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Project Specialist I

KLJ • Full-time • Bismarck, North Dakota, United States • 1w ago

Your growth opportunity

Supports a project team in the execution of all internal project controls processes and systems on small or medium-sized projects. Under the direction of a senior project specialist, will perform routine internal project controls activities, ensuring all project controls activities associated with project planning, project performance analysis and monitoring, project administration, and management support are executed in a timely fashion and in accordance with all KLJ standards and contractual requirements.

Participates in developing project scope, schedule, fee and estimate to complete (ETC) data for assigned projects under the direction of a senior project specialist.
Assists in the creation of a work breakdown structure (WBS) and development of schedules and budget data (including resource loading and cost estimating) for those WBS elements. Prepares resource schedule and quantity, progress and performance reports. Prepares project forecast (including labor and revenue). Inputs project setup and forecast into project control database.
Reviews cost data and helps prepare estimate to complete (ETC) cost projections that are defendable. Assembles and compiles schedule and cost data, inputs into the project control database, and provides output to the project team.
Prepares status reports and other related project planning and controls documentation.
Assists in the development and maintenance of any periodic (daily, weekly, monthly) status reports to keep KLJ’s and/or customer’s management team informed on the project progress. These reports may include labor productivity, schedule status, financial analysis, cost performance reports (CPR) and earned value curves and reports on either direct or indirect activities that are a part of the work.

What you are responsible for

Supports senior project specialists in identifying risks that may affect project profit, costs, schedules, and customer relations.
Supports the project management team in maintaining timely and effective change management processes, procedures and systems.
Works with operations to continuously improve the organization’s project management capability and enhance the customer experience. May train other project specialists on enhanced processes.
On field assignments, assists with quantity tracking and retrieving project data from contractors.

What you'll need

A bachelor’s degree in an industry-related field; applicable experience can substitute for education.
Travel is required, must have a valid driver’s license and be able to operate motorized vehicles.

Preferences:

Previous planning/scheduling and cost engineering experience in a professional services firm.
Experience with Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

The employee is regularly required to:

Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, and crawl
Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
Talk or hear and communicate clearly

The employee must:

Frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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