National Grid

Project Controls Specialist, Project Controls & Reporting

National Grid$100K — $117K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 1+ years of work experience in Project Controls, Project Management and Finance/Accounting.
  • Utility/Construction experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Build and develop project schedules for Transmission and Distribution Line and Substation projects.
  • Progress each project monthly, monitoring for project controls accuracy and consistency.
  • Report on milestones, planned and earned value data, including % complete and project commentary.
  • Attend project status meetings to update forecasts and schedules based on discussions.
  • Summarize project metrics and provide recommendations to resolve project controls issues.
  • Develop budget/planned value of work with the project manager according to the scope of work.
  • Perform variance analysis of schedule and cost using performance indices.

Benefits

  • Career path for advancement opportunities within and across bands.
  • Focus on developing experience, expertise, and acquiring technical skills.
  • Hybrid work model accommodating flexibility.
Full Job Description
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, % complete on projects 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).


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 1+ years of work experience in Project Controls, Project Management and Finance/Accounting
  • Utility/Construction experience is preferred.


More Information

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Salary

$100,000 - $117,000 a year

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. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.

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.

About National Grid

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom (where it owns and operates electricity and gas transmission networks) and in the Northeastern United States (where as well as operating transmission networks, the company is a producer and supplier of electricity and gas). National Grid has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £31.4 billion as of 23 September 2021, the 26th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.
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23,500 employees
Market Cap
$44 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
5 Year Trend
+4%
Revenue
$14.7 billion

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