Project Controls Specialist

Stantec; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a developing project controls professional to join our Buildings team in Houston. You will apply cost controls, forecasting, and analysis to support construction projects under guidance of lead project controls staff.

You will provide financial analysis, commitment and expenditure information, performance data, and forward-looking cost forecasts, while maintaining documentation and supporting risk management and change management processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls within design/construction environments.
• Ability to analyze budgets, commitments, and expenditures.
• Familiarity with project management systems and reporting workflows.

Responsibilities

• Utilize project management systems to update and manage project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of cost loaded schedules for construction related projects.
• Conduct project performance analysis using earned value techniques.
• Support reporting requirements for invoice submittals and monthly status reports.
• Maintain project budget and forecast spending plans.
• Downloading and analyzing project expenditures, commitments, and invoicing data.
• Provide proposal support to include schedules, reports, cost analysis.
• Documentation control per the project management framework, policies, and procedures.
• Identification of risk, develop risk mitigations strategies, and update risk registers.

Skills

Cost controls

Earned value

Forecasting

Project reporting

Job description

Your Opportunity

Stantec's Buildings team is on a mission to become the world's leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

Join us and design your place with Stantec.

As a developing project controls professional and integrated team member at Stantec, you will apply skills in cost controls, communications, and problem solving in a fast-paced, professional, design and construction environment under the guidance of lead project controlsstaff.You will provide financial analysis, accurate commitment and expenditure information, performance data, timely cost forecasts, documentation control support, change management, risk management and forward-looking advice to Project Management and Senior Leadership.

This role requires full proficiency through job-related training and considerable work experience. You must have the ability to perform the role and assign responsibilities using a variety of procedures and techniques while exercising independent judgement in selecting and interpreting information handling deviations from standard methods. Responsibilities assigned may vary in nature and complexity and are in accordance with established codes, standards, and guidelines. You will also act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Utilize project management systems to update and manage project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of cost loaded schedules for construction related projects.
• Conduct project performance analysis using earned value techniques.
• Support reporting requirements for invoice submittals and monthly status reports.
• Maintain project budget and forecast spending plans.
• Downloading and analyzing project expenditures, commitments, and invoicing data.
• Provide proposal support to include schedules, reports, cost analysis.
• Documentation control per the project management framework, policies, and procedures.
• Identification of risk, develop risk mitigations strategies, and update risk registers.