Developing, monitoring and maintaining engineering and construction project budgets for various sized transmission & distribution projects for public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities
Work with Project Management teams using earned value management techniques to ensure that forecasts and costs are aligned, including the development of recovery plans, to stay within approved limits
Share team utilization metrics and address any utilization concerns with AEP’s Center of Excellence (COE) to maintain alignment with project objectives and resource requirements.
Partner closely with Engineering Leads and Managers to track and execute client deliverables
Develop and produce weekly/monthly project control reports for client and internal management review.
Interfacing directly with the client and internal management to report progress, schedule and risks across a portfolio of electrical distribution projects
Assist the project manager with the creation and maintenance of comprehensive project dashboard reports and KPI tracking

Bachelor’s degree in the following disciplines: Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or closely related
Three (3) + years of relevant project controls/cost analysis experience
Proven knowledge of ECOSYS enterprise project performance software
Should demonstrate recent and in-depth expertise in electric power infrastructure projects within transmission, substation and/or distribution design
Demonstrated work history of planning, organizing, directing and tracking technical efforts on assigned tasks
Should be capable of tracking cost and schedule status of assigned tasks
Must be able to interact with customer representatives in an effective manner; Strong writing and verbal communication skills required
Proficiency utilizing MS Project suite with a heavy emphasis on MS Excel.

Project Cost Analyst

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