Lead Project Controls Specialist, Project Controls & Reporting

natgridProd • Webster, MA

1d • $147,000 - $172,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

National Grid is hiring a Lead Project Controls Specialist for their Project Controls & Reporting department in Northborough, MA. The Project Controls team is responsible for the development, management, update, and analysis of project schedules and costs for a $9B-$10B portfolio of complex, capital, electric projects. National Grid delivers safe and secure energy and aims to shape the sustainable future of the industry by anticipating customer needs, reducing energy delivery costs, and pioneering flexible energy systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5+ years of work experience in Project Controls, Project Management or Data Analytics/Logic
• Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or Extensive Cost Management experience required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel-VLOOKUPs, pivot tables)
• Experienced working under tight deadlines
• Experienced in influencing, persuading, communicating, challenging, and negotiating.
• Valid driver's license required with a safe driving history that meets National Grid's Safe Driver policy.
• Must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree preferred.
• Utility/Construction experience is preferred
• SAP & Procore experience would be ideal but not required

Responsibilities

• Accountable for building and developing project schedules across a portfolio of Transmission Line, Distribution Line and Substation projects using the agreed work breakdown structure to support key stakeholder groups.
• Proactively analyze project costs to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for cost optimization.
• Progress each project every month to ensure all projects are monitored for project controls in line with the monthly reporting cycle, checking accuracy and consistency of data.
• Report milestones, planned value and earned value data, % complete on projects and provide project commentaries.
• Attend project status meetings – report on major material status; update forecast and schedule per progress discussion.
• Summarize project performance metrics and provide specialized direction and recommendation to project teams and management for the resolution of diverse project controls issues.
• Develop the budget/planned value of work based on the scope of work.
• Determine the actual value of work completed by the project team based on milestones and objectives.
• Calculate the earned value of the physical work completed.
• Perform variance analysis including schedule and cost variances using indices such as the schedule performance index (SPI) and cost performance index (CPI).

Benefits

• Career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior