Project Controls Analyst
2 days ago
Fresno
Job DescriptionProject Controls AnalysAlternate / Related Job Titles: Project Controls Analyst Cost Controls Analyst Project Financial Analyst Utility Project Controls SpecialistLocation: Fresno, CAOnsite Flexibility: Hybrid — minimum 1–4 days per week in office or job site. Of the minimum four in-person days per month at the Fresno location, two may be team-related meetings and two may be worked from a more local office if available. Travel is expected approximately one day per week, with occasional job-site visits (approximately 25%).Contract Details: Position Type: Contract Contract Duration: Not specified Start: As Soon As Possible Pay Rate: $52–55/hrJob Summary: The Project Controls Analys supports Electric Operations by providing cost, schedule, and performance analysis to ensure the delivery of safe and reliable electric service. This role partners closely with project managers, finance teams, and stakeholders to manage budgets, forecasts, schedules, and reporting across electric distribution and transmission projects, while ensuring compliance with established standards, systems, and regulatory requirements.Key Responsibilities:Cost Plan Development and Analysis • Use cost and schedule plans to determine whether project objectives are achievable., • Create, maintain, and update monthly forecast budgets and cost reports., • Prepare project performance analysis, cost, and schedule status reports, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions., • Assess and report project performance using established industry standards., • Ensure responses to project budget, GRC, or FERC cost requests reflect accurate and current cost information with stakeholder concurrence., • Communicate regularly with project teams, stakeholders, and the public regarding project cost, schedule, and risk status., • Interface with design, planning resources, and related software systems., • Review and assist with Advance Authorizations, Job Estimates, and Re-Authorizations, supporting approval routing., • Prepare journal entries and coordinate or process goods receipts in current software systems., • Input data into multiple programs and prepare cost and forecasting reports.Project Documentation & Reporting, • Verify whether project cost and schedule milestones were achieved and provide input for future process or business improvements., • Manage orders from inception through completion, ensuring all required documentation is entered into systems such as EDMS., • Resolve open items, ensure compliance requirements are met, enter settlement rules, and close out orders., • Maintain scope change, contingency release, change order, and journal entry logs., • Maintain written and electronic project documentation in accordance with established guidelines., • Document change order requests, project status, key issues, risks, resolutions, priority changes, and approvals., • Provide monthly cost and/or schedule reports with variance analysis to the Project Manager., • Provide project team members with current status reports containing schedule and cost information., • Assist the Project Manager with Post Job Critiques and comply with Utility Operations policies and standards.Central Data Management Functions, • Prepare monthly and weekly project management and performance reports, including scorecards., • Ensure quality and accuracy of departmental reports delivered to stakeholders., • Validate weekly and monthly data sets., • Provide support to project managers as needed.Special Projects, • Fulfill ad-hoc requests for cost-related data and analysis., • Participate in or lead project management process improvement initiatives.Central Financial Analysis Functions, • Prepare monthly and weekly project performance, budget, and cycle forecast reports using financial tracking systems such as SAP/BW and EPM., • Coordinate with stakeholders to create reports that support sound business decisions and year-end budget targets., • Summarize and explain project cycle forecast variances for stakeholder reporting., • Post and update project performance, budget, forecast, and status reports on the Project Management website.Financial and Performance Management, • Monitor, analyze, and report departmental forecasting performance using financial tracking tools., • Analyze monthly financial results and explain key cost drivers to leadership through reports such as Green-Red Scorecards and Lessons Learned.Schedule Development and Analysis, • Coordinate with Project Managers to develop project schedules and cash-flow forecasts with functional input., • Attend project and job kickoff meetings and walk-downs., • Create, maintain, and update project schedules., • Document, monitor, and communicate project milestones and risks., • Participate in project status meetings, collect progress data, and revise project plans as needed., • Develop, maintain, and control schedules using tools such as SAP Project System, SAP Work Management, and Primavera P6.Required Experience:, • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience., • One year of experience in electric or gas transmission or distribution business operations, business planning, accounting, finance, construction management, or project management at PG OR two years of equivalent experience if hired externally.Nice-to-Have Experience:, • Project Management, Project Controls, or Construction Management experience., • Risk Management and Earned Value Analysis experience., • Accounting and budgeting experience., • Forecasting and financial analysis experience., • Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification., • Experience with SPSI reporting.Required Skills:, • Project cost forecasting and budget management, • Schedule development and analysis, • Financial and performance reportingPreferred Skills:, • SAP Work Management, SAP/BW, BPC, EPM, • Primavera P6, • Advanced Microsoft Excel, • Unifier, ProjectWise, HeavyBidAdditional Skills from Original Description:, • Earned value analysis, • Risk management, • Utility operations knowledge, • Data validation and quality analysis, • Stakeholder communication and reporting, • Interpretation of financial indicators, • Process improvement participation, • Knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, • Mathematical competency relevant to project controls workEquipment & Safety Requirements:, • PPE required for job-site access (provided by employer-of-record). #LI-GTT #LI-Hybrid #gttjobs Company DescriptionGlobal Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation () with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure. We are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier. There is always a new opportunity for success when you look through all of the open job opportunities on our website’s career page. Just click on this link: Awards SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firm: 2023 and 2015 SIA’s Best Staffing Firm to Work for: 2019 -2023 Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company: 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015 Randstad Preferred Supplier: 2020 - 2023 TechServe Alliance Excellence Award. 2019 NH Business Magazines Fast 5 fastest growing companies Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: 2015Global Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation () with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure.\r\n\r\nWe are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier.\r\n \r\nThere is always a new opportunity for success when you look through all of the open job opportunities on our website’s career page. Just click on this link: \r\n \r\nAwards\r\n\r\nSIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firm: 2023 and 2015\r\nSIA’s Best Staffing Firm to Work for: 2019 -2023\r\nInc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company: 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015\r\nRandstad Preferred Supplier: 2020 - 2023\r\nTechServe Alliance Excellence Award. 2019\r\nNH Business Magazines Fast 5 fastest growing companies\r\nErnst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: 2015