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Principal Business Analyst – Project Controls COMPA Industries is searching for qualified candidates for a Principal Business Analyst – Project Controls position supporting Savannah River Nuclear Solutions at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. Pay: $80–$90/hr Location: Aiken, SC – Onsite Schedule: Full-time, 40-hour workweek Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” clearance Position Type: Contract / Staff Augmentation Travel: Occasional approved travel may be required Mandatory Experience Requirement – Read Before Applying Candidates must have senior-level project controls experience supporting complex projects or programs. Primavera P6 and COBRA experience are required. Applicants without demonstrated experience using both systems will not be considered. Qualified candidates must also have strong experience with: Cost and schedule baseline development. Integrated planning and scheduling. Cost control and financial analysis. Forecasting and spend plans. Work breakdown structures. Variance and trend analysis. Change management. Project-performance reporting. Automated accounting, cost-management, scheduling, and estimating systems. Site Business systems or comparable enterprise project-controls systems. Operations, maintenance, construction, or project startup environments. About the Role The Principal Business Analyst – Project Controls will develop, implement, maintain, and manage project-controls, financial-analysis, scheduling, and estimating applications used to support complex projects and programs. Working under very limited supervision, the selected candidate will provide management with accurate cost, schedule, forecast, and performance information throughout the project lifecycle. The role requires an experienced professional who can independently analyze project performance, identify emerging risks, explain variance drivers, recommend mitigation plans, and provide technical direction to other project-controls personnel. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain cost and schedule baselines, milestone schedules, work breakdown structures, forecasts, resource plans, and spend plans. Develop and maintain logic-driven schedules using Primavera P6. Use COBRA to support cost integration, earned value analysis, forecasting, performance measurement, and reporting. Analyze cost and schedule performance against approved plans and baselines. Identify variance drivers, project risks, funding limitations, and adverse trends. Develop corrective actions, mitigation plans, and recovery strategies. Participate in project cost reviews, schedule reviews, forecast meetings, and management presentations. Develop and implement change-management processes for engineering and construction work scopes. Prepare monthly financial reports, forecasts, spend plans, and project-performance analyses. Perform variance, statistical, scenario, and trend analyses. Support costing-rate development, budgeting, and overhead or service-pool analysis. Maintain applicable financial information in PeopleSoft or comparable systems. Define requirements and develop models for complex business and project-controls systems. Develop test plans and support implementation of system enhancements. Initiate special studies to resolve complex financial, project, and business issues. Translate management direction into practical operating plans. Provide leadership, technical direction, mentoring, and training to project-controls personnel. Review project-controls deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and compliance. Apply Cost Accounting Standards and Federal Acquisition Regulation principles. Required Education and Experience Candidates must meet one of the