Scheduler/Cost Controller (Binghamton)

LaBella Associates•Binghamton, NY

4d•$76,000 - $102,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are currently hiring a Scheduler / Cost Controller in LaBella’s Program Management Services Division at our client’s office in Binghamton, NY. This position will be in-person. The Program Management Services Division at LaBella provides comprehensive management services for complex projects and multi-year capital programs. Project teams are established to provide a customized mix of business consulting, project management, financial control and monitoring, administrative, and technical support services. The Scheduler/Cost Controller is responsible for producing a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control initiatives. Working closely with the project team, they play a key role in ensuring that policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to. The Scheduler/Cost Controller is responsible for developing, implementing, preparing, reconciling and maintaining valuable project control data and reports for projects. Scheduler/Cost Controller assists with meeting the client’s objectives by preparing monitoring project and developer financial attributes, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.

Requirements

Minimum 3 years of experience in Project Controlling
Minimum 4 years of experience in Construction Project Scheduling required
SAP experience required
Primavera (preferred) and/or MS Project experience required
Experience in the functional area under which it will be contracted.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Producing a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control initiatives.
Developing, implementing, preparing, reconciling and maintaining valuable project control data and reports for projects.
Assisting with meeting the client’s objectives by preparing monitoring project and developer financial attributes, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
Verifying the accuracy of all cost information – including confirmation that costs have been properly coded and allocated to the project budget.
Producing required accounting and project cost reports.
Producing reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs.
Preparing forecasts and cost trend reports.
Reviewing and evaluating trends and their impact on project costs.
Monitoring project costs and commitment to budget and forecast.
Maintaining change control and the change order register.
Assessing progress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progress reporting.
Responsible for EVM during all project stages.
Develop an Integrated Master Schedule of the project according to owner 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.
Overall responsibility for providing guidance to other project personnel on good scheduling practices and techniques.
Manages and ensures the reconciliation of program controls data with financial and performance systems, coordinating with Project Managers.
Responsible for journal entries when requested.