Project Controls Engineer

About the role

KLA's Global Workplace Services (GWS) team is looking for a Project Controls Engineer (PCE) in Milpitas. The PCE supports the Project Controls Manager in tracking cost, schedule and contracts for all capital projects, working with the Corporate Facilities team, contractors, consultants, A/E firms, regulatory bodies and internal teams such as Legal, Real Estate, Finance, Purchasing and Insurance. Onsite presence is required at least 3 days per week, with about 20% travel.

Key responsibilities

• Manage cost, schedule and contracts for all capital projects and coordinate monthly and quarterly progress reporting with Project Managers
• Issue project-level and portfolio-level reports and gather project information for the Long-Range Plan
• Liaise with corporate management to help obtain project funding in the Facilities Resource Allocation Meeting (FRAM)
• Support Project Managers during bid solicitation, tabulation, evaluation and award
• Handle projects of varying size and complexity, including manufacturing retrofits, and develop project funding documents
• Assist with budget, schedule, change management, cost and schedule risk analysis, cash flow analysis and historical cost data for benchmarking
• Review and analyze engineering and contractor cost estimates, bids, change orders, invoices, labor rates and construction progress
• Budget, track and control KLA costs as well as engineer and contractor costs

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution; Master's preferred
• At least five years of experience in commercial and industrial construction project controls (cost control, scheduling and estimating)
• Preferred: experience in the microelectronic or pharmaceutical industry with knowledge of cleanrooms and process piping/MEP scope
• Other related industry experience is acceptable

Required skills

• Strong technical knowledge of construction, cost and schedule management
• Estimating from conceptual through definitive construction estimates
• Oracle Primavera Cloud, Primavera (P6), Procore, estimation software such as Timberline, Excel, Visio, PowerBI
• Quantitative and qualitative risk modeling and benchmarking

What we offer

• Base pay range of $96,300 to $141,233 annually
• Possible performance incentives and benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, ESPP, tuition reimbursement, EAP, paid time off and family care leave