Senior Project Controls Specialist

Senior Project Controls Specialist

Location: Aiken, SC (100% on-site) Pay Rate: $65-$70/hr Contract: 1-year base with two (2) 1-year option periods Work Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 6:00 AM–4:30 PM EST (PART-TIME) Clearance: DOE “Q” (ability to obtain; US citizenship required)

About the Role

We are recruiting on behalf of Savannah River Site (SRS) for a Senior Project Controls Specialist to serve as a Plan Scheduler supporting the Savannah River Tritium Enterprise (SRTE) projects. This role organizes, develops, analyzes, and maintains the project controls, financial analysis, and estimating applications used to monitor established objectives, and prepares status and management reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy and recommend solutions. The goal is to give management the ability to maintain cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a complex project or work activity.

Working under limited supervision, you will perform moderately complex planning and scheduling activities and support SRTE project schedule, trending, and cost.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, analyze, implement, and maintain complex logic-driven, integrated, resource-loaded divisional or project schedules across short, mid-range, and long-range planning horizons.
• Formulate and define schedule logic to meet baseline milestones and award fee objectives.
• Analyze schedule performance for progress and trends, and recommend corrective actions to remove or mitigate potential problems or constraints.
• Analyze variance from the schedule baseline and recommend corrective action to management.
• Develop project milestone schedules that make effective use of resources; help establish milestones tied to scheduled activities and obtain management concurrence where needed.
• Review established planning technology and methodology and recommend improvements or alternatives to make the best use of department schedules and resources.
• Provide guidance to others in planning and scheduling, and oversee and monitor essential or critical planning activities.
• Lead schedule review meetings or take the primary role for the scheduling portion of the division, department, or project Plan of the Day (POD) meeting, and issue guidance and rules for effective scheduling in the assigned area.
• Interface regularly with all levels of management.
• Perform field walkdowns in support of SRTE project schedule, trending, and cost.
• May take a lead role in planning and scheduling for a single large project, facility, department, or program.

Required Education & Experience

Master’s degree in business, construction management, a technical field, engineering, or a related area and 2 years of practical experience. Equivalents considered: a Bachelor’s degree in a related area and 5 years of practical experience; an Associate’s degree and 8 years of practical experience; or a high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience.

Top Skills & Requirements

• Strong personal computer skills.
• Considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management, and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties.
• Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level, along with knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.
• Estimating specialty: demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical personnel, interfacing with engineers, and knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and equipment requirements.
• Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify work condition impacts on costs.
• Experience with PeopleSoft, Primavera P6, OAS, and COBRA.

Security Clearance

Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance. An active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties; after award, the selected candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidates who have held an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years.
• Prior experience at Savannah River Site.

Why Work at COMPA Industries?

We strive to provide careers, not just jobs, for our employees. We invest in and serve the communities where we work and live. We provide best-in-class administrative, professional, and technical services to solve complex problems to meet customer mission-critical objectives.

For over 30 years, Compa has been a trusted partner in progress. We combine decades of technical expertise with a forward-thinking spirit, tackling intricate challenges in nuclear facilities alongside the brightest minds in science and engineering. Join us, and don’t just build your career, build the future, with competitive compensation, a collaborative culture, and the chance to make a real difference for national security and beyond.

COMPA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to protected status.