Project Controls Analyst North Coast/chico jobs at Jacobs in United States, Redding

Responsibilities:

· Create and maintain project plans — define activities, work breakdown structures, predecessors, successors, resources, and baselines

· Prepare business cases, contingency releases, and manage project budgets within established project governance rules

· Develop, monitor, and update cash flow projections

· Ensure project scope control and documentation is maintained

· Analyze and report on variances for project cost and schedule

· Create and maintain Excel spreadsheets for reporting and analysis

· Measure the progress of activities and milestones in project plans

· Lead meetings for project scoping, constructability review, design review, competitive bid, construction inspection, commissioning, and as-built incorporation.

· Negotiate and execute contracts, process change orders and report actual costs

· Drive consensus, communicate responsibilities, and ensure ownership and accountability

· Arbitrate and resolve conflicts within the project

· Manage change control, involving project sponsor and stakeholders

· Conduct design and drawing reviews on-site with various project stakeholders to identify and mitigate any issues and challenges identified during this process

· Prepare and present timely and actionable status updates

· Facilitate focused and cross-functional meetings and calls

· Draft and communicate meeting minutes, risk registers, decision logs and status reports

· Represent the client to government agencies and make presentations to senior management and stakeholders

· Work with various government entities in submitting and obtaining permit approvals

· Interact with customers concerning land rights

· Lead the project team in identifying, tracking, and mitigating risks, issues, and opportunities

· Escalate risks and issues in order to keep projects on schedule and on budget

· Identify and communicate lessons learned and incorporate into projects as best practices

As a key member of our Project Management Team, you’ll perform client management / interfacing / updates / presentations at all levels of management. You’ll partner with Project Managers to ensure complete awareness of project cost, risks and provide alternative strategies for mitigation / opportunities. Jacobs Engineering Group utilizes advanced Enterprise System platforms and data analysis solutions to support service excellence.

You’ll have the opportunity to make a huge impact. Specifically, we’ll look for you to thoroughly understand the principles of cost control and estimating. You will proactively monitor and communicate budget, actual status, and forecast costs/labor hours for projects. Using your expertise, you’ll create client and internal status reports that effectively communicate schedule status and identify critical path. Additionally, there will be opportunities to develop and maintain productive cross-discipline relationships within the project team.

At Jacobs, you’ll find a wealth of opportunities to grow your career and achieve success as an engineer in our water group. We work on a diverse range of projects, from major programs like the City of San Francisco Biosolids Improvement Project to smaller utilities with unique needs. Our portfolio includes some of the largest design-build projects in the water market, as well as traditional design-bid-build projects.( )You’ll collaborate with top talent at a company consistently ranked #1 globally by Engineering News Record (ENR) in water/wastewater treatment and conveyance. This environment will allow you to expand your experience and develop your portfolio on some of the nation’s most significant projects. You’ll be involved in every project phase, from design to construction support, and gain hands-on experience through onsite startups. With the deepest technical resources in the industry at your disposal, you’ll have unparalleled support to help you succeed and grow in your career.