Project Control Specialist; jobsite

Overview

BP&P Project Controls Specialist - onsite supports multiple construction project proposals and work under execution. The primary effort is to work with our customers and project delivery teams by developing cost and schedule baselines, collecting and analyzing monthly progress, analyzing project variances, integrating actuals into project financial forecasts, and reporting this information to designated recipients in standard company formats. Supports the implementation of financial controls, procedures, systems, and forecasting techniques.

Interfaces with members of the project teams and various levels of management.

8 years of project controls experience within the power, industrial or heavy construction industries.

• Responsible for completing routine aspects of project control assignments with minimal oversight.

• Periodic travel to jobsites as required to support pre-bid meetings.
• Provide project controls support of new work proposal development.

• Develops, maintains, and analyzes integrated critical path schedules for major projects in accordance with contract specifications.
• Develops and documents project planning considerations and objectives, scope, and milestones to incorporate into the schedule.
• Gathers project progress information from project manager and project team members to update and monitor the project.
• Evaluates and updates data regarding schedule dates, physical percent complete, resource requirements, subcontractor commitments and project accruals.
• Reviews schedule progress and productivity of resources.
• Develops time-phased project cost and resource forecasts; validates project costs and updates requirements as required.
• Monitors progress of project deliverables and actual expenditures versus forecasts.
• Conducts performance reporting for major projects using Earned Value Management.
• Conducts financial analysis including variance, risk, and profit/loss analyses.
• Performs ad-hoc analyses and prepares ad-hoc financial reports.
• Documents and assesses the impact of project changes on cost/schedule baselines.
• Evaluates and raises project early warning signals to project manager or project lead.
• Evaluates and recommends resource realignments to maintain project execution.
• Generates and analyzes earned value reports for projects and discusses observations with the project manager.
• Evaluates project execution and impact of developing trends using prescribed methodologies to determine if the project is proceeding within available resources and budget.
• Prepares client and internal status reports to communicate cost status and document trends.
• Ensures compliance with internal procedures and contractual specifications such as federal/government regulations.
• Uses appropriate document management protocols to manage the storage and retrieval of project documentation.
• Leads project teams and reviews the work of junior staff as necessary.
• Provides mentoring to junior staff such as giving feedback on technical issues, managing relationships and career/organizational issues.
• Provide expertise and innovation regarding project controls and/or project management methodologies, technologies, and techniques that can be implemented into our internal processes and offered as solution to our customers.
• Represent the company and present at meetings.
• Periodic travel to jobsites as required.