Principal Project Controls Cost Analyst
About The Position
ReNuke Services is seeking a Principal Project Controls Cost Specialist to support energy storage and solar construction project teams in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. This approximately 24-month assignment provides project controls support across multiple project sites in the company’s Carolinas and Florida service territory. The typical schedule is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, with travel to sites in North and South Carolina three days per week. Per diem is available if eligible. The role supports cost reporting and analysis across multiple projects. It requires advanced analytical and technical cost-related project controls skills, expert understanding of project controls methodologies, and the ability to lead reporting systems and analysis for complex assignments. The analyst performs complex project forecasting, aligns costs to schedules, develops average unit costs, conducts cost and variance analysis, supports budgeting and basic accounting activities, monitors trends and burn rates, and manages change and cost control while reporting at program or portfolio level with minimal to no supervision. The position also involves identifying problems and solutions, leading and coaching other Cost Analysts, and contributing to the professional development of less senior Project Controls Specialists. The successful candidate must be able to learn unfamiliar software, work with large data files, and demonstrate advanced to expert Excel skills. Experience in a PMO, project controls team, or project management environment is required. Energy-related project exposure is a plus but not required. The role typically supports projects classified as Green or Brown under the Project Management Center of Excellence Project Profile Matrix, or multiple smaller projects, and requires proven experience with multi-million-dollar or high-risk projects. The specialist may work with people at varying organizational levels, project teams, and external suppliers and vendors.
Requirements
- Minimum of 9 years of project controls experience.
- A four-year college or university degree in business, finance, project management, engineering, a technical field, or equivalent; 11 years of project controls experience may substitute for a degree.
- Experience in a PMO environment, on a project controls team, or in a project management working environment.
- Advanced to expert-level experience with Excel.
- Ability to learn and use unfamiliar software and work with large data files.
- Detailed knowledge and experience with cost and schedule estimating techniques.
- Detailed knowledge and experience with cost management and control practices.
- Knowledge and experience with project risk management best practices.
- Knowledge and experience reviewing and analyzing contractor and vendor performance.
- Knowledge and experience with Duke financial and cost management systems.
- Proven successful experience working with multi-million-dollar or high-risk projects.
- Expert understanding of project controls methodologies and disciplines.
- Advanced analytical and technical cost-related project controls skills.
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.
- Proficiency or expertise with project management and project controls concepts, computer applications, and analytics.
- Strong collaborative teamwork skills.
- Experience evaluating vendor change orders.
- Experience with EcoSys, MS Project, MS Office Suite, Business Objects, Prolog, Passport, Visio, Access, Powerplant, Maximo or EAM, or PeopleSoft.
- Experience with risk management tools, RiskConnect, or Monte Carlo/QRA analysis.
- Ability to lead complex assignments.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Prior Duke Energy or utility experience.
- Exposure to energy-related projects.
Responsibilities
- Review and analyze cost estimates, including estimate bases and qualifications.
- Review existing project status information provided by Duke Energy and its vendors.
- Monitor compliance with department requirements and Enterprise Policy and Standards.
- Analyze and forecast project cost performance.
- Assist with forecasting project cost impacts.
- Quantify, analyze, and manage project risk.
- Update project cost and risk information in Duke systems and tools.
- Lead development of reporting systems and analysis for complex project controls assignments.
- Perform project forecasting, cost alignment to schedules, average unit cost development, cost analysis, variance analysis, budgeting, trending, burn-rate analysis, change control, and cost control.
- Identify problems and solutions for supported organizations.
- Lead and coach other Cost Analysts and support the professional development of less senior Project Controls Specialists.
- Work with project teams and external suppliers and vendors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
