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Metrolink · 2 days ago

Senior Management Analyst

Pomona, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Establish a standard project management methodology to help reduce costs and improve timeliness, implementing standards and best practices.

Ensure the timely delivery and production of project cost and cash flow reports, schedule updates, staffing plans, risk analysis, time impact analysis and potential mitigation efforts.

Develop, maintain, and update Primavera schedules for major capital projects.

Collaborate with program/project managers to coordinate and manage cost and scheduling activities for major capital projects, including the accurate forecasting and reporting of project costs.

Monitor and analyze project commitments and expenditures.

Collaborate with project and construction managers to ensure that all Capital project risks are identified, and all outstanding issues are trended, current and communicated.

Monitor and integrate cost performance with schedule performance measurements and cash flow projections.

Review projects to indicate critical milestones and to track actual performance and prepare reports with project data and progress.

Prepare project delivery reviews for specifically identified projects and provide reports to division management on milestone achievement, issues, risks, and corrective action.

Identify and propose more cost-effective methods/strategies for accomplishing project objectives.

Review and evaluate trends, forecasts, and change orders from field offices to monitor board-approved contingency drawdowns.

Create tools and templates to aid project managers in effective and efficient management of projects and programs.

Participate in the development and presentation of project management training programs, including courses to emphasize and reinforce best practices for project charter development, scheduling, cost forecasting, risk management, and project closeouts.

Review project authorizations, including contract task orders, change notices/orders, job order contracts, to ensure compliance with contract, federal/state requirements, including accurate cost coding.

Report to executive leadership team on project status and issues relevant to changes in scope, schedule, trends, and costs.

Create project performance indicators and track month-to-month performance changes.

Serve as a liaison on contract specifications such as scope, cost and schedule information and assist with contract bid evaluations.

Provide interface support and respond to requests for project information from various internal departments and external agencies.

Serve as focal point for providing project feedback into project cost and schedule databases.

Assist in the training and development of staff associated in the execution of specialized projects.

Manage the progress of professional service and construction contracts to ensure compliance by consultants and others who may be responsible for the delivery of the services of those contracts.

Assist in the development, administration, and training of internal PMO Standard Operating Practices.

Prepare studies, research, and analyses of special ad-hoc reports.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualification

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Project managementContract administrationGrant regulationsSCRRA policiesMicrosoft OfficeBudgeting softwareScheduling softwareFinancial analysisProblem-solvingCritical thinkingInfluenceCommunicationTime management

Required

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management or a related field.

A minimum of seven (7) years of work experience performing similar duties in a construction or project management field.

Valid Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record of no more than three moving violations and no DUI's within the last three years.

Knowledge of project management best practices, project delivery standards, processes and templates.

Knowledge of contract administration related to construction projects in a public agency environment.

Knowledge of analytical skills to forecast funding requirements, to analyze cost and revenues and to analyze complex planning problems.

Knowledge of state and federal grant and contract regulations and requirements by public agencies.

Knowledge of mathematical analytics and trend analysis.

Knowledge of SCRRA policies and procedures.

Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications).

Skilled in the use of budgeting software (e.g. Oracle).

Skilled in the use of Scheduling Software (e.g. Primavera P6, Microsoft scheduling tools).

Skilled in strong and effective organization, analytics, and time management.

Skilled in strong and effective verbal and written communications.

Skilled in being highly organized, competent, and confident organizing others within a PMO context.

Ability to think critically in complex situations and synthesize ambiguous data into concrete results.

Ability to influence key decision makers, peer groups, and functions outside direct control.

Ability to excel in a structured and complex working environment.

Ability to analyze financial data, cost reports, design and construction cost estimates and trend data.

Ability to communicate a variety of complex information to different levels of management.

Ability to balance multiple initiatives simultaneously, driving initiatives through to completion while continuing to meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment with frequently changing priorities.

Company

Metrolink

The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) is the joint powers authority that operates METROLINK, the five county premier commuter rail service with a dedicated staff of approximately 250 full time employees and over 800 contract staff.

Founded in 1992

Los Angeles, California, USA

201-500 employees