Project Controls Analyst - Infrastructure & Utilities Delivery

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd; Naperville, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd in Naperville, IL seeks a Project Controls Analyst to support major natural gas and utilities projects. You will work with PMs, Cost Managers, and schedulers to transform data into insights, driving informed decisions and keeping projects on track.

You’ll contribute across planning, forecasting, monitoring and closeout, analyzing trends, maintaining controls systems, and delivering clear reports to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls, project management, cost management, planning, scheduling, financial analysis or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Support development, implementation and maintenance of project controls processes and procedures.
• Assist with project cost, schedule and performance monitoring across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Collect, validate and analyze project data to identify trends, risks, variances and areas requiring management attention.
• Prepare regular project controls reports, dashboards and management information for internal and client stakeholders.
• Support budget tracking, forecasting, actual cost reporting and EAC analysis.
• Assist with schedule monitoring, progress measurement and variance analysis.
• Support Earned Value Management (EVM) activities where applicable.
• Maintain project controls databases, reporting tools and project documentation.
• Work with project teams to ensure data is accurate, consistent and reported in a timely manner.
• Assist with change control, risk and opportunity tracking and impact assessments.
• Support the identification and escalation of project risks, trends and potential impacts to cost and schedule.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement and standardization of project controls processes and reporting.
• Participate in project and client meetings, providing relevant project controls information and analysis.
• Develop strong working relationships with clients, contractors, consultants and internal project teams.

Skills

Project controls

Project management

Cost management

Planning

Scheduling

Financial analysis

Data analysis

Communication

Attention to detail

Proactive problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Finance/Business/Project Management

Certifications in project controls/scheduling/cost management (advantageous)

Tools

Power BI

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

SAP/ERP systems

Job description

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd in Naperville, IL seeks a Project Controls Analyst to support major natural gas and utilities projects. You will work with PMs, Cost Managers, and schedulers to transform data into insights, driving informed decisions and keeping projects on track.

You’ll contribute across planning, forecasting, monitoring and closeout, analyzing trends, maintaining controls systems, and delivering clear reports to stakeholders.