Hybrid Project Controls Specialist – Data-Driven Leader

Dominion Energy; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dominion Energy is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to support electric distribution infrastructure projects. You will develop and coordinate planning, estimating, cost control, performance reporting, and data analytics to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery and informed decision-making.

In this role you will extract and validate enterprise data, build repeatable analytics, create dashboards, manage change orders, and help standardize processes.

Qualifications

• 2-3+ years of relevant experience in directly related field.
• Knowledge of cost controls principles.
• Good verbal/writing/presentation skills.
• Effective work and project management skills.
• Ability to verify data and present statistical reports and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead detailed analyses of project progress, schedule, and budget. Track milestones and deliverables across stakeholder groups. Monitor expenditures, conduct variance analysis, and provide accurate forecasting.
• Extract, validate, and analyze enterprise data to identify trends, exceptions, and data-quality issues. Develop repeatable analytical workflows, reports, and dashboards that reduce manual effort and improve visibility into project cost, schedule, resources, materials, and performance.
• Identify and mitigate project risks. Manage change orders and events by assessing impacts on budget, scope, schedule, resources, and forecast, while ensuring proper ownership, documentation, and approvals.
• Create and maintain process maps and documentation for estimating, scheduling, reporting, and change management workflows. Promote clarity and consistency across teams.
• Support training and mentoring of team members. Drive continuous improvement through best practices and lessons learned.

Skills

Cost controls principles

Verbal communication

Written communication

Presentation skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Data analysis

Decision making

Data verification

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor

Job description

Dominion Energy is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to support electric distribution infrastructure projects. You will develop and coordinate planning, estimating, cost control, performance reporting, and data analytics to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery and informed decision-making.

In this role you will extract and validate enterprise data, build repeatable analytics, create dashboards, manage change orders, and help standardize processes.