Project Control Specialist - Estimator

Description

This position will support various projects and project managers in a project control capacity. The role is an integral position of the PMO Team and is responsible for detailed project estimating, planning, analyzing, and reporting.

Essential Tasks And Responsibilities

• Prepare Land Service proposals as a part of the proposal preparation process.
• Afford Proposal Manager with expediting department leads on required proposal activities.
• Maintain a filing system for project set up, tracking, analyzing, and reporting needs.
• Create and update project-specific:
  • Estimates
  • Plans
  • Schedules
• Prepare project performance reports and reviews.
• Undertake variance, QA, and QC activities for project-specific set up, time and expense entry, invoice preparation, revenue, and margin accuracy, close out, and completion.
• Coach project managers to follow plans and schedules, and to interpret performance reports.
• Identify and analyze project and project control operational deficiencies, develop, and implement solutions and ensure project teams are compliant with relevant procedures.
• Performance reports.

Job Requirements

• A degree in engineering, finance or project management preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ project execution experience as a project manager and/or as a project control specialist.
• Experience in land-services projects preferred.
• Considerable experience and expertise with the Microsoft suite of applications, including MS Project, SharePoint, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Power BI.
• Demonstrated experience in all aspects of financial project controls.
• Demonstrated understanding of Earned Value.
• Strong understanding of project economics, finance, management, and administration.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Empathetic and collaborative team-working behavior.
• Strong data and trend analysis capability.
• Ability to prioritize work.
• Ability to take direction and complete tasks with minimal direction or supervision.
• Work expeditiously, and under time constraints.
• Very organized and detail oriented.
• Ability to work autonomously and to collaborate fully as a team player.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance as per work schedule agreed with manager (may require working an adjusted work schedule based on project assigned and work overtime if warranted).
• Ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations and Company's policies and procedures.