Description
The Opportunity:
Tetra Tech is adding a Junior Project Controls Engineer to our Project Controls team. This is a remote/at-home position.
Why Tetra Tech:
At Tetra Tech, we are Leading with Science to solve the world's most complex challenges. Our industry-leading experts in engineering and consulting are committed to driving positive change in communities around the world. For over 50 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. Today we stand as a market leader, offering cutting-edge solutions in water, environment, energy, and international development. Our work has improved more than 625 million lives around the world.
Your Impact:
Join Tetra Tech to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential – join us to advance your career while leaving a lasting legacy.
Essential Job Functions:
The following duties are considered essential to the role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:
• Work with the Purchasing Agent and other team members to develop and maintain a procurement plan as the project schedule is created; this includes buyout status reporting.
• Monitor quantity tracking, production and schedule performance.
• Perform productivity and unit cost analyses on construction and remediation projects.
• Support the determination of estimated actuals for accrual reporting.
• Support out monthly deliverables to clients (internal and external), including progress and cost reporting schedule updates, and forecasting.
• Assist in providing support for project closeout activities.
• Develop and maintain schedules on moderately complex projects in their entirety and portions of scope on highly complex projects.
• Maintain cost and schedule baselines in accordance with the guidelines and procedures maintained within the Corporate Reference Library (CRL) or by the contract.
• Develop the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for projects during the proposal stage.
• Perform critical path and float analysis of the project schedule throughout a project's lifecycle.
• Identify and analyze cost and schedule trends and variances to the project baselines.
• Support Project Controls employees for any project claims that relate to clients, subcontractors or supplies.
• Prepare cost and schedule reports for staff review.
• Provide change and configuration management control.
• Perform cost to complete forecasting.
• Perform earned value management.
• Conduct activities in line with internal procedures, legislation, and industry standards.
• Pursue continuous professional development and maintain a high degree of discipline knowledge and awareness.
• Additional duties as required.
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a focus in Accounting, Economics, Business, Construction Management, Mathematics or a related field.
• 3-5 years of applicable experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and/or Primavera.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Earned Value Management and database skills.
Physical Requirements:
• Work in a safe manner at all times and report all health and safety incidents and concerns.
• Prolonged periods sitting or standing at a desk and using a computer.
Work Environment / Environmental Factors:
• Have the proper technology to effectively perform the job remotely and efficiently, including a
company-provisioned computer, employee-provided high-speed internet access, ability to
utilize the Company's virtual private network (VPN), and an adequate setting for conducting
video conferences during normal business/working hours. Unless specifically required for
remote field data collection or other identified tasks, a smartphone or tablet is not considered
a remote work computer for most remote work arrangements.
• Ensure a safe and productive work environment is established at the remote location. Working
regularly at a public location over an unsecured network, such as a coffee shop or public
library, is not considered a safe and productive work environment. It is expected during all
work hours the employee work from a home office or other agreed upon location.
Additional Information
• This position is 100% remote.
Life at Tetra Tech:
The perks of working at Tetra Tech include:
• Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits. https://www.tetratech.com/careers/life-at-tetra-tech/.
• Merit-based financial rewards.
• Flexibility and company-wide commitment to work/life balance.
• Collaborative team atmosphere that values the contributions of all employees.
• Learning and development opportunities for ongoing professional growth.
Compensation:
Pay commensurate with experience.
Pay Range: $60k-$75k
A pre-employment drug screen in compliance with federal regulations is required, along with a physical if needed.
At Tetra Tech, health and safety play a vital role in our success. Tetra Tech's employees work together to comply with all applicable health & safety practices and protocols, including public health orders and regulations that are mandated by local, state, provincial, federal, international authorities, and clients.
About Tetra Tech:
Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With 30,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science® to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.
Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital or familial status, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.
We invite applications from all interested parties.
Explore our open positions at https://www.tetratech.com/careers. Follow us on social media to learn more about our people, culture, and opportunities:
LinkedIn: @TetraTechCareers
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