About the Role
Join a dynamic team as a project controls professional and play a key role in developing and implementing innovative controls processes, data structures, and performance reporting within the Project Management Office (PMO). You will leverage your practical project controls experience to work on aspects like scheduling, cost management, progress tracking, risk assessment, and change controls, all integrated within an approved project management information system (PMIS). Collaborating closely with Project Controls and PMIS specialists, you will turn controls requirements into effective system data, reports, workflows, and dashboards, while progressively developing your technical capabilities.
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What You'll Be Doing
Project Controls Development
- Contribute to the creation of controls procedures, work and cost breakdown structures, project coding conventions, and consistent data definitions.
- Establish and manage baseline control processes, progress measurement, forecasting, risk, and change control methods.
- Develop and refine controls templates and reporting processes to improve consistency and reduce manual handling.
- Translate approved control methods into practical PMIS requirements including data structures, forms, workflows, and performance reports.
Schedule Cost and Performance Analysis
- Analyze schedule, cost, progress, and forecasting data, identifying trends and variances, and develop actionable recommendations.
- Contribute to baseline development and validate progress assessments under the guidance of relevant Project Controls Specialists.
- Reconcile performance data across various planning, cost, and reporting tools.
- Develop performance measures and reporting logic, including earned value measures where applicable.
PMIS Requirements and Configuration
- Define functional requirements with process owners, including data fields, validation rules, and workflow routes.
- Collaborate with PMIS specialists to configure project structures, cost codes, workflows, forms, and reports.
- Translate responsibilities into proposed workflow assignments and user access configurations for review.
- Implement changes and maintain specifications for configuration, troubleshooting, and future adjustments.
Data Migration and Reporting Development
- Validate project controls data for import into the PMIS, reconcile migrated data with source records.
- Support data transfers between planning, cost, and reporting tools, following the approved integration strategy.
- Create and enhance reports and dashboards using approved reporting tools, ensuring accuracy and integrity of calculations and metrics.
- Investigate data inconsistencies and establish validation rules to improve the overall quality of data management.
Testing Deployment and Technical Support
- Prepare test scenarios for controls calculations and workflow permissions, supporting user acceptance testing.
- Facilitate deployment of approved configurations and troubleshoot functional issues during system operations.
- Maintain documentation of test evidence and configuration history, adhering to approved change control procedures.
Technical Capability Development
- Build PMIS configuration skills through structured training and supervised implementation tasks.
- Demonstrate capabilities in configuration, testing, and support of assigned PMIS functions, progressing to broader responsibilities.
- Create technical instructions and provide user training on controls processes and system functions relevant to your role.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business administration, project management, information systems, or a related field.
- Practical experience in project controls: planning, cost monitoring, progress tracking, and performance reporting.
- Strong grasp of project controls principles including varianve analysis, forecasting, risk, and change management.
- Proven experience with Microsoft Excel and familiarity with planning, cost, or reporting tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, with an attention to detail.
Additional Preferred Skills
- Relevant certifications such as CAPM, PMP, PRINCE2 Foundation, or Agile.
- Experience in a formal PMO or multidisciplinary project controls environment.
- Familiarity with PMIS systems, Power BI, database queries, or similar reporting tools.
- Focus on earned value management, progress measurement, controls process improvement, or system implementation activities.
Benefits and Working Conditions
- We are committed to investing in our employees' wellbeing and support their career growth.
- We embrace a culture of inclusion and ensure representation across all job levels and backgrounds.
- The opportunities for advancement and personal development are extensive—aim for the stars!
