Full Job Description
Position Overview
The Data Analyst - Project Controls will play a key role in supporting the development, implementation, and sustainment of Earned Value Management (EVM) across the site. This role focuses on building reliable, automated data flows, developing dashboards and reporting tools, and enabling project teams to make informed, data-driven decisions. The analyst will work closely with the Project Controls Manager, Project Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure project information is accurate, accessible, and actionable.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop, maintain, and optimize data pipelines needed for EVM, budget tracking, forecasting, and overall project controls reporting.
• Build and manage Power BI dashboards that provide clear visibility into cost, schedule, performance metrics, and trends for Project Managers and leadership.
• Use advanced Excel and Power Query skills to clean, transform, and consolidate data from multiple sources into consistent reporting structures.
• Support preparation of EACs (Estimates at Completion), load boards, and other project control documents.
• Assist with quoting and cost analysis during Market Basket Quoting efforts
• Present project information directly to Project Managers to help them understand performance drivers, risks, and opportunities without having to mine or manipulate raw data themselves.
• Help design and refine new tools, templates, and automation solutions that make project controls processes more efficient and easier for PMs to adopt and provide the trainings.
• Provide insights, identify anomalies, and help build a consistent data-driven culture within the project teams.
Required Skills & Qualifications
• Proficiency in Power BI report development, including DAX, modeling, and data visualization best practices.
• Strong Excel capabilities, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, Power Query, and data shaping.
• Experience working with project data, financials, or cost/schedule tracking systems.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to convert complex data into meaningful recommendations.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
• SQL, DAX, Python, VBA, Advanced Excel Modeling, SAP
Education: Bachelor degree in Data Analytics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Engineering, or a related quantitative field
Experience: 2+ years of experience in data analysis, project controls, or financial analysis within an operational, engineering, manufacturing, or project-driven environment.
Pay: $83,000 - $102,000
The base salary range for this position in Ohio (US-OH) at the start of employment is expected to be between $83,000 and $102,000 per year. However, the base salary offered is based on local job market factors, and may vary further depending on factors specific to the selected job candidate, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided at such time the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment. If hired, the selected job candidate will be employed 'at-will,' unless employed at a location and in a position subject to a collective bargaining agreement. The company further reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment, compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department/team performance, and other market factors.
As a federal government contractor, BWX Technologies, Inc. and any subsidiaries, affiliates and related entities ("BWXT" or the "Company") complies with all federal, state, and local laws and customer requirements regarding health and safety protocols. As such, all BWXT new hires will be required to adhere to applicable Company health and safety requirements within the workplace as a condition of employment.
