Project Controls Cost Engineer/Analyst

Employee Type: exempt full-time | Division: Facilities, Maintenance & Engineering | Location: Frederick, MD, USA

About the Role

The Facilities Maintenance and Engineering (FME) mission is to support the NCI at Frederick in their mission to cure cancer and AIDS. FME is responsible for the physical campus—its research laboratory space, administrative space, the infrastructure that supports the buildings, and the landscape that surrounds them. Additionally, FME manages, plans, designs, and oversees construction management of renovations at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR).

Responsibilities

• Monitor project performance against budget baselines and established performance milestones.
• Compile and review budgets for FME using actual performance, previous budget figures, estimated revenue, expense reports, and other data sources to control funds and provide for proper financial administration.
• Complete estimate at completion (EAC) analysis of all cost elements within a project, considering contract commitments, expenditures to date, changes, and potential trends.
• Understand the impact of indirect costs on project total cost.
• Prepare financial plans and monitor implementation of financial policies.
• Extract and develop monthly reports from the project finance and accounting system to track costs and budgets.
• Analyze cost and schedule information, identifying potential concerns, corrective alternatives, and presenting recommendations to management.
• Prepare routine and special-purpose reports.
• Assist the project team in the development and monitoring of a project’s EAC and assessing the reasonableness of the EAC.
• Serve as the main point of contact for FME interface with the finance department and NCI regarding funding and financial matters.
• Maintain historical records, analyze trends, establish cost rates, and develop personnel forecasts.
• Analyze quantitative project financial data and make recommendations to senior management.
• Maintain database(s) by entering, verifying, and backing up data to ensure integrity and completeness of financial data systems.
• Update contract commitments, reconcile and analyze actual expenditures, monitor trend status, and maintain continuity of tracking structure.
• Recommend and interpret budgetary policies and procedures; prepare comparative evaluations of actual costs against budgeted funds.
• Develop creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and/or progress assessments.
• Attend project meetings to provide current financial information and potential impacts to project budget or forecast.
• Provide detailed performance metrics and analysis for senior management and NCI at established intervals.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university (or four years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree). Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency.
• Minimum of five years of related experience.
• Ability to work as a team member and be detail-oriented.
• Ability to multitask and stay organized in a fast-paced environment.
• The essential functions of this position require the ability to walk, stand, bend, stoop, and climb stairs, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Maximo, Costpoint/Cognos, and SharePoint.
• Experience in construction and facilities maintenance.
• Strong communication skills with all levels of personnel through written and oral presentations.
• Ability to interface and communicate with a wide range of functional areas in a highly technical environment.
• Advanced-level professional providing input to complex assignments/projects while working independently, receiving guidance only in the most complex situations.
• Ability to exercise judgment in the evaluation, selection, and adaptation of both standard and complex techniques and procedures.

Pay

95,900.00 - 141,133.00 USD

The posted pay range is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. The salary range posted is for full-time equivalent positions and will vary for part-time roles.

Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Leidos offers competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement. More details are available here.