Project Controls Engineer - ENS (Contract)

Burns & McDonnell; Mumbai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell is seeking a driven Project Controls Analyst in Mumbai to maintain and manage project financial data in EcoSys, ensuring accurate WBS, CBS, and cost codes. You will support budgeting, cost control, and reporting for EPC projects across the portfolio.

The role emphasizes data integrity, proactive variance analysis, and collaboration with project managers, engineers, and finance teams. Full-time position based in Mumbai with global project exposure.

Qualifications

• Experience: 1–3 years in project controls, cost analysis, or commercial project support in an EPC environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, commerce, sciences, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Data and Project Management in EcoSys: Create and maintain project records, WBS, CBS, and internal cost codes.
• Budgeting and cost control: Track expenditures, monitor commitments, and perform variance analyses.
• Reporting and Analysis: Generate standard and ad-hoc cost reports for project managers and clients.
• Change Management: Monitor and map internal project changes to budgets and contingency funds in EcoSys.
• System and Configuration Support: Assist senior admins in EcoSys setup, testing, upgrades, and minor configuration updates.

Skills

Advanced Excel

EcoSys

Earned Value

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

WBS & CBS

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/commerce/sciences

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle Unifier

SAP Cost Management

Job description

Description

We are seeking a driven, analytical, and detail-oriented Project Controls Analyst to join our dedicated Project Controls team. This role is integral to our project delivery success, where you will help drive financial integrity across our project portfolio. You will be responsible for maintaining, updating, and managing project financial data, structures, and reporting within our central project portfolio management platform, EcoSys.

This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented professional with a strong foundation in project cost concepts to master an enterprise-grade platform and support our global project teams in delivering critical infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Data and Project Management in EcoSys: Create and maintain project records, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), and internal cost codes. Ensure Work Authorization Forms (WAFs) are accurately reflected in the system.

• Budgeting and Cost Control: Facilitate budget modifications, track actual expenditures, monitor commitments, and perform periodic variance analyses to provide early warnings on potential overruns and inform corrective actions.

• Reporting and Analysis: Generate standard cost reports and ad-hoc analyses for project managers and clients. Translate complex financial data into actionable insights for decision-making.

• Change Management: Monitor and record internal project change requests, mapping approved changes directly to active project budgets and contingency funds within EcoSys to ensure financial traceability.

• System and Configuration Support: Assist senior system administrators in EcoSys setup, testing, system upgrades, and minor configuration updates to enhance system functionality and user experience.

Technical & Soft Skills

• Foundational Cost Knowledge: A firm grasp of fundamental project cost control concepts (e.g., budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments, WBS, and Earned Value Metrics).

• Software Familiarity: Prior hands-on exposure to EcoSys is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with other Project Portfolio Management (PPM) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools (such as Primavera P6, Oracle Unifier, or SAP Cost Management) is beneficial.

• Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, complex formulas, data analysis) are required.

• Analytical Mindset: Strong logical reasoning with the ability to identify anomalies, patterns, and trends in financial datasets.

• Detail-Oriented: A keen eye for data integrity, ensuring database naming conventions and budget configurations are precise and consistently applied.

• Proactive Communicator: Comfortable collaborating with multi-disciplinary stakeholders, including project managers, engineers, and financial analysts, to resolve issues and provide support.

Qualifications

• Experience: 1 to 3 years of experience in project controls, project cost analysis, or commercial project support, ideally within an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) environment.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Commerce, Sciences, or a related field

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

Job

Engineering

Primary Location

India-Maharashtra-Mumbai

Schedule

Full-time

Travel

No

Job Hire Type

Contingent Worker (CWK) Not Applicable #BMI N/A