Project Controls Specialist I – Cost Analyst (Closed)
PROJECT CONTROLS SPECIALIST I (COST ANALYST)
Client / Project: Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) – PMO / Los Angeles Southwest College
Salary Range: $74.0K to $87.8K annual base salary, depending upon experience.
Number of positions: Two (2)
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
With Training and supervision from the Program Management Cost Analyst the successful candidate will:
- Monitor the overall integrity of 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.
- Participate in change management meetings to identify trends and risk exposure.
- Develop and maintain change management logs per standardized processes and procedures.
- Participate in Risk Assessment workshops, providing input as needed to potential impacts.
- Conduct cost variance analysis of reported data to identify trends and mitigate potential budget impacts.
- Review and analysis of budget and expenditures against projects based upon various funding sources.
- Collaborate with schedulers to review cost and schedule performance to determine cost overruns/ underruns, cash-flow, issues with project durations, or variances in spend analyzing plan versus expenditures over period of time.
- Review and analysis of 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.
- Allocate, monitor and manage ETCs for each project.
- 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.).
- Coordinate with Project Managers to establish and maintain data coding structures, project controls 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.
- Perform necessary data entry for budget and forecast impacts.
- Other job-related duties or projects as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 1 – 3 years of experience as a cost analyst.
- BS/BA Degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Business or related degree. Additional qualifying experience in excess to the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.
- Knowledge of theories, principles and practices of cost management.
- Ability to present data to management in an organized manner.
- Exceptional communication skills required.
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements and situations.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to perform in a business environment, maintaining professionalism in all communications and demeanor.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience utilizing Microsoft Office, Advanced Excel Skills, and any educational facility experience.
RESUME SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Deadline to submit resume:
Wednesday July 19, 2023 @ 9:00am (late submissions cannot be accepted)
Please email cover letter, resume, and salary requirements: hr@paragon‐em.com
Subject line: LACCD Project Controls Specialist I (SAC-408)
Approximate Processing Time:
Short list post: Week of July 24, 2023
Interviews: Week of July 31, 2023
Number of positions: 2
Anticipated Start: August 2023
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Recruitment No.: SAC-408
To apply for this job email your details to hr@paragon-em.com