Sr. Project Controls Specialist

Industry *Oil & Gas

Position Sr. Project Controls Specialist

Req Code 2722

General Location Metairie

Primary Responsibilities Requisition Number: 2722 Job Title: Sr. Project Controls Specialist Date Opened:

9/9/2025

Location: Metairie Industry:

Oil & Gas

Department:

Project Controls

Employment Type:

Full-TIme Regular

Part-Time Available:

No

Eligible for US Work Authorization Sponsorship:

No

FLSA Exemption:

Exempt (Eligible for Straight-Time Overtime)

Job Summary

The Project Controls Specialist is responsible for ensuring that all project activities and costs are kept on schedule and tracked accordingly.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

- Assist project manager to develop project scope of work

- Study and understand all relevant project documents pertaining to the preparation of plans and schedules

- Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel to prepare plans and schedules

- Convert scope of work document into logically linked, resourced project schedule

- Prepare realistic, achievable schedules as logical networks and where necessary integrate engineering, procurement and construction schedules.

- Develop progress curves and manpower histograms

- Develop cost curves and cash flow histogram

- Establish cost breakdown structure

- Assist in development of CTR

- Review time-writing and develop weekly staffing reports

- Collect expended man-hours and prepare Earned Value analysis reports

- Gather accurate progress and expended man hours information at relevant time intervals

- Prepare, review and ensure the timely issue of all relevant reports to stakeholders

- Verbally and in writing advise project management and discipline personnel on impacts, contingencies and generally guide the scopes towards the earliest possible finish

- Provide realistic resource forecast data at a project and corporate level

- Maintain realistic future work forecast plans for resource management

- Coordinate with vendors and fabricators invoicing requirements

- Provide input into the budget forecasting process

- Issue weekly and monthly cost reports

- Mentor other, less experienced schedulers

- Train, encourage and provide guidance to schedulers, junior and assistant personnel

- Manage cost discipline to ensure accurate and timely control and forecasting of man-hour budgets and ensure that the impact of all change requests are properly assessed and included in the schedules

- Participate in schedule risk analysis as required

- Analyze progress and effects on schedule and advise necessary corrective actions

- Work with accounting on the development and issue of monthly invoices

- Track actual costs and prepare cost forecasts

- Participate in quantitative cost risk analysis

- Participate in project risk analysis

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills And Abilities)

- Requires a High-School Diploma or Equivalent;

- Requires a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in an applicable project controls role performing listed duties;

- Project controls experience in the Oil & Gas industry;

- Requires an excellent working knowledge of project management software, specifically Primavera P6 & Excel.

- Requires the ability to manage multiple projects and determine priorities

- Must have an excellent understanding of the basic principles of project management

- Must have a proven record and experience leading the project controls effort on assigned projects

- Must have a high degree of computer literacy

- Must have experience implementing corporate and contract specific planning procedures

Preferred Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree preferred

- Power BI and Acumen Fuse are a plus

Working Conditions

- Work is primarily conducted in an office environment (Private or Semi-Private office) but also requires occasional travel to off-site work locations.

- Field duties require outdoor work in a plant or offshore platform atmosphere;

- Interaction with other team members, as well as supervisors and client personnel;

- Working offshore or in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels;

- Must be able to wear safety equipment as required by the safety department for personal protection;

- May be at more than one job site in a day and must be able to tolerate climate changes;

- May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis.

Other

Drug Free Workplace:

EDG Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to a drug free workplace.Applicants are subject to both pre-employment hair and urine drug screens.

Post-hire, employees are subject to random, periodic, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug testing which may include both hair and urine drug screens. In addition to the requirements of EDG’s drug free workplace program, employees may be required to sign, acknowledge and comply with drug free workplace policies or programs required by clients.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.