Project Controls Specialist

Job Description:

Developing and implementing standard practices for project performance monitoring, reporting, analysis, trend assessment, scheduling, and estimating. Facilitate programs to ensure establishment and analysis of specific operational and process improvement plans used for goal setting, project cost and benefit estimates, performance indicators/targets, and trending. Assist in the development and approval of project contracts, and revisions there to, prepare/obtain approval for contractor work authorizations (CWA), monitor expenditures for usage trends, issues, etc.. Lead/manage the process ensuring the integrity of the process, resolving pending/outstanding requests, reconciling encumbrances and pending tasks with financial systems. Prepare project approval packages and all associated documentation. assist project managers/engineers and line organizations in developing project budgets and establish project reporting structure. Using cost and scheduling tools to level resources for all projects. Conduct project schedule review meetings and schedule session during scope workshops. Conduct special studies, for example: project forecasting, O&M projects, etc. Research, write, and submit all fixed assets accounting classification requests for formal determination of capital projects. Preforming root cause analysis to explain project cost, schedule, and performance variances.