Engineering Project Controls Analyst (P228)

Job Description Summary:

Salary: $34.51 - $51.77 per hourThe Engineering Project Controls Analyst is key to help deliver accurate project performance reporting, helping develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and managing project financials to improve decision making. This role ensures data integrity across reporting systems in collaboration with Project Managers and Accounting to maintain timely and reliable project information.

Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this position.

• Analyzes payment applications for Infrastructure Engineering Department to assure it meets the terms of existing contract and remedies any discrepancies
• Maintain and monitor coding information for all projects
• Maintains current and forecasted cash flow data as compared to project cash flow
• Assist in maintaining single source of truth for project records
• Provides project management support to Engineering PMs during the entire project lifecycle including checking in monthly with PMs to update the Infrastructure Engineering Projects Spreadsheet
• Assist with data development and maintaining accurate data for TRWD’s Project Status Power BI dashboards for general project performance metrics that will help support management decision making. Dashboard to help support other departments in the future
• Support PMO in maintaining project financials and preparing divisional reports to ensure accurate tracking and forecasting
• Provide quarterly update to Accounting detailing status and progress of each CIP project
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of data within the source system feeding TRWD’s Project Status Power BI reports enabling informed decisions and preventing data quality issues
• Facilitate monthly check-ins and maintain ongoing collaboration with Project Managers to help ensure timely updates to the source data powering TRWD’s Project Status Power BI reports
• Maintain a comprehensive issues log and proactively propose solutions to support continuous process improvement initiatives
• Performs data entry into Workday and systems for Engineering
• Performs other duties as required

Required Experience:

• Two (2) to four (4) years of Project Accounting or Controls

Desired Experience:

• Microsoft Excel (Advanced), Power BI and Workday ERP Experience
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Solid work ethic and initiative-taking

Required Education/Certification/License:

• Associates Degree or will substitute degree with 5 years of Project Accounting or Controls
• Valid Texas driver’s license

Desired Education/Certification/License:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or related field

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

• The ability to understand and follow instructions
• Excellent communication skills
• Must possess the math skills to effectively coordinate a large number of projects and required resources
• High proficiency in MS SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Workday
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational and follow-through skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Flexibility, self-discipline and ability to work independently as well as within a group
• Ability to work effectively with multiple project/program managers and clients
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and timeframes
• Ability to interact effectively with representatives at various levels
• Ability to perform as a self-starter, with motivation to consistently project high-quality results

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee typically resides within an office or cubicle and may have occasional field work that will expose the employee to weather conditions prevalent at the time. This job may require emergency response in flood situations and attendance within policy guidelines will be required