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Project Controls Specialist - High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)

KeyLogic, LLC
United States, Tennessee, Oak Ridge
Oct 23, 2026
Location: Oak Ridge, TN Position Type: Full-Time Clearance: Not required. US Citizenship required. Position Summary KeyLogic is seeking an experienced Project Controls Specialist to potentially support project planning, scheduling, cost monitoring, and performance reporting within the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project controls, with previous experience supporting nuclear reactors, nuclear facilities, or DOE projects highly desirable. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Develop and maintain integrated project schedules and project controls documentation. Support project cost tracking, budget monitoring, forecasting, and variance analysis. Monitor project milestones, resource requirements, and overall cost and schedule performance. Identify project risks, schedule conflicts, and potential cost overruns. Perform critical-path analysis and evaluate schedule impacts. Prepare project performance reports, forecasts, and management updates. Collaborate with engineering, operations, maintenance, and project management personnel. Support baseline management, change control, and project performance improvement initiatives. Assist with project controls activities associated with facility upgrades, maintenance, and technical projects. Required Qualifications Minimum of 5 years of relevant project controls experience. Experience with project scheduling, cost management, forecasting, and performance reporting. Strong understanding of project controls principles, critical-path scheduling, and project performance analysis. Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills. Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary technical teams. Preferred Qualifications Previous experience supporting nuclear reactors, nuclear facilities, or nuclear-related projects. Experience with Oracle Primavera P6. Previous DOE, ORNL, or national laboratory experience. Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM), integrated project controls, and schedule risk analysis. Experience supporting reactor maintenance, outages, facility upgrades, or complex engineering projects. About KeyLogic: Supporting critical missions at the intersection of data and science, KeyLogic provides mission management, systems analysis, data analytics, digital transformation, and cybersecurity to customers in the energy, federal civilian, and defense sectors, with a 20+ year portfolio of successes supporting DOE, DOC, EPA, DOD, DHS, FBI, and other federal agencies challenged with complex missions. We help our customers solve the world's most challenging problems with unsurpassed anticipatory service. KeyLogic employs over 400 team members, including systems designers, developers, data scientists, IT and cybersecurity specialists, engineers, mission experts, program managers, and more than 70 Ph.D. scientists. This multidisciplinary team works together solving challenging problems with anticipatory service-always staying one step ahead-benefiting our customers, and ultimately helping build a better world. We are committed to the success of each customer's mission. We care enough to make their mission our mission and their success our success. We take technical service delivery to a level above our peers. Our anticipatory service is best-in-class. KeyLogic is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer. KeyLogic is committed to a policy of non-discrimination against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Recruiting@KeyLogic.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Request for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Job Code: 2791