Senior Project Controls Engineer

About the Role

We are currently looking for a Senior Project Controls Engineer to provide scheduling support services to our valued client’s data center practice. This position will work with a team of professionals, including client project managers, construction professionals, and project stakeholders, to develop, manage, and monitor CPM schedules and project control systems throughout a project’s life cycle. This role is a significant project team position with many growth opportunities

General responsibilities include:

• Development, maintenance, and monitoring of construction CPM Schedules.


• Review project documents and specifications to develop baseline schedules that accurately include all required dates, activities, and milestones.


• Perform progress schedule updates to include comprehensive reporting and narratives.


• Review project schedules and provide recommendations based on execution goals.


• Perform critical path analyses, identify schedule-related problems, and recommend corrective actions.


• Conduct site walks for progress validation and prepare monthly reporting packages for the project site team.


• Review the contractor’s progress and present it to management for decision‑making.


• Develop metrics, KPIs, and benchmarks to support the program.


• Cost and resource management and reporting.


• Identification and evaluation of risk and impacts within project schedules.


• Communicate project status and challenges effectively.


• Meet with project teams, clients, owners, and various stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Five or more years of experience in project controls and CPM scheduling within the vertical construction industry.


• Two or more years of experience in project controls for data centers.


• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, construction, project management, or a related field. This requirement may be waived with five or more years of direct, vertical construction industry experience.


• Proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6.


• Ability to accurately interpret construction documents.


• Knowledge of construction means, methods, and sequences.


• Experience developing construction project schedules for data center projects.


• Cost and resource management and reporting,


• Familiarity with contractual clauses as they apply to planning and scheduling,


• Excellent oral and written communication skills,


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously,


• AACEI PSP or PMI-SP certification(s) preferred.


• This role requires being full-time on-site.

Benefits and Perks:

• Healthcare, dental, and vision insurance


• 401(k) + employer match


• Life and AD&D coverage 100% employer-paid


• Voluntary life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance


• Life Assistance Program


• Paid Time Off + 10 paid holidays


• Wellness Program


• Squishy rhinos


• Team events