Sr Mgr Project Controls -Schedule- 90382263 - Washington

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SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

The Long Distance Fleet Replacement Program is an estimated $7B Program for the development and delivery of replacement Long Distance trainsets. Accompanying the acquisition will be a fifteen-year Technical Support, Spares, and Supply Agreement (TSSSA). The Program is currently in the procurement stage; and both the development and delivery of the trainsets and the TSSSA contracts are expected to be awarded by the end of 2025.The Sr. Project Control Manager – Schedule is responsible for developing, using and improving existing enterprise tools, systems and work processes to drive effective management control and reporting on cost, schedule and progress measurement. Individuals in this role may support in the development of project dashboards, cost and resource performance reports, change logs and risk registers, in close collaboration with the PMO Leader and other team members. The Senior Project Controls Manager will collaborate with their counterpart within vendor organizations as well as other internal Project Controls Practitioners or Program Controls Directors. The individual may lead a project or program level controls team consisting of direct and matrixed subordinate Controls/Scheduling practitioners.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Ensures compliance with Amtrak project management standards and policies, third-party requirements, industry best practices, or project-specific requirements in the delivery of project control functions.
• Perform data extraction from P6 EPC schedules, to enable and foster collaboration regarding Schedule Milestones, Key Quantities (production assets/widgets), EV-based KPIs, Baseline and Working Forecasts of Planned Labor Resources.
• Perform quality checks for the scheduling deliverables and guide team to perform corrective actions when needed.
• Prepares data submissions required during CAPD’s annual fiscal planning cycle, including collaboration with internal and external stakeholders on reporting requirements.
• Oversees monthly data processes that interface enterprise and department-approved systems and tools with P6 working database.
• Develops process and tools to support resource demand planning, change management, and project pipeline planning decisions.
• Communicates monthly deliverables and deadlines to the scheduling team.
• Provide monthly schedule health assessment to portfolio directors.
• Performs other related duties.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Science, Business, or a related field. Required education may be substituted for additional relevant experience in excess of the minimum requirements outlined below, on a two-for-one year basis.
• Required specialized experience in area of assignment:
  • Ten (10) years’ experience in construction project scheduling and project controls.
  • Five (5) years direct hands