What are you going to do

This is a long-term, contract position on a 4x1 rotation (4-weeks on site, 1-week off) for candidates who are outside the geography. This position will work on rotation at the New Orleans, Louisiana engineering office. Travel accommodations, housing, transportation, and a monthly stipend will be included.

Schedule: 4 weeks working at site, 1 week off at home. If the project workload supports working from home during the "off" week, it must be with manager approval.

About the Role

• Manages and oversees scheduling function within project controls functional area for moderate to high-risk capital engineering and construction projects.
• Responsible for project planning and scheduling, monitoring, progress measurement, risk management and reporting.
• Manages planning team members reporting to the Project Controls Manager.
• Participates in establishing operating policies to mitigate risk.
• Provides guidance and consultation for project team members.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Duties:

• Guide and direct resolution of project difficulties and complex project control issues. Strong analytical skills required to review all project controls information and ensure accuracy as well as identify issues, concerns, and potential mitigations
• Interact with the Project Management team and corporate team in the development of the project schedule and participate in regular project meetings. Gather information, conduct analysis, and prepare reports and presentations of information to communicate potential issues and concerns as needed on the project. Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule.
• Identify, determine, and communicate design changes, scope changes, schedule slippages and potential impacts and participate in the identification of mitigations. Ensure trends of cost and schedule are identified, well documented and ensure the change management process is followed and communicate and suggest corrective actions
• Coordinate with cross functional team in project setting, ensure project controls team members are interfacing with engineering, procurement, contracts and construction on concepts and relationships to the scope of work.
• Manage project baseline process for schedule and participate in progress measurement as well as forecasting of final schedule throughout the project. Ensure all planning is conducted in accordance with company standards and procedures and that schedule version control processes, policies, and procedures are followed.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend mitigations and potential workarounds
• Participate in risk management; this includes identification, documentation, mitigation and tracking of potential risks on the project. In addition, determine potential schedule/progress impacts of potential risks as they are identified
• Mentor and lead other project planner/scheduling members, ensure project planning team is staffed appropriately, conduct regular staff performance reviews, and manage any staffing issues that may arise
• Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slippages identified in schedule

Essential skills and knowledge

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related fields and eight (8) years' experience in Construction Management, at least four (4) years of experience in a leadership role in project controls OR
• High School diploma or GED and twelve (12) years' experience in engineering, construction, project controls or business-related field with at least four (4) years of experience in a leadership role in project controls planning and scheduling
• Broad knowledge of the principles/practices of heavy industrial construction

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with construction of metal mining operations, especially with regards all disciplines of construction.
• Experience with construction mega projects.
• Experience with cost estimating for civil projects, project scheduling and project controls
• Skilled in related scheduling software (Primavera, MS Project, etc. )

Language Skills, Certifications and/or Training:

• Broad knowledge of the principles and practices of heavy industrial construction
• Ability to research and analyze information of considerable difficulty and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions