Cost Control Specialist III

Description

The Cost Control Specialist is responsible for supporting project teams by performing cost control activities for a portfolio of large projects.Responsibilities will include validating and reporting project costs, incorporating trends or approved changes, and providing financial forecasts for assigned projects.

• Work with accounting on reconciling invoices.
• Collecting, evaluating, and reporting Capital budget, project cost, work order closings and variance reporting.
• Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel to prepare project cost expectations and tracking tools.
• May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis to obtain project field data or attend project meetings
• Initiate, monitor, maintain and close out of capital work orders in all legal entities.
• Assists in the preparation of accruals.
• Create and analyze capital budgets, financial forecasts, reporting of actual financial results and variance explanations.
• Ensuring the integrity of accounting information and providing analytical services for transmission and substation projects.
• Monitoring, maintaining, and completing key reports and providing analytical functions towards capital projects utilizing data and other critical deliverables.
• Interaction with other team members, as well as supervisors and client personnel

Requirements

To be considered, candidates residing outside of commuting distance to the office are required to provide a cover letter regarding their intentions to relocate to the local area and that the candidate understands that there will be no relocation assistance provided. Candidate outside of commuting distance to the office who do not provide a cover letter will not be screened for the position. In addition, the candidate’s location must be easily identifiable either on submittal documents or in the candidate’s registration in our ATS.

Eligible for US Work Authorization Sponsorship: No

EDG Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to a drug-free workplace. Applicants are subject to pre-employment urine drug screens.

FLSA Exemption: Exempt (Eligible for Straight-Time Overtime)

Basic or Minimum Qualifications

This position is not a remote position and requires candidates to reside within commuting distance to downtown New Orleans.

• Must be able to wear safety equipment as required by the safety department for personal protection
• Ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels
• Must be able to lift and carry five (5) pounds
• Requires a working knowledge of cost control software and the ability to learn new software platforms quickly
• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities which permits employee to communicate effectively
• May be at more than one job site in a day and must be able to tolerate climate changes
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes to perform office duties and travel when necessary to off-site locations
• Availability and ability to travel to client sites on occasion
• Have attention to detail
• Understand all relevant project documents pertaining to the preparation of cost control plans and reports.
• Sufficient manual dexterity which permit the employee to perform routine office duties
• Requires a High-School Diploma or Equivalent
• Five (5) years with less than ten (10) years’ related experience as a project cost analyst or similar role required
• Availability and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Availability and ability to work overtime as needed based on project
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time
• Sufficient vision or other powers of observation which permits employee to conduct analysis and investigations
• Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Office software (Word, Powerpoint, etc.)
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Benefits

Post-hire, employees are subject to random, periodic, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug testing. In addition to the requirements of EDG’s drug free workplace program, employees may be required to sign, acknowledge and comply with drug free workplace policies or programs required by clients.

Part-Time Available: No

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance