Hybrid Senior Project Controls Analyst

Sargent Electric; Gahanna (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sargent Electric Company in Ohio is seeking a Senior Project Controls Analyst to support our project controls shared services group in the Gahanna office. The role offers potential for a hybrid work schedule (office/remote) with periodic training and meetings.

Responsibilities include establishing baselines, cost coding, ERP data management, change orders, risk tracking, and collaboration with accounting and project teams to ensure accurate financial visibility and forecasts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent consideration will be given to candidates with experience in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum 6–10 years of progressive experience in project controls, often within engineering, construction, or utility sectors.
• Understanding of construction accounting (earned value, job cost projections, WIP).
• Excellent written communication and proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills; ability to work with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leads the process in establishing baseline scope of work, schedule and turnover of initial project budget, with contract interpretation to include capturing estimating.
• Leads the process in development of project cost coding and work breakdown structure.
• Responsible for compiling and organizing project as-sold estimate documentation into the ERP system for scheduling and forecast analysis.
• Maintains the process, with stakeholders, to ensure budgets and change orders are allocated in the ERP system correctly.
• Monitor cost deviations, trends, and risks, escalating potential issues to project leadership.
• Collect data to substantiate cost and causation for forensic analysis, change order requests, notification/letter writing, email responses and CO justifications.
• Work with other business groups as required in the development and substantiation of change orders, legal claims or defense from claims.
• Maintains the process, with stakeholders, to ensure budgets and change orders are allocated in the ERP system correctly.
• Work alongside Accounting and Project Teams to maintain ERP contract details that supports downstream billings.
• Participate in subcontractor invoicing process and customer billing cycles.
• Participate in maintaining the risk register with project teams to identify risks, mitigate risks, and support the estimates of cost and schedule impact based on risk probability.
• Recommends and oversees the customization of project control systems to meet specific project requirements as needed on unique and critical projects.
• Key contributor in development of phased revenue business projections for assigned areas and projects.
• Manage the ERP system job closure process for assigned areas and project.

Skills

Project controls

Cost management

ERP systems

MS Office

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Business or related

Tools

Viewpoint Vista

Bluebeam

Trimble Materials

Trimble Pay

Job description

Sargent Electric Company in Ohio is seeking a Senior Project Controls Analyst to support our project controls shared services group in the Gahanna office. The role offers potential for a hybrid work schedule (office/remote) with periodic training and meetings.

Responsibilities include establishing baselines, cost coding, ERP data management, change orders, risk tracking, and collaboration with accounting and project teams to ensure accurate financial visibility and forecasts.