Project Controls Supervisor - Utility Project Scheduling

ComEd • Oakbrook Terrace, IL

37d • Hybrid

About The Position

Exelon is a Fortune 200 company with over 20,000 colleagues serving more than 10.7 million customers across six energy companies. We are committed to powering a cleaner, brighter future and fostering an environment where every person can thrive. Our employee experience is built on purposeful careers, growth opportunities, community impact, and support to thrive. We seek to elevate diverse voices, fresh perspectives, and bold thinking to transform the future of energy. We offer competitive compensation, incentives, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to build a rewarding career.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Technical Field.
• 4-7 years related experience, or in lieu of Bachelor's degree, a minimum of 6-9 years relevant business experience.
• Comprehensive understanding of applicable standards, methods, processes, and practices, business fundamentals, and performance metrics in the specific functional area supported (e.g., asset management, electric or gas operations, customer service, transmission and substation, distribution system operations, regulatory and external affairs, transmission operations and planning).
• Ability to provide in-depth analysis and apply forecasting, analytical and statistical problem solving, financial, accounting, and budget analysis.
• Ability to supervise, mentor, and develop people.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills for project financial evaluation and risk identification and mitigation.
• Customer-driven with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial/cost analyst practices, procedures, and principles of performance analysis (trending, root cause and gap analysis), benchmarking, and audit compliance.
• Ability to analyze organizational data and complex problems, interpret and recommend alternative courses of action, and implement intervention strategies to attain performance targets.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills for project evaluation, including analysis of complex projects with economic, financial, risk, and decision analysis.

Nice To Haves

• Financial, Business or Project Management advanced degree.
• 8-10 years project in either estimating, scheduling or cost tracking experience in electric / gas transmission, distribution, and substation industry.
• Advanced proficiency in standard software applications (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project), specialized business technologies and applications (e.g. project management, WPT, Asset Suite 8, CIS, EPS, forecasting, Unifier, etc.) to retrieve and analyze data in support of business needs.
• Proficient in business case development and ability to effectively present business cases to business unit leadership.
• Professional certification in project scheduling or project management (e.g. PMP, CCP, PSP, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Assist Project Controls Managers in their duties, including mentoring/coaching, conducting performance reviews, leading innovation on process/tools improvements, and leading initiatives.
• Provide project controls support (estimating, scheduling, and/or cost analysis) to Directors, Manager of Project Controls, Managers of Project Management, or other key team members.
• Supervise, mentor, and manage the workload and assignments of a specific group.
• Utilize multiple Exelon systems to support current and future work related to budgeting, financial forecasting, actual cost tracking, project authorization, work management, contracts, material tracking, and Project Aging PIs.
• Develop, monitor, and present project and program performance reports, providing broad analytical and operational support to P&CM.
• Coordinate and monitor check book packages against annual budgets, actual and forecasted costs, and Long-Range Plans for transmission, substation, distribution, and gas projects and programs.
• Prepare comprehensive reports to support business operations, including reauthorization risk, forecast accuracy by Project Managers, program and department, CIAC forecast and analysis, contingency released and remaining, and others as requested.
• Coordinate the reporting of financial and schedule risks and opportunities, providing detailed analysis of variances to estimates, schedules, or budget, quarterly plan, and month-over-month expenditures for key managers and senior leadership.
• Represent Project Controls regarding estimating, scheduling, or cost processes, process improvement and innovations, and adherence to procedures.
• Work with the Finance department and others to address issues as needed.
• Provide supervision, performance measures, and training/mentoring for estimators, schedulers, and/or cost analysts.
• Build reports (Estimates, Schedules, Financial) and their associated risks/opportunities, providing detailed analysis of variances to budget, quarterly plan, and month-over-month variance analysis.
• Analyze and provide guidance to ensure alignment of work plans with department budget, business performance goals, regulatory priorities, and reliability objectives.
• Assist in the development and monitoring of budgets and LRPs; monitor, track, and report project budgets, forecasts, accruals, and actuals.
• Attend required meetings and engage with project stakeholders for detailed project information.
• Identify project/program budget, forecast, and authorization issues early and assist in developing resolutions.
• Schedule and facilitate monthly forecasting, accrual, and program financial risks and opportunities meetings or Project Cost Review Meetings.
• Support project management at resulting financial, estimating, or scheduling challenge meetings.
• Provide report guidance and direction for estimating, scheduling, or budget development, forecasting, re-forecasting, and monitoring of project/program budgets.
• Analyze the vendor forecasting work incurred report (WIR) process.
• Provide support to Project Managers for presentations and analysis.
• Provide support to Manager, Project Controls for portfolio analysis and leadership presentations.

Benefits

• Annual salary will vary based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors: $94,400.00/Yr. – $129,800.00/Yr.
• Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 15%
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave and bonding/primary caregiver leave or parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program and resources for mental and emotional support
• Wellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance and fitness reimbursement
• Referral bonus program

What This Job Offers

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