UDR is seeking qualified candidates for a Business Analyst – Planner to support the Savannah River Site.

Work Location: Aiken, SC

Application Deadline: 09/05/24 (by noon ET)

Business Analyst – Planner

DUTIES
Responsible for assisting or directly organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls, financial analysis and estimating applications required to monitor established objectives, and to prepare status and management reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy along with recommending solutions. Provide management with the required cost and schedule analysis (including recommended corrective actions) to maintain cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of the project or work activity.
Under limited supervision, performs basic Planning & Scheduling activities. Those activities include, but are not limited to:
• -Identify critical path activities and recommend to management modifications needed to work plans to maintain schedule and to meet or improve milestone dates and other dates of completion or mitigate potential problems or constraints to continued progress.
• Develop comprehensive information that defines general work requirements for a performing
• organization and unit. Develop broad activity logic and any required interfaces between activities on schedules.
• Implement and maintain division maintenance schedules in conjunction with the designated work management system. Review the planning and scheduling of preventative maintenance activities to ensure equipment and system performance and optimal allocation and utilization of resources.
• Integrate schedule/status information into schedule software and develop visually oriented presentation aids to communicate operational/project/maintenance status.
• Establish and/or implement standards and techniques for updating and monitoring schedule data needed for effective schedule control.
• Identify, analyze and report potential or actual schedule deviations and recommend corrective action solutions for management consideration.
• Applies basic knowledge of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) , Cost Elements, and General Ledger to work activities.

Work Hours: Up to a 40-hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including 5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10’s (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80’s (9 hours/day, five days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes SRNS holidays. Each workday has 30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the discretion of the Manager.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
• A Master's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area. OR Bachelor's degree in business / construction management / technical / engineering or a related area and 2 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. OR An Associate's degree and 6 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. OR A high school diploma and 10 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent. Possesses considerable personal computer skills.

Experience/Skills:
• Requires proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost schedule management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties.
• Entry level knowledge and understanding of cost and schedule control at the tactical level is necessary, along with a working knowledge of operations, maintenance, project management, project startup, construction and engineering.
• Knowledge of materials planning, time and cost estimating may be required depending on the specialty assigned.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Area Security Access:
Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance. An active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties. After award, the selected candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.

UDR Consulting, INC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Woman-Owned, Minority-Owned, Small Disadvantaged Business. An Equal Opportunity Employer that considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected Veterans, or individuals with disabilities. UDR also supports a drug-free work environment.

UDR offers highly competitive salaries and employee benefit packages structured to best suit your needs. We offer multiple individual and family benefit options including paid time off, medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance, and a pre-tax 401 (k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning DAY 1.

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