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Principal Project Controls Specialist – Battery, Solar, Hydro Portfolio
Duke Energy CorporationPrincipal Project Controls Specialist overseeing cost management and project controls integration for major power generation projects. Leading project teams and coordinating financial tracking and reporting, requiring travel to field sites.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in cost forecasting, project controls methodologies, and financial tracking for large-scale construction projects, with a strong focus on earned value management and risk analysis. Capable of leading project controls teams and integrating cost data with project schedules to support critical decision-making.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Cost ForecastingProject Controls MethodologiesEPC Project ExperienceMS Excel ProficiencyCost Management Systems
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Hard Skills
Cost EstimationVariance ReportingTrend AnalysisRisk ManagementFinancial TrackingChange Order AssessmentCost-Schedule IntegrationProject Contingency ManagementEarned Value ManagementProject Documentation
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentoringCommunicationCollaborationSupervision
Tools & Technologies
MaximoPrimavera P6Cost Management Systems
Industry Keywords
EPC ProjectsPower GenerationConstructionProject FundingField Sites
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Review and analysis of cost estimates, including estimate basis and qualifications
- Establish and maintain project cost baselines, budgets, and forecasts with high certainty on large-scale construction projects
- Lead earned value management (EVM) analysis, variance reporting, and trend analysis
- Integrate cost data with site activities and vendor deliverables to ensure accurate financial tracking
- Manage project contingency and risk reserves, including project risk quantification, analysis, and management
- Develop cost estimates and manage monthly accruals
- Maintain cost systems and generate monthly cost reports and project documentation
- Understand phased project funding and manage roll-up of estimates into cost reports
- Provide cost-schedule integration analysis to support critical path decisions
- Work with schedulers to update integrated schedules and perform impact analysis
- Review and assess change orders for cost and schedule impacts
- Coordinate with vendors to gather and verify cost and schedule updates through submittals, field walkdowns, and direct communication
- Monitor compliance with department requirements and Enterprise Policy and Standards
- Generate monthly reports and site-specific documentation for PM/PD teams
- Lead project controls reviews and status presentations
- Support project funding submittals with detailed cost and schedule analysis
- Lead and coordinate the site project controls team
- Serve as technical subject matter expert and mentor to project controls team members
- Lead implementation of project controls methodologies and best practices
- Supervise junior project controls staff, as assigned
- Support multiple projects simultaneously, as required
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Finance, or Business Administration, closely related AND 6 plus years of related work experience, OR High School diploma/equivalent AND 10 plus years of related work experience
- Demonstrated lead-level experience with complex EPC projects in power generation (Combined Cycle, Simple Cycle, Solar, or Battery construction)
- Expert proficiency in cost forecasting and project controls methodologies on large-scale construction projects
- High proficiency in MS Excel and cost management systems
- Familiarity with Maximo and Primavera P6
- Willingness to travel to field sites, as required
- Valid driver's license
Benefits
Comp & perks- Relocation assistance is available for this position
- Opportunities for growth and development
- Recognition for your work
- Competitive pay and benefits