What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Controls, Senior position at M.C. Dean, Inc.?
Project Controls, Senior
The Project Scheduler 3 will be responsible for analysis, and control activities, schedule
development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery plan development
activities, cost estimating, cost analysis/control, and planning/scheduling activities for a medium
to large size project.
Responsible for:
• Providing project planning and scheduling documentation to support project and
customer requirements.
• Providing planning and scheduling support for in-house or on-site work as required.
• Assisting the Project Controls Manager, Team Leads, Superintendents and the Project and
Program Managers in tracking the projects against baseline schedules and budgets.
• Preparing periodic management and/or customer reports and presentations as required
under the supervision of the Project Controls Manager.
• Assisting on project proposal teams.
• Prior to project start, creating and revising preliminary master schedules, detailing the
sequence of all work to be performed.
• Assisting Project Controls Manager and Project Manager in maintaining Master schedule
for each project, identifying, and recording the impact of work performed and not
performed as scheduled.
• Evaluating actual progress and providing regular schedule updates.
• Interfacing with Operations to discuss impact of work and resolution of problems.
• Contributing to the development of working schedules for Estimating, prior to proposal
date, which sufficiently illustrate the sequence of work activities and contract time.
• Assist in preparing and issuing proposals and preliminary schedule.
• Incorporating Resource and/or Cost Loading data into schedules as required.
• Consulting appropriate project team members and estimating procedures as a means of
ensuring that proper planning is completed prior to the commencement of work.
• Assisting the Project Controls Manager and Project Manager in creating short-term
schedules, monitoring such schedules to determine impact on master schedule, and
helping in formulating actions to correct scheduling problems.
• Providing information as needed on the content, modification, or presentation of project
schedule.
• Remaining current on the advancements in scheduling software.
• Continuously expanding and updating professional knowledge and honing training skills
to enhance individual and team innovation and productivity.
• Aiding the Project Controls Manager and Project Manager and others as required with
incorporation of fragments in Project Schedule.
Education Requirements:
• 5 years of experience using MS Project/Primavera scheduling software for large to
medium projects of more than 2,000 activity network with a bachelor’s degree in
construction management, Project Management or related field.
• 3 years of experience with a master's degree
• 8 years of experience with an associate's degree
• 10 years of experience with a High School Diploma / GED
• Proficiency in using SureTrak and Primavera Scheduling Software Applications.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point) and SharePoint to
create effective management and status reports.
• Change control experience, working with multiple project schedule baselines and full
lifecycle implementation.
• Construction experience is required.
Preferred but not required:
• Project Management Software (PM Online) – In-house Software.
• AS400 (internal)
• CMMS software
• Primavera P6 software
Abilities:
• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms,
for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and
sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.