Senior Project Controls Specialist, Project Controls & Reporting

Team

Capital Project Delivery

Business Unit

New England Jurisdiction

Requisition No.

10262

Job Purpose

The Project Controls team is accountable for the development, management, update, and analysis of project schedules and costs for a $9B-$10B dollar portfolio of complex, capital, electric projects.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountable for building and developing project schedules across a portfolio of Transmission Line, Distribution Line and Substation projects. The schedules will be built using the agreed work breakdown structure to support key stakeholder groups. And/or proactively analyze project costs to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for cost optimization.

• Progress each project every month to ensure all projects are monitored for project controls in line with the monthly reporting cycle, checking accuracy and consistency of data.

• Report milestones, planned value and earned value data, percent complete and provide project commentaries.

• Attend project status meetings – report on major material status; update forecast and schedule per progress discussion.

• Summarize project performance metrics and provide specialized direction and recommendation to project teams and management for the resolution of diverse project controls issues.

• Earned Value Management by working with the project manager to:

  • Develop of the budget/planned value of work based on the scope of work.
  • Determine the actual value of work completed by the project team based on milestones and objectives.
  • Calculate the earned value of the physical work completed.
  • Perform variance analysis including schedule and cost variances using indices such as the schedule performance index (SPI) and cost performance index (CPI).

• Participate in the review and analysis of contractor proposals to evaluate schedule feasibility, identify execution risks and opportunities, and support informed project decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, Masters degree preferred.
• 3+ years of work experience in Project Controls, Project Management, Finance, Cost Management or Data Analytics/Logic.
• Utility/Construction experience is preferred.
• Experience in Primavera P6, or Microsoft Project, or experience in Cost Forecasting is required.
• Procore & SAP knowledge would be ideal but not required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel-VLOOKUP, pivot tables).
• Experienced working under tight deadlines.
• Experienced in influencing, persuading, communicating, challenging, and negotiating.
• Valid driver's license required with a safe driving history that meets National Grid's Safe Driver policy.

National Grid will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring.

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

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