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Cost Controls Analyst
Summary
Title:Cost Controls Analyst
ID:20210327
Location:Lincoln, Nebraska
Department:Division 1 - Shop / Office
Description

Job Function:  Responsible for directing and overseeing project controls of General Excavating, LLC.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Oversee weekly integrated project controls processes, ensuring accurate financial reporting and earned value metrics
  • Develop and maintain budget, forecast and cost reports, earned value analyses, and resource planning and allocation
  • Develop and publish monthly key performance indicators curves and graphs.
  • Compile summary level project reports for management
  • Analyze project controls data to assist project managers in directing project activities
  • Assist in the tracking of project change orders and development of projections
  • Understand technical aspects of standard reports and how to interpret and resolve issues
  • Interact with project managers to provide reporting of project financial analysis
  • Travel to jobsites to participate in project status updates
  • Work with management team, including accounting, administrative and field staff to identify where project controls services are needed
  • Assist controller with monthly financials as needed
  • Assist project managers with subcontractor pay estimates and reporting, as dictated by project owner
  • Other duties as required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Ability to work independently, with little supervision
  • Ability to analyze financial data and to prepare accurate reports in a timely fashion
  • Proficient in accounting and other relevant software applications
  • Understanding of forecasting project costs and understanding trends
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally 
  • Ability to work effectively under stressful conditions
  • Ability to exercise initiative and sound judgment and to react with discretion under varying conditions
  • Must maintain a high level of integrity and dependability to ensure financial information remains confidential
  • Work productively and meet deadlines timely
  • Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
  • Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.

Education and Work Experience Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Construction Management or Civil Engineering, Project Management, Accounting, or closely related field
  • 3-6 years’ experience in engineering or construction project controls within a complex organization or on a construction/engineering project
  • Experience working with an automated financial management system
  • Experience working in the construction industry preferred
  • Experience working with HCSS software preferred, but not necessary
  • Project scheduling experience and Primavera P6 experience preferred, but not necessary

 

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.  The employee must 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:  Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

Conditions of Employment

Candidate is required to meet the above qualifications and job duties, task frequency and PPE requirements.  Approval of pre-employment reference & background checks, and post offer drug testing with fit for employment screening are required as conditions of employment.

 

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE EMPLOYER

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