Project Controls Manager

About Us

Welcome to United Utility, a dynamic player in the electric utility industry, headquartered in the vibrant city of New Orleans, LA. As a trailblazer, we provide comprehensive and innovative offerings that bolster power infrastructure investments across the U.S. We proudly serve as the parent company to industry-leading utility service contractors specializing in transmission, substation, distribution, and grid hardening projects. Our Core Values are clear and simple:
Safety, Quality, Integrity, and Professionalism.

At United Utility, we craft power delivery solutions - built safe, engineered smart, and driven by what customers demand - fueling communities with reliable energy. We are the best-in-class, trusted partner delivering customer-centric Power Delivery Construction and Engineering solutions.

As a Project Controls Manager at UU, you will play a crucial role in the successful execution of our diverse and transformative projects. The successful candidate will work within stakeholders. The Project Management Office coordinates and collaborates with other functional departments of the organization, providing schedule and cost controls, data capture and analytics, along with process improvement and tools development for all projects.

The Project Controls Manager will work collaboratively on cross-functional project teams to provide controls functions for assigned projects throughout the entire duration of the project life cycle. Frequent interaction and coordination will be required across various departments and personnel. Your impact on the business will be significant, as you will work collaboratively with various teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Your expertise in project management, analysis, and coordination will directly contribute to the continued growth and success of our dynamic organization.

• Work with Project team and Accounting to drive monthly close, ensuring cost and revenue accruals, and revenue adjustments are prepared and processed in a timely manner in accordance with established policies and procedures. Upon close, extract actuals data against forecast/budget/guidance to complete variance analysis for relevant time periods.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to develop Estimate at Completion (EAC) templates and forecasts.
• Identify potential risks and opportunities as part of recurring forecast analysis and communicate them to stakeholders.
• Support process improvement initiatives to drive effective changes in financial systems, project financial control, reporting, and dashboarding.
• Perform analytical review and arithmetic checks of cost reporting documentation.
• Prepare accurate and complete variance analysis and reporting.
• Prepare and support Internal Project Review presentations for management.
• Monitor costs and manpower on a weekly basis, ensuring that actuals are within budget and charged to the correct job number.
• Assist with the preparation, processing, and tracking of contract Change Orders.
• Proactively lead the weekly/monthly Project Status Report (PSR) process for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure invoices are billed in accordance with contract requirements and reconcile billings, addressing open issues immediately.
• Process cost transfers as required.
• Prepare ad hoc reports as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Detail-oriented individual who proactively pursues and investigates underlying details of information being reported to construct a comprehensive understanding of project-related risks and issues.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to diagnose and solve problems within limited time frames.
• Highly capable…