Project Controls Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed large and complex project plans, and work breakdown structures to support project activity scheduling.
• Develop cost estimates.
• Develop project summary reports, providing tables and graphs of project earned value.
• Collaborate with corporate offices on cost, budget and procurement issues, determining positive resolution.
• Monitor and identify deviations to plan, and make recommendations to the Project Manager.
• Ensure compliance with corporate governance.
• Create and maintain project schedules in the Primavera scheduling database.
• Create and maintain SAP project structures.
• Develop key performance indicators for critical department metrics. Analyze and monitor performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Provide project controls support for multiple project teams.
• Analyze SAP project cost data variances and determine necessary corrections.
• Research and evaluate data, and independently develop creative alternative to complex processes and situations.
• Provide application of scheduling logic, constraints, lag/lead relationships, float management, etc. to apply critical path scheduling methodology.
• Develop and analyze ad hoc reports.
• Act as lead for group, mentor associate and career level employees.
• Act as key knowledge source for group.
• Provide direction to Project Managers and key stakeholders regarding project milestones.

Requirements:

• Bachelor s Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Project Management or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of five years of project controls experience.
• Primavera Scheduling experience.
• Leadership and teamwork skills to negotiate with and influence on project issues.
• Experience working with project life cycles.

Preferences:

• Knowledge of the utility industry.
• CPM certification.
• SAP project experience.