Project Controls Specialist - Cost Controls
We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.
By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization’s objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors — hospitals, airports, and entire university campuses; infrastructure like mass transit and water-treatment facilities; and energy and resource assignments, from mines to wind farms.
Your Opportunity
Stantec is currently looking for a Cost Controls Specialist to join our growing team! You will provide the program manager, program delivery manager, and project managers with viable information for effective management and cost control of the various projects and will be accountable for implementing processes, checks and balances to determine and maintain Budget, Actual Cost and Estimate at Completion (EACs) of projects. We are seeking an individual who must demonstrate an aptitude for efficiency, problem solving, and resourcefulness with a deep commitment to the Program goals. This role will be primarily based out of the client office in Salt Lake City, UT.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain program and project cash flows to support the delivery of the capital infrastructure program
- Support the overall funding/financing strategies for the program based on the program cash flow
- Prepare all required budget requests and associated justifications to ensure the uninterrupted funding of program activities
- Support all financial activities required to support issuance of revenue bonds, secure grant funding, loans and other forms of program funding
- Support the preparation of program budgets, work with program controls and accounting staff to maintain program accounting information in compliance with all funding sources, oversee the tracking and management of all expenditures
- Implement and maintain a compliance assurance program to support compliance with the terms and conditions of interrelated state and federal loans, manage and update a comprehensive inventory of loan requirements to enable program compliance, communicate state and federal loans requirements to interdisciplinary teams that may include design, construction, safety, permitting, land use, real estate acquisition, finance and controls, procurement, and public outreach personnel
- Assist Procurement and Contracts Administrator with procurement activities including but not limited to, bidding, change management, document management, and closeout
- Administer updates and maintenance of the assigned Program
- Work as part of an integrated consultant-client team
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Experience on large capital infrastructure programs is desired
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, and other standard business applications
- Experience with financial systems such as SAP, Oracle or others is desired
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to concurrently manage multiple assignments and quickly adapt to new priorities
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or similar discipline
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience developing and maintaining program and project budgets for complex capital construction projects and managing contract management information
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience with developing processes and procedures related to cost and budget management for large capital infrastructure programs
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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