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MasTec Advanced Technologies · 2 days ago

Project Controls Associate

Richmond, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

3+ years exp

MasTec Advanced Technologies delivers critical infrastructure construction and engineering services for power delivery, gas, and water customers. The Project Controls Associate will assist project management teams by developing, monitoring, and updating project estimates and schedules to ensure efficient project execution.

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Responsibilities

Supports project team and estimating/scheduling personnel efforts toward the development of the project plan and translating the project plan into the project estimate/schedule

Develops and provides analysis of project estimates or schedules, including, as applicable, CPM software implementation, time impact and delay analysis, and review of periodic schedule updates

Ensures the credibility of the information contained in the estimate/schedule

Assists with the preparation of project time and/or cost claims

Develops and records project historical estimate/schedule information and lessons learned

Applies methodologies, techniques and tools, software, standards and guidelines for estimating and/or planning/scheduling; knowledgeable in application of estimating/scheduling software and application of the software

Ensures that required project estimating and/or planning/scheduling controls are appropriately implemented and maintained

Participates in continuous improvement of the estimating/scheduling organization through benchmarking and maintaining affiliations with industry estimating/scheduling organizations and local/national chapters

Develops master and detail schedules inclusive of major milestones, detailed WBS, assignment of costs, labor and equipment to activities, resource leveling, etc

Monitors and updates schedule progress toward achieving the desired project completion date and informing management team of changes to schedule outcome

Prepares and provides schedule progress reports, trending charts, and schedule analysis and re-ports forecasts for all significant project activities

Analyzes the effects to the critical path activities; identifies changes to the project that affect the schedule and develops the recovery schedules and alternate courses of action

Qualification

Primavera P6Project SchedulingCost EstimatingAnalytical SkillsFinancial AnalysisCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingTeam CollaborationFlexibility

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business, Business Administration or a related field and the knowledge / capabilities typically acquired through 3+ years of job-relevant experience

May require the physical ability to work in a power plant environment (e.g climb stairs, work in hot, confined environments

Communicates effectively (verbally & in writing) with individuals at all levels, inside and outside the Corporation

Written and verbal communication & advocacy skills consistent with the ability to present results of projects & research and engage in persuasive written & verbal interaction with all levels of the business unit

Analytical & problem solving skills consistent with the ability to identify key issues from a broad range of alternatives, and recommend optimal solutions for various situations

Ability to develop / coordinate crossfunctional work groups and projects, yielding optimal outcomes

Working knowledge of financial & economic analysis, project & risk management

Knowledge in design scheduling, construction scheduling, program scheduling, and cost & resource loading. This includes developing detailed WBS, milestones, activities definition, logical sequences, durations, activity dependencies and interdependencies, and activity contingencies

Understanding of schedule models and methods, schedule quality analysis, schedule strategy, schedule integration techniques, Monte Carlo Analysis, schedule performance analysis techniques, etc

Knowledge in design, construction, program estimating. This includes developing various levels of cost estimate classifications (ROM, conceptual, parametric, definitive, etc), financial and economic estimating and analysis, establishment of contingencies based on type of estimate and risk models

Understanding of estimating models, techniques and methods, estimating quality and accuracy analysis, estimating strategy and estimating optimization (creating estimating models, simulations and sensitivity analysis), life cycle costing, budgeting, cash flow and forecasting, developing estimate basis, understanding of market conditions and how they affect estimates

Knowledge in cost elements, cost dimensions, cost classifications, cost types (material, equipment, labor, overhead and profit), subcontract and purchased costs, pricing strategies, development of code of accounts, quantification, estimating factors, ratios and indices, product and project costs

Ability to apply project planning & implementation and/or continuous improvement principles (typically acquired through several years of experience in these areas) to affect tangible, positive outcomes

Promotes an atmosphere conducive to the open exchange of new ideas, and alternatives to orthodox approaches

Ability to work in a 'team' and/or 'matrixed' structure, supporting multiple clients

Flexibility & the ability to work with shifting priorities; embrace new/evolving responsibilities