for System Protections use (not Project Team templates).
- Utilizes staff integration of inputs required, durations of tasks, and resources required for specific tasks to be communicated to project teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have 5+ years of experience within project controls: scheduling, cost control, and risk/compliance
- Major capital project experience
- Bachelors degree in related field
- Must be able to work in-person Hybrid schedule either in Woodlands, TX or New Orleans, LA
- Specific software experience using MS Project or P6 Primavera for scheduling and resource management and proficient in Excel.
Preferred Skills
- Experience within electric, power generation, gas.
- Previous EPC or owner experience
Benefits & Compensation
Company Overview
Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, energy efficiency and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 2,000 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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