Project Controls Cost and Estimating Roles (Baltimore, Groton, NY, Philadelphia, DC) - onsite

Project Controls Cost and Estimating Roles

Amtrak will be hiring Project Controls Cost and Estimating professionals to support our Capital Delivery department. Open positions may include:
Sr Project Controls Mgr, Project Controls Mgr, Lead Project Controls Specialist, Project Controls Specialist.

These individuals will be responsible for developing, using and improving existing enterprise tools, systems, and work processes to drive effective management control and reporting on cost, schedule and progress measurement for high complexity projects and programs. Specifically, individuals will work with Portfolio/Project Leadership and Project Controls teams to develop integrated master schedules, project budgets/forecasts, and risk registers using standard tools. Additional responsibilities include driving evaluation and impact assessment of identified project risks to enable the project team with applicable data for development of risk mitigation plans and contingencies.

Opportunities will exist to support major capital construction and infrastructure renewal projects in various locations across the Amtrak system.

Preferred

Skills & Experience:

Demonstrated experience in project controls, cost and estimating skills, financial skills (budget management, financial reporting) and/or project risk management. Strong focus on collaboration, team building and customer service. Effectiveness working diplomatically across teams with varying objectives. Strong oral and written communication skills across all levels Ability to analyze, organize and present project reports and other related project information. Expertise in Primavera/Oracle PPM, MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), SharePoint, and/or Power BI tools Transportation industry experience preferred.

Experience performing or leading project controls for mid ($50M+) to large ($500M+) capital construction projects, programs, and/or portfolios. Experience managing/supervising a team to achieve performance results welcomed.

The salary range is $78,. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. Depending on an employee's assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee's base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees.

In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses;
Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility;
Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges.