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Cumming Group · 10 hours ago

Project Controls Specialist

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$81K/yr - $108K/yr

3+ years exp

Cumming Group is one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, working on exciting projects across various sectors. They are currently hiring an experienced Project Controls Specialist to support their Education project sector, collaborating with project leadership to ensure effective cost management and reporting for educational facilities.

Responsibilities

Assist in monitoring the project budget and forecast in accordance with approved standard operating procedures

Participate in monthly EAC meetings to validate and review current EAC’s, including providing justification of variances

Assist Bond Program Controls Manager in conducting cost variance analysis of reported data to identify trends and mitigate potential budget impacts

Monitor identified trends and mitigation plans over time against actual performance

Review and analyze budget and expenditures against projects based upon various funding sources

Collaborate with schedulers to review cost and schedule performance to determine cost overruns/underruns, issues with project durations, or variances in spend analyzing plan versus expenditures over period

Review and analyze monthly cost reports and monthly progress reports

Review staffing plans, identify any excessive peaks or potential cost impacts and make recommendations for peak leveling

Provide cost coding and budget verification for contract change orders and amendments for impact on budget/timetable

Review task order requests, change orders and amendments to ensure budget availability, accurate cost coding and reporting

Ensure implementation of client policies, procedures and plans regarding cost management of capital projects with multiple funding sources

Allocate the ETCs when required (PBA, Change Orders, etc.)

Monitor and manage the ETCs for each project

Develop standard and ad hoc reports for internal and external stakeholders

Develop reports that support budgeting, cost control, auditing, asset tracking, using various systems and data bases to include but not limited to UII, Proliance, DELTEK, and other systems used by the Program Management Office

Create budget transfers, produces financial closeouts

Work with the Project Managers on project budget issues (verifying budgets for additional Task Orders needed for IOR, LOR, additional services, etc.)

Assist the Project Managers with amendment exhibits to contracts

Coordinate with the Project Managers/Construction Manager to establish and maintain data coding structures, project control tools, and quality data for budgets, contracts, change orders, trends and actual costs

Verification of charge codes for purchase requisitions and change orders to ensure proper cost accounting

Assist with preparation of reporting on budget and cost as directed by management

Collect/review draft PBA’s w/ PM’s for monthly submission including cost verification of previous amendments

Support development of weekly/monthly cost and status reports for project team

Perform necessary data entry for budget and forecast impacts

Develop and maintain change management logs per standardized processes and procedures

Travel to offsite project locations as required

Other job-related duties or projects as assigned

Qualification

Cost ManagementBudget ForecastingChange ManagementEarned Value ManagementRisk AssessmentData AnalysisCollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingAttention to DetailTime Management

Required

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field

3-5 years professional experience in program and/or project controls on a construction program

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