Principal Project Controls Specialist
Shoreview, Minnesota
Experience: 10
Category: Energy
Contractor Work Model: Remote
Brand: System One
Compensation Range: 85.00 - 100.00 Per Hour
Job ID: 347002
Date Posted: 02/27/2026
Shortcut: http://jobs.systemone.com/8mR7wt
Job Title: PRINCIPAL PROJECT CONTROLS SPECIALIST POSITION
Company: System One
Location: Fully Remote
Long term contract up to 3 years
Principal Project Controls Specialist- position is with Long Term Operations (LTO) Engineered Solutions group that delivers complex projects at operating and new construction nuclear power plants. LTO works collaboratively with customers to apply strategic long-term innovative solutions to enhance operations and extend plant life beyond original design.
Will lead project schedule and management activities for large, high complexity, projects.
Responsible for leading cost control and management activities on complex projects and across product areas. Identify, assess, and implement value-add opportunities which will improve overall cost/schedule performance. Apply tools and techniques to plan work such that inefficiencies are reduced, and overall project performance is optimized. Review portfolio costs and provide reports to project management team to ensure cost performance is to plan.
May lead small diverse discipline teams through project phases and may be assigned to several complex projects simultaneously. Expected to spend ~70% of time supporting scheduling updates in Primavera P6 as required, and ~30% supporting cost evaluation, adjusting billing milestones, updating SAP as requested, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate tasks/deadlines and escalate issues to management
- Plan controls aspects of projects like project baselines and risk registers
- Use tools and techniques to consider inefficiencies for project optimization
- Apply schedule, cost and risk analytics to confirm validity of plan
- Lead schedule, cost, and risk activities and communicate project requirements
- Process changes following an integrated change control process
- Review expenditures for compliance with project baselines and scope
- Maintain project metrics to ensure team, customer, and partners are informed of project status
- Develop systems, databases and procedures to ensure project understanding
- Communicate opportunities for improvement, lessons learned, and risk avoidance
- Be the project controls subject matter expert for internal customer's support
- Integrate goals and actions participating in matters of common concern w/ other teams
- Implement value-added improvement opportunities which will improve performance
- Create and administer lessons learned throughout the project lifecycle
- 10+ years of experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Accounting, Construction Management or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
- 6 or more years of experience in the position functional/technical area
- Primavera scheduling experience
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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