Are you passionate about cutting-edge science and technology? Join us as a Project Controls Engineer and be at the forefront of innovation!

Title: Project Controls Engineer

Location: East Lansing, MI

Schedule: Onsite, M-F (1st shift)

Contract: 6-months contract to permanent

Compensation: $40-$45/hour (similar annual salary upon conversion to direct hire)

Onboarding Requirements: Background check, employment verification, drug screening

Job Summary: You will play a crucial role in facilitating and managing project controls for a state-of-the-art facility for rare isotope beams. This includes developing, maintaining, integrating, and reporting project and sub-project schedules and cost estimates, actively monitoring schedule and cost baselines, and providing timely reports and analyses in accordance with requirements and best practices in project management.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize advanced project management software to develop and maintain integrated project schedules, ensuring compliance with university policies, procedures, and regulations
• Develop and maintain cost control processes, collect and report cost status for management reporting and earned value tracking, and analyze cost/budget expenditures
• Review and analyze schedule and cost performance for reporting to project management and earned value tracking using specialized software tools
• Identify and develop schedule contingency, analyze schedule variances, and propose remediation strategies, including critical path analysis
• Provide ongoing cost engineering/planning and scheduling guidance, and report monthly status to project and sub-project managers
• Lead regular project controls meetings to review and update performance, driving forward state-of-the-art advancements in science and technology

Skills:

• Proficiency in project management software such as Primavera P6 or MS Project
• Knowledge of earned value management methods
• Experience with Deltek Cobra Earned Value Management Software and Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio management or Microsoft Project
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Technical aptitude to learn and update complex custom software with limited training

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering discipline
• Five to eight years of related and progressively more responsible work experience in project control positions
• Certification as a Project Management Professional or equivalent combination of education and experience

MAJOR BONUS: Experience involving DOE-SC (Department of Energy Science Office) and/or NSF (National Science Foundation)

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering discipline

Work Direction and Interfaces:

• Report to Project Controls Manager
• Interface with team members, project leaders, subject matter experts, and suppliers

If you're ready to take your career to the next level and be part of groundbreaking science and technology, apply now to join our team!

HRU is an EOE (Equal Opportunity Employer)