Leads project controls activities, including cost forecasting, variance and trend analysis, schedule analysis, change control, progress tracking, procurement coordination, risk evaluation, and customer reporting. Reviews expenditures and calculates future costs using labor, materials, subcontractor, wage, and productivity data. Provides project priorities, improves controls processes, solves complex project issues, and may guide less experienced team members.
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Principal Specialist, Scheduling/PlanningJob Title
Principal Specialist, Scheduling/Planning
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KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.
Responsibilities:
- Forecasts, controls, and reports project costs for projects.
- Develops and provides project variances, trending and analysis of expenditures, monthly forecasts and reporting.
- Reviews project costs incurred by category, calculates future costs based on labor productivity, material price increases, subcontract, wage rates and risk analysis.
- Participates in or leads change control process. Ensures the development and completion of job progress milestones through scheduling.
- Coordinates with procurement and material mangers as well as engineering work group leads pertaining to essential items of supply.
- Provides priorities for projects to guarantee completion. Contributes to forecasts and disbursements by performing schedule analysis.
- Under general supervision, solves complex problems requiring detailed knowledge of field and industry best practices in project controls.
- Uses experience and problem solving skills to develop and improve processes.
- May provide guidance to less experienced team members.
- Position also may require accounting, financial management and customer reporting responsibilities at the project level.
Qualifications including Required Education, Experience, & Skills:
- Skills required for this job are typically acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree and 10+ years of experience.
Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability
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