Senior Project Controls Specialist, Project Controls & Reporting

natgridProd • Webster, MA

1d • $119,000 - $139,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

National Grid is hiring a Senior Project Controls Specialist for our Project Controls & Reporting department in Northborough, MA. Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, Masters degree preferred.
• 3+ years of work experience in Project Controls, Project Management, Finance, Cost Management or Data Analytics/Logic.
• Experience in Primavera P6, or Microsoft Project, or experience in Cost Forecasting is required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel-VLOOKUP, pivot tables)
• Experienced working under tight deadlines
• Experienced in influencing, persuading, communicating, challenging, and negotiating.
• Valid driver's license required with a safe driving history that meets National Grid's Safe Driver policy.
• Must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Utility/Construction experience is preferred.
• Procore & SAP knowledge would be ideal but not required

Responsibilities

• Accountable for building and developing project schedules across a portfolio of Transmission Line, Distribution Line and Substation projects. The schedules will be built using the agreed work breakdown structure to support key stakeholder groups.
• Proactively analyze project costs to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for cost optimization.
• Progress each project every month to ensure all projects are monitored for project controls in line with the monthly reporting cycle, checking accuracy and consistency of data.
• Report milestones, planned value and earned value data, percent complete and provide project commentaries.
• Attend project status meetings – report on major material status; update forecast and schedule per progress discussion.
• Summarize project performance metrics and provide specialized direction and recommendation to project teams and management for the resolution of diverse project controls issues.
• Develop of the budget/planned value of work based on the scope of work.
• Determine the actual value of work completed by the project team based on milestones and objectives.
• Calculate the earned value of the physical work completed.
• Perform variance analysis including schedule and cost variances using indices such as the schedule performance index (SPI) and cost performance index (CPI).
• Participate in the review and analysis of contractor proposals to evaluate schedule feasibility, identify execution risks and opportunities, and support informed project decision-making.

Benefits

• This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills.

What This Job Offers

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