Project Controls Specialist III

United Utility; Hartford, Northern (CT, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

United Utility Services seeks a Project Controls Analyst to join our PMO. The role provides cost controls, data capture, and analytics support for assigned electric utility projects. You will collaborate with PMO, Finance, Accounting, and Construction teams to enable effective forecasting and reporting.

The candidate should have strong Excel skills, Primavera P6 experience, and a track record in project controls within the utility sector. Occasional travel to Hartford offices is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in related field preferred; practical experience considered
• 10+ years of experience in project controls or similar role
• Experience in electric utility sector preferred
• Strong analytical and data management skills

Responsibilities

• Perform cost and schedule analysis with PMs
• Develop/maintain risk registers and monthly reports
• Create and maintain cost tracking tools for forecasting
• Monitor actuals vs budgets and ensure correct coding
• Support monthly close and change orders processing
• Develop financial dashboards and performance reports
• Collaborate across PMO, Finance, Accounting and Construction

Skills

Cost controls

Data analytics

Proactive risk analysis

Education

B.S. in Project Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

Smartsheet

Job description

Welcome to United Utility Services, a dynamic player in the electric utility industry. As a trailblazer, we provide comprehensive and innovative offerings that bolster power infrastructure investments across the U.S. We proudly serve as the parent company to industry-leading utility service contractors specializing in transmission, substation, distribution, and grid hardening projects. Our Core Values are clear and simple: Safety, Quality, Integrity, and Professionalism. At United Utility Services, we craft power delivery solutions - built safe, engineered smart, and driven by what customers demand - fueling communities with reliable energy. We are the best-in-class, trusted partner delivering customer-centric Power Delivery Construction and Engineering solutions.

About The Role

We are seeking qualified Project Controls Analysts to join our highly performing project management team, a United Utility Company. The successful candidate will work with the project management team to provide cost controls, data capture and analytics, along with process improvement and tools development services for assigned projects. The Project Controls Analyst will work collaboratively with the PMO, Finance, Accounting, Construction, and other supporting organizations, ensuring frequent interaction and coordination across various departments and personnel. The candidate must have the ability to commute to one of our offices located in Hartford, CT on an as needed basis.

Key Responsibilities

• The individual will work with the Project Managers to perform cost and schedule analysis, develop/maintain Risk Registers, develop monthly reports and PowerPoint slides for Executive report outs.
• Looking for an individual with utility construction and project controls/management background to think creatively and support the PM in successful planning and execution.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to develop Units, T&M, and Earned Value Management cost tracking tools per project for forecasting and reporting.
• Monitor costs and man-hours on a weekly basis, ensuring that actuals are within budget and charged to the correct job number and cost codes.
• Identify potential risks and opportunities as a part of recurring forecast analysis and communicate them to stakeholders.
• Perform analytical review and arithmetic checks of cost reporting documentation.
• Prepare accurate and complete variance analysis and reporting.
• Support Project Managers in the preparation, submission, and tracking of change orders.
• Support process improvement initiatives to make effective changes around financial systems, project financial control, reporting, and financial dashboarding.
• Work with Project team and finance to drive monthly close.
• Ensure cost, revenue accruals, and revenue adjustments are prepared and processed in a timely manner, in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Support Internal Project Status Review presentations for management.
• Prepare other cost performance reports as needed or requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Project Management, Construction Management, Business Administration, Engineering or related field preferred. Bachelor's degree equivalent with practical experience and knowledge of relevant technical systems will also be considered.
• 10 years plus of experience.
• Project cost controls experience is required.
• Project cost controls experience in the electric utility sector preferred
• Familiarity with Primavera P6
• Advanced Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
• Proficiency with Smartsheet is desirable but not required
• Efficient at data collection and analysis using various enterprise systems.
• Motivated, detail-oriented individual who proactively pursues and investigates underlying details of reported information to construct a comprehensive understanding of project related risks and issues.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to diagnosis and solve problems within limited time frames.
• Highly capable of working constructively and maintaining good relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Must be willing to travel up to 25%

Key Info

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand, and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with their arms.

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