Project Controls Analyst 3

N3B Los Alamos

Project Controls Analyst managing Environmental Remediation projects at N3B in Los Alamos. Ensuring compliance with DOE requirements and project controls standards through multiple responsibilities.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeLos Alamos • New Mexico • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in project controls, including planning, scheduling, cost estimating, and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS). Proficient in managing DOE-compliant baselines and providing technical guidance to ensure project compliance with environmental remediation regulations.

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Project Controls ManagementEarned Value Management Systems (EVMS)Primavera P6 SchedulingCost Accounting and Financial ControlsEnvironmental Remediation Regulations

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Hard Skills

Project SchedulingCost EstimatingData AnalysisVariance AnalysisQuality ReviewsBaseline Configuration ManagementResource LoadingForecastingChange ManagementHistorical Cost Data Development

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsTeam LeadershipMentoringAnalytical SkillsProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

Deltek CobraCostpointCognosMicrosoft Excel

Industry Keywords

Department of EnergyEnvironmental RemediationGovernment ContractingIntegrated Project Team (IPT)Internal Change Control Board (ICCB)

Tech Stack

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Cognos

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversees project controls for Environmental Remediation projects, including planning and scheduling, cost estimating and control, earned value management (EVMS), Waste Management and baseline configuration management
Provides technical guidance, analysis, and reporting to ensure projects are executed in compliance with DOE and contractual requirements
Serve as a project controls resource for internal and external stakeholders
Support Control Account Managers (CAMs), Project Managers (PMs), and field project controls staff through data analysis, specialized reporting, estimate-to-complete (ETC) development, variance analysis, reporting, risk identification and analysis and quality reviews of contract-required reports
Assist with project scoping for engineering, construction, remediation, and contractual requirements
Develop, maintain, and control integrated master plans and integrated master schedules (IMS), ensuring horizontal and vertical integration across functional groups
Monitor and maintain resource-loaded schedules to ensure EVMS compliance
Evaluate schedule logic, activity durations, resource loading, and critical path to support earned value analysis and status reporting
Prepare, review, and control project budgets, forecasts, and life-cycle cost estimates
Prepare and present project controls reports and analyses to senior management, including project cost and schedule performance
Support cost estimating, cost engineering, material take-offs, and cost analysis in support of project execution, bids, change proposals, and REAs
Develop baseline change proposals, contract change order estimates, and supporting documentation
Maintain configuration management and change management logs, including baseline, contract, and funding logs
Ensure adherence to EVMS processing calendars and required review cycles
Support Baseline Configuration Management processes and participate in Internal Change Control Board (ICCB) and DOE change control meetings
Review change requests for completeness, assess impacts, and conduct post-implementation reviews
Develop and maintain historical cost data to support future estimating
Provide mentoring, training, and technical guidance to project controls and estimating staff
Coordinate with Accounting, Procurement, IT, and other departments to support EVMS-compliant systems, reporting, and interfaces
Prepare and present project controls reports and analyses to senior management, including project cost and schedule performance
Conduct special projects and initiatives as assigned
Support Integrated Project Team (IPT) activities, including reconciliation of obligations and costs by funding source.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor's degree in a closely related field or a closely related field with at least five (5) years of related experience
Experience working within the Department of Energy community or other government setting
Proficient knowledge of project controls, scheduling, estimating, and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
Practiced skilled in Primavera P6 scheduling and database administration
Practiced skilled with EVMS cost processing systems (e.g., Deltek Cobra or comparable systems) and interfaces with general ledger systems (e.g., Costpoint, Cognos)
Practiced skilled in Microsoft Excel, including formulas and pivot tables
Proficient knowledge of project cost accounting and financial controls
Proficient knowledge of environmental remediation regulations and project management business processes
Ability to analyze complex data and communicate results clearly to PMs and CAMs
Ability to lead and support cross-functional teams
Ability to develop and manage DOE-compliant baselines
Ability to independently perform complex professional work and develop innovative solutions
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
Maintains required safety, security and operational training; assure procedural and regulatory compliance; make safety, security and quality an integral part of every task; including stopping work if job is unsafe or compromises security.