Project Controls Engineer

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology. Group/Division KLA's Global Workplace Services (GWS) team is passionate about advancing our business goals and company culture by building workplace environments that foster teamwork, innovation and productivity.

GWS is responsible for site improvements to support business needs, promoting a secure work environment, regulation compliance, safety protocol implementation, emergency preparedness and risk mitigation.

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise. KLA is seeking a highly skilled Project Controls Engineer (PCE) with expertise in cost estimating, scheduling and cost control. The PCE will collaborate closely with the Corporate Facilities team, Contractors/Consultants, A/E firms, Regulatory Bodies, and various internal teams including Legal, Real Estate, Finance, Purchasing, and Insurance.

The PCE will assist the Project Controls Manager (PCM) ownership of tracking cost, schedule, and contracts for all capital projects and will coordinate progress reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis with the Project Managers.

• Manage cost, schedule, and contracts for all capital projects
• Coordinate with the Global Workplace Services (GWS) team for progress reporting (Monthly Business Reviews, Project progress meetings, site walks and more.)
• Issue project-level and portfolio-level reports
• Support the GWS team in gathering project-level information for the Long-Range Plan
• Liaise with corporate management to assist in obtaining project funding in FRAM (Facilities Resource Allocation Meeting)
• Report on cost, schedule, risk, contracts, and issues for all global capital projects
• Support Project Managers (PMs) during bid solicitation, tabulation, evaluation, and award
• Management of Consultants/Contractors

• Handle a broad range of projects varying in dollar value and complexity, from simple to complex manufacturing retrofit projects
• Develop project funding documents with the project team
• Assist in budget, schedule, change management, cost and schedule risk analysis, cash flow analysis, and developing historical cost data for benchmarking
• Review and analyze engineering and contractor cost estimates, bids, change orders, invoices, labor rates, and physical engineering/construction progress
• Budget, track, and control KLA costs as well as engineer/contractor costs
• Onsite presence required at least 3 days per week; travel approximately 20%

Strong technical knowledge in construction, cost, and schedule management. Strong analytical skills for estimate analysis, bid evaluations, budget monitoring, cash flow analysis, risk analysis (Quantitative and Qualitative Risk modeling), and benchmarking project costs. Proficient in all types of estimating from conceptual through definitive construction estimates. Proficient in computer systems including MS Office, database programs, scheduling software, Excel spreadsheets. Exceptional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Expert in Oracle Primavera Cloud, Primavera (P6) planning, Procore, Estimation software such as Timberline or similar, Excel, Visio, and other Office Tools, Power Bi.

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• Masters preferred
• Minimum Five (5) years of…