Cost Analyst - Project Controls

About the role

This is a 24-month contract (with potential for extension) for a Cost Analyst – Project Controls supporting energy storage and solar construction project teams. The role provides cost reporting and analysis for multiple project sites across the Carolinas and Florida service territory. Hybrid schedule: 3 days per week in the Charlotte, NC office, with travel to sites in North and South Carolina 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Review and analysis of cost estimates, including estimate basis and qualifications.
• Review of existing project status as provided by company and its vendors.
• Monitoring compliance with department requirements and Enterprise Policy and Standards.
• Providing analysis and forecasting of project cost performance.
• Assisting with forecasting project cost impacts.
• Project risk quantification, analysis, and management.
• Updating project cost and risk information in company systems and tools.

Requirements

• Graduation from a four-year college or university – business, finance, project management, engineering, technical, or equivalent (or minimum 11 years of project controls experience in lieu of a degree).
• Minimum 9 years of project controls experience.
• Advanced to expert level of experience in Excel.
• Experience working in a PMO environment, on a project controls team, or in a project management working environment.
• Proven and successful experience working with multi-million dollar or high-risk projects.
• Ability to pick up and use unfamiliar software and work with large data files.
• Expert-level understanding of Project Controls methodologies and discipline.
• Detailed knowledge of various estimating techniques (cost and schedule), multiple cost management and control practices, project risk management best practices, review and analysis of contractor and vendor performance, and financial and cost management systems.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States and able to work on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree – business, finance, project management, or equivalent.
• PMI or AACE certification (e.g., PMP, CAPM, PMI-SP, AACE-CCC, AACE-PSP, AACE-CEP, AACE-EVP).
• Experience evaluating vendor change orders.
• Demonstrated expertise with software such as EcoSys, MS Project/MS Office Suite, Business Objects, Prolog, Passport, Visio, Access, Powerplant, Maximo or EAM, PeopleSoft, RiskConnect, Monte Carlo/QRA analysis tools.
• Ability to lead complex assignments.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Prior company or utility experience.

Skills

• Advanced to expert Excel
• Project controls methodologies and discipline
• Cost estimating techniques (cost and schedule)
• Cost management and control practices
• Project risk management (quantification, analysis, Monte Carlo/QRA)
• Contractor/vendor performance analysis
• Financial and cost management systems
• EcoSys, MS Project, Business Objects, Prolog, Passport, Visio, Access, Powerplant, Maximo/EAM, PeopleSoft
• Risk management tools (RiskConnect)
• Large data file handling and rapid adoption of unfamiliar software

Pay

$72.00 – $82.00 per hour; W2 contract, no PTO, no traditional benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment.

Schedule

40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Hybrid: 3 days per week in office (Charlotte, NC) with travel to project sites in North and South Carolina 3 days per week.

Benefits

ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. No PTO or standard benefits provided.