Project Controls

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We are an electrical construction firm offering total electrical construction, engineering, facilities maintenance, utility, sound and communications, and renewable energy services. We combine broad electrical and energy systems expertise with a strong commitment to quality service and total customer satisfaction.

Contra Costa Electric is hiring for a Project Controls position. The Project Controls role with Contra Costa Electric requires relevant construction experience to support planning and scheduling for electrical projects. This individual will be directly responsible for budgeting, scheduling, project performance management in the areas of cost control, risk control and resource planning. This position will also support Division-wide initiatives for standardization and process implementation as directed by the Division Manager.

• Project Performance Management:
  Track project progress and perform analysis of bottlenecks, trends and critical path. Analyze and report data to develop a complete and accurate picture that will inform decisions regarding the management, quality, and control of projects. Implement appropriate performance management techniques for the project. Identify trends and deviations from the original plan and recommend appropriate corrective actions. Coordinate and manage job startup and closeout meetings in accordance with the job closeout and startup procedures parameters.
  
  Produce weekly project performance metrics reports and provide analysis of results and support if implementation of production reporting on all projects. Work with project team to identify roadblocks to productivity and reporting, acting as a liaison between office and field to communicate the importance of performance metrics. Identify opportunities for alignment to Department practices for organization of project folders to ensure document control.
  
  Develop, maintain, and apply quality management processes for the ongoing project or change initiative. Establish and maintain the reporting structure for projects to bridge the information gap among stakeholders. Enable complete transparency and accountability of all projects.
• Cost Control:
  Identify, apply, and evaluate cost control techniques to support the monitoring, managing and reporting of costs. Compile and access the project’s actual progress on regular intervals to leverage trends and forecast a realistic project cost and schedule completion. Develop bid and project labor rates in accordance with prevailing wages, union agreements, and customer parameters. Coordinate and participate in estimate turnovers to support the budgeting process.
  
  Create project budgets. Identify budget shortfalls and work with the project manager to mitigate impacts. Establish productivity metrics for projects and communicate these metrics to project team. Provide weekly report out on department AR efforts focusing on oldest receivables and assist the Project Assistant team with mitigating challenges with collection. Ensure proper change management throughout project phases, assisting in entry of change order budgets as required as a supplementary resource to the Project Manager.
  
  Assist the Division Manager in quarterly budget forecasting by extrapolating data from various systems and facilitating PM input on project revenue projections. Provide support to the subcontract management process.
• Risk Control:
  Identify, apply and evaluate risk control techniques to inform the risk management process. Provide risk management assessments from project startup, by identifying risks and opportunities as a product of the estimate turnover and contract review. Clearly identify how approaching risks impact the project’s schedule and budget and drive these to the forefront for discussion and mitigation if necessary.
• Resource Planning:
  Create and update a Division Schedule for all projects, tracking start and end dates as they fluctuate to assist in resource planning and manpower assignments. Create high level schedules for project bids, as well as manage scheduling for smaller projects as required as a supplementary resource to…