Project Controls Analyst

Project Controls Analyst
Duration 1 year contract

** This is a hybrid role that expects the candidate to be in office at minimum 1-4 day per week or job site. Of the minimum of 4 of the in person/in office days per month at the Fresno Location, 2 of those may be team-related meetings and the other 2 days can be observed at a more local office, if available/applicable

** Travel is expected to be approximately 1 day in office per week, with occasional trips to job sites. 25% is a rough estimate of typical conditions
Pay Range: $65.00/hour - $68.00/hour

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

Job Responsibilities
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 all required documentation is entered in 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 current 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 out 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 on (or lead) various process improvement initiatives, within Project Management.

Central Financial Analysis Functions

• Project Budget & Cycle Forecast Monitoring/Reporting

• Prepare various…