Project Controls Specialist - Career Growth Potential

Minimum Required Qualifications:
• 3-5 years professional experience in program and/or project controls on a construction program.
• BS/BA Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business or related degree. Additional qualifying experience in excess to the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
• Experience working through the entire project life cycle.
• Knowledge of theories, principles and practices of cost/schedule management, earned value management, change management, forecasting, and risk assessment.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Office, Advanced Excel Skills, Proliance, Data-Warehouse or other systems used by a large capital program, and any educational facility experience.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Monitor the overall integrity of the project budget and forecast in accordance with approved standard operating procedures.
• Provide quality assurance to College functional staff regarding all financial tracking and cost performance.
• Conduct cost variance analysis of reported data to identify trends and mitigate potential budget impacts.
• Review, analysis and oversight of monthly cost reports and monthly progress reports.
• Evaluate contract change orders and amendments for impact on budget/timetable.
• Review financial section of the Proposed Board Actions for accuracy.
• Review invoices for compliance and proper coding in accordance with encumbrances.
• Review task order requests, change orders and amendments to ensure budget availability, accurate cost coding and reporting.
• Interact with various technical discipline leads to understand and communicate issues and conflicts that may impact the budget.
• Ensure implementation of BuildLACCD policies, procedures and plans regarding cost management of capital projects with multiple funding sources.
• Provide interface support and respond to all College requests for all financial information.
• Serve as central receiving point for all financial matters for assigned College(s).
• Travel to offsite project locations as required.
• Ability to present data to management in an organized manner.
• Exceptional communication skills required.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and situations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to perform in a business environment, maintaining professionalism in all communications and demeanor.
• Other job-related duties or projects as assigned.