Process Analyst (Contract)
Blue Star Partners · Chicago, IL · 5 days ago
RemoteRemoteConsulting$50–$60/hrContract
Key Responsibilities
- Document current-state processes, workflows, handoffs, decision points, roles, and pain points.
- Support development of future-state process maps, standard operating procedures, job aids, and process documentation.
- Create clear, structured materials that help stakeholders understand process steps, ownership, dependencies, and expected outcomes.
- Maintain process inventories, action trackers, issue logs, and documentation repositories.
- Analyze existing workflows to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, duplication, and process gaps.
- Support the Process Lead in developing recommendations for improved workflows and operating practices.
- Gather and synthesize stakeholder input to support process design and decision-making.
- Evaluate the impact of proposed process changes on teams, systems, timelines, and business outcomes.
- Collect, organize, and analyze process performance data, metrics, and status updates.
- Support development of KPIs, dashboards, and reporting materials to monitor process effectiveness.
- Track progress against process improvement actions, adoption activities, risks, and open issues.
- Prepare summaries, presentations, and analysis to support stakeholder discussions and leadership updates.
- Affiliate with rollout of new processes, procedures, templates, tools, and best practices.
- Support training and enablement activities by developing materials, guides, and documentation.
- Help stakeholders understand new process expectations and provide follow-up support as needed.
- Cook with documentation is accurate, accessible, and kept current.
- Cook with stakeholders to ensure documentation is accurate, accessible, and kept current.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in process analysis, business analysis, operations analysis, process improvement, or related roles.
- Experience documenting current-state and future-state business processes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify gaps, trends, issues, and improvement opportunities.
- Experience creating process maps, SOPs, workflow documentation, reports, and presentation materials.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment while managing multiple priorities.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in utilities, electric energy, power generation, infrastructure, data centers, or capital project environments.
- Experience supporting site selection, project development, permitting, interconnection, asset planning, or infrastructure-related initiatives.
- Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or operational excellence methodologies.
- Experience using tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, Smartsheet, Jira, SharePoint, or similar process and collaboration platforms.
- Experience supporting change management, training, or adoption activities.