Associate Project Controls Specialist, Salt Lake City, UT #113941 - Military veterans preferred

POWER YOUR GREATNESS

PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose

Provide scheduling, cost control and other project controls functions for major projects. Responsible for developing achievable project schedules based on resource availability and constraints

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the supervisor, develop detailed large and complex project plans, and work breakdown structures to support project activity scheduling.
• Develop project summary reports, providing tables and graphs of project earned value.
• Collaborate with corporate offices on cost, budget and procurement issues, determining positive resolution.
• Monitor and identify deviations to plan, and make recommendations to the Project Manager.
• Ensure compliance with corporate governance.
• Create and maintain SAP project structures.
• Develop key performance indicators for critical department metrics. Analyze and monitor performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Analyze SAP project cost data variances and determine necessary corrections.
• Research and evaluate data, and independently develop creative alternative to complex processes and situations.
• Provide application of scheduling logic, constraints, lag/lead relationships, float management, etc. to apply critical path scheduling methodology.
• Develop and analyze ad hoc reports.
• Review, process, and enter into SAP invoices
• Collaborate with Project Managers, and process project requisitions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Project Management or a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with project life cycles.
• Ability to perform research and analysis, including the ability to obtain and evaluate relevant data, and develop creative alternatives to processes and situations.
• Working knowledge of all Microsoft Office Applications.
• Work in a team environment and with all organization levels.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well with others within and across the organization.

Preferences

• Knowledge of the utility industry.
• Experience processing invoices
• SAP project experience.

Additional Information

Req Id: 113941
Company Code: PacifiCorp
Primary Location: SALT LAKE CITY
Department: PMO
Schedule:FT
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $78,500-$ 101,500
This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 12.00% of salary.

Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit:http://https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.

At PacifiCorp, we celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening.