Project Controls Specialist: Budgeting & Forecasting

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

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.