Principal Project Controls Specialist

Renuke•Lake Mary, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a principal-level, cost-control-focused position on a Project Controls team, based at the client’s site in Lake Mary, Florida. The role performs day-to-day analysis and evaluation of data associated with portfolios, programs, and projects, serving as an expert practitioner and subject matter expert in project controls. Although project scheduling experience may be helpful, project scheduling is not required for this cost-focused role. The Principal Project Controls Cost Analyst performs complex project forecasting, cost alignment to schedules, average unit cost development, cost and variance analysis, budgeting, trending, burn-rate analysis, change control, and cost control. The role develops reporting systems and analysis for complex assignments, interprets trends and forecasts, communicates project, program, and portfolio performance, and supports multiple management and project teams of varying size and complexity. The position assures project-control data collection, analysis, communication, and reporting systems operate accurately and comply with Enterprise policies and Project Management Center of Excellence requirements. The position leads or directs communications for portfolio, program, and project reviews; identifies organizational problems and solutions; and leads and coaches Cost Analysts while supporting the professional development of less senior Project Controls Specialists. It requires advanced-to-expert Excel skills, comfort working with large data files, and the ability to learn unfamiliar software. The role typically supports projects classified as Green III or Brown, or manages multiple smaller Green II projects, and requires proven successful experience with multimillion-dollar or high-risk projects.

Requirements

Graduation from a four-year college or university in business, finance, project management, engineering, a technical field, or equivalent; alternatively, at least 10 years of project-controls experience in lieu of a degree in project-controls principles.
At least 6 years of project-controls experience.
Proficiency or expertise with project-management and project-controls concepts, computer applications, and analytics.
Ability to lead complex assignments.
Exceptional communication skills and ability to work as a strong collaborative team member.
Advanced to expert experience with Excel.
Experience in a PMO environment, on a project-controls team, or in a project-management working environment.
Ability to learn and use unfamiliar software and work with large data files.
Advanced analytical and technical cost-related project-controls skills and expert-level understanding of project-controls methodologies and discipline.
Proven successful experience working with multimillion-dollar or high-risk projects.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in business, finance, project management, or equivalent.
PMI or AACE certification, such as PMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, AACE-CCC, AACE-PSP, AACE-CEP, or AACE-EVP, or equivalent.
Demonstrated expertise with software such as MS Project, MS Office Suite, Primavera, Business Objects, Prolog, Passport, Visio, Access, Powerplant, Maximo or EAM, and PeopleSoft.
Experience with risk-management tools or Monte Carlo analysis.
Prior energy or utility experience; energy-related project exposure is a plus.
Project scheduling experience.

Responsibilities

Analyze and evaluate data associated with portfolios, programs, and projects.
Perform complex project forecasting, cost alignment to schedules, average unit cost development, cost analysis, variance analysis, budgeting, trending, burn-rate analysis, change control, and cost control.
Develop reporting systems and analysis for complex project-controls assignments.
Communicate project, program, and portfolio performance, including interpretation of trends and forecasts.
Support multiple management and project teams of varying size and complexity simultaneously.
Ensure project-control data collection tools, analysis, communications, and reporting systems are accurate and function according to Enterprise policies and Project Management Center of Excellence requirements.
Lead or direct communications for portfolio, program, and project reviews.
Identify problems and solutions for the organizations supported.
Lead and coach other Cost Analysts and support the professional development of less senior Project Controls Specialists.
Apply advanced project-controls principles and maintain rigorous performance standards.
Contribute to analysis and results concerning project costs, forecasts, contracts, schedules, and resources.