Project Controls Specialist- Idaho Falls

Project Controls Specialist
- Idaho Falls,

Requisition : 178384

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Nuclear Solutions

Department: Project Controls

Market: Nuclear

Employment Type: Full Time

As a Project Controls Specialist/Lead, you will manage an on‑site project controls team responsible for planning, scheduling, budget cost controls, change management, and reporting. This hands‑on role will give you the opportunity to directly interface with the design, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure the path of construction is supported.

This position is based in Idaho Falls, .

• Integrate cost and schedule data/baseline with the company’s enterprise system to facilitate the Project’s financial goals, or oversee this effort.
• Lead effort for tracking budget, project costs, labor hours, schedule updates, installed quantities, and progress measurements for work to include direct hire and subcontracted work.
• Maintain the planning/scheduling updates, applying engineering, procurement, and construction terminology, concepts, and relationships. Develop and maintain critical‑path logic networks and bar charts.
• Analyze, evaluate, and forecast current status against an established baseline schedule. Assess the impacts of design or construction changes and schedule delays. Report schedule status to all levels of project and company management as well as to the client.
• Prepare reports, graphs, and charts to communicate project status.
• Support the project team with the change‑control management process. Support project with pricing and determining schedule impact of change orders.
• Perform critical‑path and time‑impact analysis to document current conditions and change management on the project.
• Lead a team focused on work packaging. Ensure all work packages support construction sequence.
• Analyze work progress and craft productivity reports, use this analysis to update project forecast.
• Responsible for managing design quantities, and incorporating any changes from estimate into all quantity, cost, and schedule reporting.
• Manage a project controls team, including schedulers, cost analysts, and discipline‑focused Advanced Work Packaging Planning team.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, accounting, finance, or other associated degree.
• Relevant work experience in lieu of degree considered.
• 4+ years of experience.
• This role requires a facility‑specific clearance that requires U.S. citizenship to obtain.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, perform, review, and present planning and scheduling products. This includes the development of the products independently with minimal supervision using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge related to engineering, procurement, and construction practices.
• Previous Earned Value Management System experience.
• Previous Nuclear or DOE experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Motivated, detail‑oriented, and flexible.
• Be able to direct and manage a team to achieve project goals.
• Working knowledge of Primavera P6 with a strong understanding of scheduling fundamentals.
• Knowledge of reporting tools such as Power BI, Excel, etc.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook).

• Regular, reliable attendance.
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely.
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.

We offer our full‑time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top‑tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment…