Project Controller

USTBC ABB Installation Products Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in the US Automation division seeks a Project Controls Specialist to lead planning, scheduling, and control for large-scale projects. You will maintain and analyze actual and forecasted schedules, costs, cash flow, and risk, driving improvements in tools and processes.

This hybrid role reports to the Local Division Controller and offers exposure to international projects and cross-functional teams, with a focus on delivering contracts on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• 3 years of financial or project management-related experience.
• Bachelor's Degree.
• 5 years of financial experience in a project business.
• Large project management exposure in an industrial manufacturing business or similar.
• Experience or exposure with risk management policies and procedures.
• SAP Project Systems experience or similar.
• Cost forecasting and scheduling experience or exposure.
• Self-driven personality with high motivation to work in an international company.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project execution and performance with well-maintained schedule, cost, cash, and risk planning of individual project.
• Analyze project requirements with the project team and ensure all essential activities are detailed to develop realistic schedules.
• Monitor project progress and critical paths to ensure milestones are met and resources optimized.
• Ensure that projects are closed per contracts with customers in alignment with Project Manager and Project Controller.

Skills

Financial experience

Project management

Risk management

SAP PS

Cost forecasting

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP Project Systems

Job description

At ABB , we help industries run leaner and cleaner-and every person here makes that happen. You'll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to: Local Division Controller

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead planning, scheduling, and control efforts for all project phases of individual delivery for large size projects. Each day, you will maintain and analyze actual and forecasted schedules, cost, revenues, cash in/out, as well as risks and opportunities. You will also showcase your expertise by supporting in improving planning competence and suggesting improvements for tools and processes used in planning and control.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid {#LI-Hybrid}

This role is contributing to the Automation division in the US.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Supporting Project Manager by supervising project execution and performance with well-maintained schedule, cost, cash, and risk planning of individual project.
• Analyzing project requirements with the project team and checking that all essential work activities have been identified in sufficient detail to serve as a basis for developing realistic project schedules.
• Monitoring project progress and regularly analyzing project critical paths to ensure all critical path activities and project milestones are progressed to the plan, while notifying Project Managers of any deviations and providing input for optimizing resources.
• Ensuring that the individual projects are closed as per contracts entered with customers in alignment with Project Manager and Project Controller.

Our team dynamics

You will join a dynamic and high performing team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role

Basic Qualifications

• 3 years of financial or project management related experience
• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of financial experience in a project business
• Large project management exposure in an industrial manufacturing business or similar
• Experience or exposure with risk management policies and procedures
• SAP Project Systems experience or similar
• Cost forecasting and scheduling experience or exposure
• Self-driven personality with high motivation to work in an international company

More about us

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to [e-mail] . Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

Go to www.myBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
• Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Parental Leave - up to 6 weeks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount p