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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Project Control Specialist to join our team! In this role you will get to develops, establishes, and maintains all aspects of the cost control effort and/or the planning/scheduling effort on one or more of the larger, more complex and demanding projects. 

What You'll Be Doing:

Provides guidance, direction, and specialized assistance for the resolution of difficult and complex project control problems. 

Interfaces with clients, attends regular meetings, and provides statistical reports. 

Provides project and company management with the necessary tools for project cost control. 

May lead in the:

Development of the work breakdown structure, interfacing with all affected departments.

Analysis, evaluation, forecast, and reporting of schedule status against an established baseline

 Analysis, evaluation, and forecast project costs and performance. 

Coordinates staffing requirements, assigns and supervises project work activities, and trains personnel. 

Completes performance reviews and provides personnel development for the assigned employees.

Accumulates and accesses historical data, such as performance experience, for use in maintaining a realistic basis for future planning and forecasting.

May lead a staff qualified to assess the impact(s) of design/construction changes and schedule slippages. 

Develops or maintains an established system to show the hierarchy of plans and schedules; keeps project and company management fully informed.

Customizes project control systems to meet specific project requirements.

Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business discipline or in a related field with 12 years of professional experience in a project-oriented environment.

Experience developing and maintaining databases and dashboards using Power BI or other model-based tools.

Familiarity with data mining, ability to develop and manipulate, and maintain databases.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

Demonstrated experience using software used for advanced statistical analysis and tools for data visualization.

Proficient in Project Controls software and Microsoft Office Suite products (Word, Outlook, Advanced Excel, PowerPoint).

Ability to work effectively, as well as independently, in a team environment.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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