Senior Project Controls Member

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The Project Management Office (PMO) of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a Senior Project Controls Staff Member to lead the project controls effort on large-scale scientific research and development projects and large scientific instrument projects. The role involves working closely with the Project Manager and the project Control Account Managers (CAMs) to ensure project execution meets Department of Energy (DOE) requirements.

The position resides in the Project Management Division in the Laboratory Director's Office of Operations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

ORNL is the largest DOE science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. Our diverse capabilities span a broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines, enabling the Laboratory to explore fundamental science challenges and to carry out the research needed to accelerate the delivery of solutions to the marketplace.

This position will function as the project controls lead and is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive project control strategies that ensure alignment with overall project objectives and budget targets. The project controls lead will collaborate closely with project leadership and cross-functional teams to develop a cost and schedule baseline, track performance, identify and manage risks, manage change requests, and enforce compliance with DOE and ORNL requirements.

This individual will support the project through:

• Development and maintenance of the project work breakdown structure (WBS) and dictionary.
• Development and maintenance of detailed, logic-driven, resource-loaded schedules and summary/detailed cost estimates.
• Identification and management of project risks, including Monte Carlo analyses.
• Management of project change control processes.
• Provision of ongoing schedule and cost maintenance, status updates, and forecasting.
• Preparation of monthly project status and performance reports, including variance explanations and identification of critical and near-critical paths.
• Support of project management staff and CAMs in preparing for internal and external project reviews.
• Demonstration of ORNL's mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promotion of equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

• A BS/BA degree in project management, business, engineering or equivalent combination of education, experience, and specialized training will be considered.
• Eight years of experience successfully performing project controls duties as noted above.
• Solid understanding of project controls best practices regarding scope, time, cost, change and risk management.
• Experience supporting the performance of scope management, planning & scheduling to include resource and procurement planning, estimating/cost management, risk management and project performance monitoring and reporting.
• Strong communications skills, with the ability to successfully interact with DOE, project reviewers, senior laboratory management and senior project staff members

• A MS degree in project or construction management, business, science, engineering or equivalent.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Significant hands‑on experience with:
  Oracle Primavera P6, Deltek Cobra or similar cost processors, risk analysis and simulation software, change control applications, and custom system and report development.
• Project experience…