Job Description

Description of Position and Specific Skills Requirements: The Project Control Analyst acts on behalf of NB Power and is responsible for project schedules and cost data as used to analyze project progress against baseline plans. The Project Controls Analyst participates in planning, budgeting, contracting, and other project management activities for the purpose of establishing and maintaining appropriate plans, schedule, and budgets in support of the project activities. The successful candidate will be reporting to the Strategic Project Management Office (SPMO), and assigned to multiple, concurrent projects working directly with the project managers. Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze, and report project actuals (task progress and cost) versus planned values in summary and detailed formats
• Track and manages revisions to the project schedule and cost forecasts.
• Establish and maintain project schedules, budget and tracking of actual costs for the purpose of reporting on project progress, cost and variance.
• Develop and maintain cost and schedule forecasts for use in managing the project to completion
• Ensure compatibility of project plans, schedules, estimates, risk plans, related operations, and maintenance work.
• Monitor, identify, and highlight schedule critical path, non-critical activities and risks
• Monitor and enforce the quality of project schedules, estimates, budgets, costs and related reports
• Ensure appropriate industry practices are used in project work plans and schedules
• Instruct other team members in learning, establishing, and using appropriate industry practices in contracting, making progress payments, cost analysis, tracking costs, and reporting on costs.
• Gather, merge, analyze, reconcile, and report on project progress including Earned Value Analysis (EVA).
• Identify risks, current and emerging issues in accordance with project risk and issue management practices
• Provide input to formal project reporting in support of the Project Manager
• Establish and maintain other project controls as required e.g. documentation, etc.
• Manage changes to the work through facilitating the appropriate level approval of change management documents.
• Prepare month-end accruals for work
• Where required, facilitate independent auditing or sample auditing by internal auditors
• Coordinate close-out activities e.g. initiate financial closeout, contribute to Benefits Realization report, participate in lessons learned discussions, etc.

Preference will be given to candidates with the following:

• Experience with NB Power Project Management and Delivery Methodology
• Intermediate or higher level of experience with MS Project
• Experience with MS Project Server.
• Experience with utility-based projects
• Experience with resource loaded schedules.

Mandatory Requirements

• University degree in Engineering or Business Administration or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible work experience in project controls within a large capital project with preference given to electrical utility sector