We are seeking an Project Control Specialist (Capital Projects) to join our client's greenfield soda ash processing facility project team. This is a full-time permanent opportunity with an organization that is currently ramping up to break ground in 2025.
We are searching for a candidate who will be a team player with outstanding collaboration and interpersonal skills and will have deep experience developing, maintaining, and tracking a project's master schedule, ensuring alignment with procurement activities, construction progress, and engineering design. The Master Scheduler will work closely with the Project Team, including, but not limited to, the procurement team, engineering team, and other stakeholders to ensure all project milestones are met.
Key Responsibilities:
Create and maintain a comprehensive project schedule that integrates all phases of the project, including well field, processing facility, rail, and cogeneration plant construction.
Coordinate with the procurement team to ensure that materials and resources are available when needed, adjusting the schedule to reflect any delivery delays or changes.
Monitor and analyze the project's critical path to identify any risks or schedule slippages and provide recommendations for corrective action.
Work closely with site supervisors, construction managers, and the engineering (EOR) team to update the schedule with real-time progress and ensure all teams are aligned.
Earned Value Management (EVM): Track project performance using EVM techniques and provide regular updates on schedule progress against planned performance.
Provide regular schedule updates, reports, and forecasts to the Project Manager, highlighting any risks, potential delays, and mitigation strategies.
Continuously update and adjust the schedule based on changes in project scope, design updates, or unexpected events that affect the timeline.
Create, monitor, and update the project schedule.
Work with subcontractor schedulers to ensure their timelines integrate smoothly into the master project schedule.
Qualifications:
7+ years of experience in project scheduling for large-scale industrial or construction projects (experience in soda ash, chemical, mining, or mineral processing sectors preferred).
Experience managing complex, multi-phase projects with multiple stakeholders.
Outstanding interpersonal skills and skills in interacting with all departments in a spirit of teamwork to meet project & company goals
High level of internal motivation and desire to achieve goals with excellence.
Demonstrated outstanding problem identification and problem-solving skills and positive approach in dealing with problems
Demonstrated skills in identifying opportunities and taking advantage of them.
Demonstrated skill in executing plans to accomplish goals.
Strong attention to detail and organization skills
Highly skilled in Microsoft Office software, PC applications and project management software (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project)
Demonstrated skill in excelling in a fast-paced environment with time-sensitive demands.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field or the equivalent.
Working Conditions:
Must be able to work in outdoor and indoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 and below 32 degrees.
Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment.
Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
Demonstrated competence in safely and successfully performing the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards