Project Control Specialist (Hybrid)

Kinder Morgan • Houston, TX

109d

About The Position

Kinder Morgan provides all employees with a safe, honest, trustworthy, ethical, respectful, and professional work environment. We believe in building friendly and personal long-term relationships by supporting our employees with ongoing training, continued growth and internal advancement while cultivating teamwork and diversity with a culture of inclusion from various experiences and backgrounds. Dedicated to providing security to our employees, we offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401(k), a retirement contribution (pension plan) and more. Join our team and help shape the present and future of North America's energy infrastructure with a career at Kinder Morgan. Function works in collaboration with PM leadership and/or project managers performing cost control duties to support KPI/project deliverables and provide accurate regulatory and financial reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management or Engineering or applicable experience.
• Strong aptitude in the financial and cost areas related to project cost controls.
• Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Understanding of compliance with requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) internal controls.
• Outstanding analytical skills and strong attention to detail.
• Highly competent with Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate and balance needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Good organization skills.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Experience working with Project Managers in cost control, forecasting, accruals, and report creation.
• Familiarity with Lawson (or other ERP system) for data analysis.
• Occasional overtime required to meet critical deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with OSG PM leaders and project managers to track and monitor project spending.
• Creating and updating forecast cost reports including monthly, current, and future year spend, estimates to complete (ETC) and estimates at completion (EAC).
• Updating cost reporting tools and other reports as required.
• Identifying mitigation measures for resolution of supplemental funding requests.
• Reviewing invoices and/or changes orders and communicating with vendors for resolution of outstanding invoice and/or accrual issues.
• Identifying cost overruns and monitoring contingency and project completion dates.
• Submitting project completion reports as needed.
• Reviewing project costs for compliance with regulatory, company/department guidelines, processes, and procedures.
• Reporting and analyzing significant cost variances, trends, and irregularities.
• Calculating, researching, and helping to ensure accurate project accruals.
• Maintaining adequate documentation as required.
• AFE/PRN write-ups including monitoring through review and approval process.
• Developing ancillary and ad-hoc reports to generate OSG KPI reports.
• Participating in management led budget and forecast meetings.
• Completing occasional special projects as assigned including on-site project support.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Retirement contribution (pension plan)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Pipeline Transportation
• Education Level: High school or GED