Project Controls Specialist III

Location: Claypool

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Where You Will Work Our Miami smelter and rod plant is nestled just 90 miles east of Phoenix. The smelter processes copper concentrate primarily from our company’s Arizona copper mines and is the most significant source of sulfuric acid for our North American leaching operations. Arizona’s Globe-Miami historic mining district offers natural beauty and a rich mining heritage. The Tri-Town of Globe, Claypool and Miami offers convenient shopping locales, including Walmart, Safeway, Fry’s and other local stores.

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Description Under moderate supervision, provides project controls support to Engineering and Construction in cost and schedule analysis, reporting, and general project controls support as directed by the Project Controls Manager.  This may include but is not limited to the preparation, analysis and presentation of reports, charts, tables and information along with analysis of trends, project risks and forecasts.

Validates the reported progress percentage based on the rules of credit established within the project with the contractors through spot checks of the design documents and/or construction progress

Develops progress measurement process for required scopes of work and update on a regular basis

Reviews contractor schedules for accuracy and alignment with the overall master schedule

Reviews project documents, including design sets, to determine project milestones and sequencing and validate that the construction schedules comply with the project documents

Assists in processing of project change notices, maintain change logs as required and report on changes through Freeport’s Change Management System Assists in compilation of all weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the project

Based on design reviews, identifies any out of scope changes and documents quantity variances based on material take offs (MTOs) from design documents

Utilizes Engineering knowledge and experience to review and process Engineering submittals, and track the progress of the same and coordinate submittal and reviews with the Project Manager, project team members and any other stakeholders as directed by his/her Supervisor Assesses the cost and schedule impacts of design or construction changes and associated cost growth and/or schedule slippages

Evaluates proposed process improvements, requests for information (RFIs), and differing site conditions for impacts to the project in terms of cost and/or schedule

Identifies and resolves Project Control issues through various methods and provided proposed solutions to address problems

Works closely with other Project Controls team members on resolving issues identified building on technical knowledge, designing innovative short cuts, and reviewing Engineering alternatives

Analyzes, evaluates, and forecasts status against an established baseline schedule on complex scopes of work Understands detailed construction methodology, assisting in identification of potential issues and impacts and proposes corrective actions

Estimates quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labor to validate project estimates, change orders and scope changes through the review of design drawings, sketches, calculations or other information supplied by the engineering or construction company

Prepares estimates on minor…