Project Controls Specialist

L.J Gonzer Associates is looking for individuals to join our pool of qualified candidates for potential assignment as a Project Controls Specialist.

In this role you'll be supporting the LIRR Business Unit Capital Program and other Infrastructure Projects. -Prepare Project Schedules, Resource Plans, and Cost Budgeting from Scopes, Estimates, Drawings and Contract Specifications -Interact with Project Team members during Project Planning, Design, development of construction staging plans and review of site-specific conditions for incorporation into the work plan and project schedule -Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Activity Development : Subdivide the work to be performed by discipline, using WBS, into manageable activities for coordination and control of the project-Construction Sequence / Logic : Preparation of detailed project schedules that accurately identify the interrelationship of activities to be performed by the various force account disciplines and third party involved in the project.

This includes identification of predecessor / successor relationships and duration of activities to determine the early dates, late dates, float, and critical activities -Project Schedule Resource and Cost Loading : Allocation and distribution of estimated man-hours and cost by activity for each discipline involved in the project as required to define the associated weighted value of each activity adn to support the resource leveled development of Master Resource Plan -Coding of Activities : Development and assignment of standardized codes for each activity based on the WBS to identify the project, location, discipline, etc.

for merging of all project files to provide capabilities for customized sorting of activities and resources -Issue Baseline Schedules, Update Schedules, adn Reports (Status and Forecast) for the use by project team.

Project Schedules are to be updated and reported on every month or more frequently if required -Current Schedule vs. Baseline Schedule Analysis : Compare and highlight major activity deviations between the original baseline schedule and the current schedule based on monthly updates -Critical Path Analysis : Identify and Analyze Critical Paths / Activities to ascertain project completion in time and in budget, including forecasting delays and evaluation of alternative scenarios -Delay Claims Analysis : Analyze and recommend actions for delay claims by Third Party Contractors -Planned vs.

Actual Percent Complete Reporting : Monthly updates of the project schedules shall be prepared based on physical work completed and used to calculate and report percentage complete status of the project to client and other agencies -Monthly Status Reporting : Preparation, updating and distribution of various monthly bar charts, histograms and schedule extracts delineating work completed to date and plan for upcoming work activities -Earned value Analysis : Analysis of physical work completed, and actual dollars expended against the planned goals and dollars budgeted for the project.

Includes initiation of recovery schedules and corrective action plans to remain within estimate and budget-Resource Planning / Leveling : Assist in development of a comprehensive CapitalProgram plan that compiles all projects and associated force account resources.

Evaluate and analyze overall departmental requirements and to level resource peaks andvalleys. Assess future resource requirements and support the department's hiring plans-Project Re-baseline : Analysis and development of revised project work plans based on status of goals, production, scope changes, budget, material, and resource availability as required to initiate corrective action and pro-actively manage the deployment of budgeted resources-Third Party Interfacing of Activities : Review and coordinate third party schedulesubmittals for incorporation of critical activity interfaces with force account activities-Task Goal Schedule Updates : Periodic reporting of task level goalsbased on the project status and progress on major task level goals measured against theoriginal, planned, and current forecasted schedule dates.

The key dates shall be derivedfrom critical milestone dates established in the project schedules-Capital Program Oversight / Audit Interface : Support the Design Project Manager's(DPMs) development of plans and documentation as requested by outside agencies andconsultants involved in the oversight and auditing ofCapital Program projects-Other Duties : Support the review, development, and implementation of enhancementsto scopes, estimating and DPM project management practices-Project Site Visits - Visit job site during the development of the baseline schedules andthroughout the construction period to inspect physical work completed, address out-of sequence construction activities, attend field meetings, and update project schedules-Bachelor's Degree in engineering, architecture, management, business administration and or / a combination of education and proven experience in Engineering & Construction -Minimum 5 years experience in planning, scheduling, monitoring and project controls of Railroad capital project construction projects or equivalent projects-Minimum 3 years of recent experience in construction scheduling using Primavera P6 scheduling software including experience developing schedule delay analysis and schedule claim analysis -Demonstrated knowledge of Planning, Scheduling, Tracking and Monitoring of Project Scope, Recourse and Cost loading -New York State Driver's License -Knowledge of other software applications relevant to scheduling and reporting such asPower BI, is a plus-Experience on Earned Value Management (EVM), time extension claims analysis,change orders and reports writing-Experience in reading and comprehending contract drawings and contractsspecifications-Ability to create simple as well as complex analytical reports of schedule data such asTime, Resource, Cost and Earned Value using P6, and the Microsoft Suite Power BIexperiences are preferred-Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)-PMI-PMP or PMI-SP or equivalent is plus-Ability to integrate Project Expenditures Financial System data with P6