Cost & Schedule Analyst

We are currently requesting resumes for the following position: Cost & Schedule Analyst.

Number of Vacancies: 2

Job ID: 24-048

Level: MP4

Duration: 18 months

Hours of work: 35

Location: Darlington Energy Complex (DEC) (Hybrid, 2 days remote)

Job Overview:

• Front End Planning (FEP) Project team member responsible for coordinating, facilitating and driving the Front-End Planning processes.
• FEP Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing recommendations on execution of Value Engineering and Project Definition rating index (PDRI) workshops and initiating if required.
• Initiate and facilitate Risk Profiling, Project Breakdown Structure development.
• Review and provide input into project scoping and Basis of Estimates.
• Initiate and co-ordinate scoping, and risk workshops.
• Prepare Risk Management plan with support from other project team members.
• Initiate external estimating contracts as required.
• Obtain internal estimates from resource providers.
• Develop integrated, logically tied, resource loaded project schedules (Primavera and MS Project) which incorporate identified scope, risks, estimates/budgets and constraints to the individual task level for field execution.
• Establish project budgets, contingency and milestones with support of project team members.
• Preparation of Project Execution Plan and obtain concurrence on project plan from applicable stakeholders (e.g. Engineering, Design, CMO etc).
• Support and author Business Case Summary development.
• Ensure detail, accuracy and quality is adequate to allow monitoring and control of project to ensure successful completion of cost, schedule and scope commitments.

Project Monitoring & Control:

• Develop and maintain updated and accurate conceptual phase schedule.
• Load approved project plan into applicable project control systems (e.g. AS7, Proliance, Prosight, etc).
• Set up applicable source systems (e.g. Tempus, SAP, Oncore, etc) as required and ensure alignment with project control systems.
• Maintain alignment between source systems and project control systems throughout project life cycle.
• Perform weekly schedule updates and cost and schedule analysis.
• Update schedule and cost forecasts accordingly.
• Facilitate project metrics reporting and variance analysis.
• Identify actual and potential deviations from the approved annual, release or life cycle budgets or schedules to the Project Manager and recommend corrective actions.
• Monitor project risks against Risk Management Plan, maintain Risk Register and update as required.
• Provide Project team with specific project information as required.

Change Management:

• Ensure approved change control processes are followed.
• Prepare and obtain approval of applicable change control documentation.
• Timely update of project cost and schedule once change approval or direction has been approved.
• Perform “What if” analysis for project team.
• Maintain project baseline integrity and ensure all baseline changes are documented, appropriately approved and auditable.
• Maintain accurate historical project performance throughout change control process.

Cost & Schedule Quality:

• Maintain the project schedule such that it accurately reflects the current project plan, including field execution.
• Reconcile financial systems and project controls system.
• Remediate any discrepancies and maintain alignment.
• Ensure accurate project cost forecasting and schedule updating/statusing.
• Maintain project schedule quality and accuracy.
• Monitor/verify standard project reports for accuracy.

Interface with Cross Functional Groups:

• Interface with all stakeholders to ensure project plans are accurately updated and maintained.
• Interface with Finance to ensure financial systems reflect project plan and are aligned with project controls system.
• Interface with station work control for execution of field work.
• Obtain cost and schedule commitments from applicable resource providers (e.g. CMO, Design, FE).
• Obtain cost and schedule status and forecasts from resource providers.

Business Planning:

• Set up and maintain project control budgets.
• Annual business plan and control budget development and analysis.

Purchase Order Analysis & Reporting:

• Ensure applicable source systems are set up correctly to maintain alignment between costs and assigned budgets in project plan.
• Populate project control systems to accurately capture and allow monitoring of costs.
• Monitor contractor cost and schedule performance against project plan and identify actual or potential discrepancies to Project Manager.
• Recommend corrective actions.
• Monitor project POs (actuals, forecasts, payment status, accruals) and identify actual or potential issues to Project Manager.
• Liaise with Contractors’ project controls function to obtain project control information.

Closeout Phase:

• Facilitate and support project financial close out process.
• Final reconciliation and finalize/close out project controls and source systems (AS7, Oncore, SAP, etc).

Miscellaneous:

• Assist with continuous improvement of PMO processes and procedures.
• Assist in the development and continuous improvement of the project controls information system.
• Maintain document project file which provides an auditable trail throughout the project lifecycle including project approvals (i.e. BCS & PEP), change control (i.e. PCRAF, SSBCS, Baseline Change forms) and close out.

Qualifications:

• Requires knowledge of engineering/science encompassing subject area relevant to the project planning, scheduling, risk management, and control service needs of the division.
• Requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, including relevant business and computer applications knowledge, to develop and maintain computerized project information, costs and forecasts.
• This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired through the successful completion of a four-year university education in an appropriate field such as Business, Finance or Engineering, or by having the equivalent level of education.
• Preference for individual with PMP Certification, Power BI knowledge and excel proficiency.