Project Specialist III

Job Title: Project Specialist III
Job Location: Wilmington, NC (Onsite)
Job Duration: 12+ Months Contract (Possible of extension)
Shift Timing: 1st Shift (Standard Shift)
Pay Range: $35/hour - $40/hour on W2
 
Purpose of Position:

• Create/update master schedule & incorporate important decision diamonds into project plan.
• Coordinate/facilitate meetings with task owners to establish/evaluate/update tasks, durations, and constraints.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around.
• Elevate concerns related to ownership of tasks, roadblocks to constraint resolution, or completion of tasks per the plan.
• Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.

 
Major Responsibilities:

• Weekly email communications of tasks that are late or that are scheduled to start/end in the next 2 weeks (weekly work plan).
• Regular communication of driving predecessors that impact target dates (to task owners & project lead).
• Develop and update weekly short interval schedule working with superintendents and field engineers. Pull Planning or Last Planning.
• Assist project team to develop and maintain periodic status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
• Develop/manage constraint log. Obtain commitments from owners to resolve constraints.
• Monitor & communicate resource utilization via the project plan (people & $).
• Coach/mentor Leaders & Task Owners on the planning process & constraint resolution.
• Log all new information and provide scheduled reports for coordination and reporting purposes.
• Assist in refining tasks and sub tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project requirements as scheduled.
• Interact with project team and task managers to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan.
• Assist in developing mechanical and electrical installation checklists and schedules.

 
Education required:

• AAS Engineering Technology, BS Engineering Technology, BS Engineering
• (Equivalent work experience will be considered in rare circumstances such as a project manager if projects were managed with an integrated schedule.)

 
Experience required:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience

 
Skill required:

• MS Project experience (Primavera is acceptable)
• Proficient in MS Project and various execution methodologies such as waterfall, agile & sprint and lean or last planning
• MS Outlook experience
• Attention to details

 
Skill or work style preferred:

• Self-motivated
• Results oriented
• Attention to detail
• Well organized
• Ability to handle multiple priorities
• Ability to work well with varied job requirements
• Ability to work well in small teams is essential

 
Unique or special requirements:
All positions will require a minimal amount of time be spent on the floor familiarizing with equipment and installation process steps
 
Equipment or software experience preferred:

• 3 years MS Project experience (Inc MSP On-line administration)
• Constraint management
• Critical path analysis
• Driving predecessor analysis
• Resource Planning
• Windows, MS Office suite including Power Point, Excel, Word

 
Equipment familiarization preferred:

• Familiar with mechanical and pneumatic systems and schematics, electrical control systems, automated equipment systems
• Equipment used for machine installation activities