Project Controls Analyst
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: West Sacramento • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $8,279 - $11,035 per month
Job Level
Junior
Tech Stack
PMP
About the role
- 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 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- 1 year of experience in electric or gas transmission or distribution business operations area, business planning, accounting, finance, construction management or project management, at PG&E OR, 2 years of experience in electric or gas transmission and/or distribution business operations area, business planning, accounting, finance, construction management and/or project management, if hired externally
- Experience with appropriate software tools, e.g., SAP Work Management, BPC, Planning Orders, BW, P6 (Primavera), MS Excel
- Knowledge of Unifier, ProjectWise, and/or HeavyBid
- Competency in providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done
- Competency in interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions
- Competency in making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
- Knowledge of mathematics - for example algebra, geometry, trigonometry - as needed to perform at the job level
- Ability to apply project management theories, concepts, methods, best practices, and techniques as needed to perform at the job level
- Knowledge of project management tools - for example Primavera, PGE work scheduling and management - as needed to perform at the job level
- Project Management, Project Controls, or Construction Management experience
- Risk Management and Earned Value Analysis experience
- Accounting/budgeting knowledge
- Forecasting skills
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Willing to travel
- Experience with SPSI reporting.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
budget forecastingcost analysisproject performance analysisrisk managementearned value analysisaccountingforecastingproject managementconstruction managementbusiness planning
Soft skills
communicationproblem-solvingdirection providingdelegationobstacle removal
Certifications
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)Project Management Professional (PMP)