Expert Project Controls Analyst

Requisition ID # 161676 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno

Department Overview

The Electric Operations team ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Operations is responsible for every aspect of PG&E's electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration and emergency response.

Position Summary

This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) subject to collective bargaining.

The Expert Project Controls Analyst job requires mastery of the Scheduling or Earned Value discipline and skills.  This position is responsible for providing technical standards, strategy and implementation support for the Earned Value and Scheduling systems and functions; and handles complex problems and issues. The Expert Project Controls Analyst is a recognized expert within their area of project cost analysis, identifies opportunities and brings in ideas to help improve company performance and applies extensive knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices to resolve complex problems with only minimal guidance.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

The annual salary range is:

CA Minimum, $137,124

CA Maximum, $171,420

Job Responsibilities

• Support the development of Earning Rules / and Baseline Schedule Templates
• Assist in tracking and reporting work stream portfolio trend analysis
• Identify, provide recommendations, and lead improvements or corrective action to program
• Train and mentor less experienced PCA’s, provide guidance and assistance
• Help develop and implement earned value and portfolio schedule strategies
• Manage complex 2,000 to 10,000 line-item schedule
• Understand and keep track of granularity of PG&E and third-party contractor schedules. Create and maintain complex integrated schedules including import of contractor schedules, functional schedules and schedule data from codependent projects. Ensure horizontal and vertical integration of master schedules.
  • Create contractor scheduling specifications for bid packages to facilitate contractor schedule integration into Master Integrated Schedules including definition of key milestones, activity naming and calendar conventions, contractor baseline requires, and contractor schedule of payments based on weekly and/or monthly
  • Review contractor schedule submissions and PG&E generated schedules for accuracy, unapproved baseline changes, legitimacy of delay and scope change claims
• Use tools to manage Schedule Change (Claim Digger or equivalent). Identify and evaluate changes made to different versions of the same schedule.  Compare schedules, perform impact analysis and document delays to the schedule.
• Works across multiple cross functional work streams to generate comprehensive solutions
• Interact with Managers and or Directors to influence, design and implement processes
• Create detailed plans with limited information including WBS structure and core logic
• May maintain, utilize and mentor other PCA’s regarding ANSI/EIA-748-Compliant Earned Value Management systems and procedures for project management organizations

Knowledge/ Abilities:

Demonstrates knowledge and abilities required for the Journey and Senior level Project Controls Analyst and, also:

• Interacts with Managers and or Directors to influence, design and implement processes.
• Has specialized technical expertise and provides information and training as appropriate in the assigned specialized area.
• Provide leadership, direction, and assistance to project team.
• Successfully negotiate cost effective solutions beneficial to our customers and PG&E.
• Complete complex assignments with few or no precedents or standards.
• Apply extensive knowledge of concepts, principles and practices in a specific field or area of expertise to resolve complex problems.
• Demonstrates strong technical and communications skills.
• Actively participates in management initiatives for process improvements.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• BA or BS Degree from an accredited curriculum in the US or the equivalent from outside the US
• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Current Project Scheduler Professional (PSP) Certification by AACEI
• 7 years of experience as a Project Controls Analyst (including Sr. PCA) or 12 years of PG&E relevant experience or 14 related industry experience

Desired:

• Widely recognized and emulated as a teacher, coach and leader.
• Attitude toward team development is infectious, extending beyond the region.
• Sought after as an expert. Knowledge and skills influence beyond region. Opinions sought by others.
• Highly developed facility in verbal communication.
• Professional education outlook extends beyond required education.
• Results consistently surpass expectations.
• Highly motivated and proactive.
• Ability to anticipate project requirements and quickly formulate original, far-reaching solutions

Pre-Employment Testing

PG&E Employees:  You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application; and all secondary tests prior to interviewing.  For more information prerequisite and secondary tests, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing programs website.

• Expert Project Controls Analyst – Scheduling