Project Controls Analyst; Associate

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Project Controls Analyst (Associate)

Fresno, CA.

• The Electric Operations team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electrical service to our customers.
• Electric Operations is responsible for every aspect of Client's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response.

• Cost Plan Development and Analysis
  • Use the cost and schedule plan to determine if project objectives are achievable.
  • Create, maintain, and update monthly forecast budgets.
  • Prepare various cost reports and maintain forecast accuracy. Prepare project performance analysis, cost, and schedule status reports. Identify cost and schedule variances from objectives and recommend corrective action.
  • Assess and report on project performance using established industry standards.
  • Ensure that responses to project budget, and GRC or FERC cost requests reflect accurate and current project cost information and stakeholders are in concurrence.
  • Provide regular communication on project cost, schedule and risk status to project team members, stakeholders and public.
  • Interface with design and planning resources and software systems.
  • Review and assist in the preparation of Advance Authorizations, Job Estimates and Re-Authorizations and assist PM in routing for approval.
  • Prepare journal entries and coordinate or process goods receipts in current software system.
  • Ensure that responses to budget and cost requests reflect correct project cost information and stakeholders are in concurrence.
  • Input data into various programs and prepare various cost and forecasting reports.
• Project Documentation & Reporting
  • Verify that project cost and schedule milestones were/were not attained and provide input to identify future process or business improvements and work with responsible parties to implement.
  • Manage orders from inception through completion and ensure all required documentation is entered into the current software system (Ex: EDMS).
  • Resolve all open items, ensure compliance requirements are met, and settlement rules are entered, and close out order.
  • Maintain scope change, contingency release, change order, and journal entry logs.
  • Maintain written and electronic project documentation and records for required aspects of the project:
    Maintain project files in accordance with established guidelines and requirements (Ex: utilizing the electronic document management system or EDMS).
  • Document change order requests, project status, key issues, risks and resolution, priority changes and approvals.
  • Provide Project Manager with monthly report of project costs and/or schedule information including variance analysis according to an agreed upon level of detail and prioritization.
  • Provide Project Team members with status report containing schedule and cost information. Comply with Utility Operations Policies, Standards and Guidelines.
  • Assist PM with Post Job Critique.
• Central Data Management Functions
  • Quality and Analysis.
  • Prepare various monthly and weekly project management reports and report performance reports to management group including scorecards.
  • Ensure quality of reports for the department, to report to stakeholders.
  • Validate weekly and monthly data sets.
  • May provide support to project manager(s) as necessary.
• Special Projects
  • Fulfill ad-hoc requests for cost-related data and analysis.
  • Participate in (or lead) various process improvement initiatives, within Project Management.
• Central Financial Analysis Functions
  • Project Budget & Cycle Forecast Monitoring/Reporting.
  • Prepare various monthly and weekly project performance reports - budget and cycle forecast reports; and finance status reports, utilizing the financial tracking software (e.g. SAP/BW system and EPM).
  • Coordinate and work with all stakeholders, on creating new reports, that best measure and support good business decisions, to meet the Year End Annual Budget target.
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