Project Scheduler & Cost Controller

K&A Engineering•Rochester, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

K&A Power Group is a privately held engineering firm delivering world-class technical expertise and engineering excellence to power utility and industrial clients across the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. We provide comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program and project management, construction management, and EPC services, specializing in substation, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy resources. We pride ourselves on attracting and developing top talent, building a culture of excellence, and building meaningful, long-term relationships with our employees, clients and communities, wherever they are in the world. Powered By Innovation, Passion, And Purpose. Start your K&A Career: We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Project Scheduler & Cost Controller to join our team at K&A Power Group in Rochester, New York. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects that make a real impact in the energy and utility sectors. You’ll be part of a dynamic, people-focused team where your expertise, ideas, and contributions will be valued and celebrated.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years of experience in Project Controlling
Minimum 4 years of experience in Construction Project Scheduling
SAP experience required
Primavera (preferred) and/or MS Project experience required
Experience in the functional area under which it will be contracted: Substations, T&D, Gas-Hydro and OSG

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred
CAPM or PMI-SP Certificate or equivalent (requires Avangrid approval)

Responsibilities

Produce a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control initiatives.
Work closely with all functional departments, ensuring that policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to.
Verify the accuracy of all cost information, including confirmation that costs have been properly coded and allocated to the project budget.
Produce required accounting and project cost reports.
Produce reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs.
Prepare forecasts and cost trend reports.
Review and evaluate trends and their impact on project costs.
Monitor project costs and commitment to budget and forecast.
Maintain change control and the change order.
Assess progress measurement and develop/update progress curves for progress reporting.
Responsible for EVM during all project stages.
Develop an Integrated Master Schedule of the project according to Customer standards and approved scheduling tool.
Develop and evaluate the activities in the Integrated Project Schedule that affect the project and be able to capture work that can be completed in six (6) month Look-Ahead increments including work on critical path, work with less than 2 weeks float, work that can be consolidated, and work required to support that which is compatible with other projects.
Develop Project Sequence/Logic – preparation of project schedules that accurately identify the interrelationship of activities to be performed by the various disciplines and Third-Party involvement in the project.
Perform Current Schedule and Cost (EV, AC) vs. Performance Measurement Baseline, compare and highlight major activity deviations between the original baseline and the current plan based on monthly updates.
Perform Critical Path Analysis, identify and analyze critical paths/activities to ascertain project completion in time and in budget, including forecasting delays and evaluation of alternative scenarios.
Provide guidance to other project personnel on good scheduling practices and techniques.
Coordinate Scheduler-Cost Controller Group to ensure the accomplishment of the Portfolio planning and control goals.
Develop, implement, feed, reconcile and maintain valuable project control databases and reports for projects.
Manage and ensure the reconciliation of program controls data with financial and performance systems, coordinating with Project Managers.