Project Controls Specialist

The Project Controls Specialist will support planning, scheduling, cost control, and reporting for balance of plant (BOP) scope across oil & gas and power generation projects. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate project performance tracking, forecasting, and risk identification across multi-discipline engineering, procurement, and construction activities.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in industrial infrastructure projects, with a focus on utilities, interconnects, and supporting systems associated with power and energy facilities.

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Scheduling

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules for BOP scope.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure schedule alignment
• Identify critical path activities, float erosion, and schedule risks.
• Support lookahead planning and construction sequencing.

Cost Control

• Track project budgets, commitments, actuals, and forecasts for BOP scope.
• Support development and maintenance of cost reports, cash flow forecasts, and estimate-to-complete (ETC).
• Monitor cost performance and identify variances against baseline budgets.

Progress Measurement & Reporting

• Establish and maintain progress measurement systems for engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Produce biweekly and monthly reports including progress curves, earned value metrics, and variance analysis when required.
• Support client and internal reporting requirements.
   

Risk & Change Management

• Support risk identification, quantification, and mitigation tracking
• Maintain risk registers and contribute to schedule and cost risk analysis
• Track and evaluate change orders and scope growth, assessing schedule and cost impacts

Interface & Coordination

• Work closely with project managers, construction teams, and discipline leads to ensure alignment across all BOP systems (e.g., electrical, piping, utilities, interconnects)
• Coordinate across multiple workstreams including gas supply, cooling systems, substations, and plant infrastructure
   

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 3-5 years' experience desired. Experience in cost control, project planning, or material planning within a manufacturing or project-based environment preferred.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills, ability to use and communicate statistical and problem-solving tools including root cause analysis and corrective action skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills strongly preferred in dealing with sensitive issues, developing others, and reaching consensus on specific actions, inside and outside of Solar.