Project Controller

Job Location

AEI - Corporate - [0001] - Chadds Ford, PA

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

4 Year Degree

Job Category

Accounting

Description

Overall Responsibility: As a Project Controller, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of high-profile projects. You'll be responsible for creating and maintaining resource-loaded schedules, managing risks, and supporting project managers through effective project controls. Your expertise in Deltek or similar scheduling software will be essential to delivering transmission and distribution line projects on time and within scope.

Essential Functions:

Develop, manage, and maintain detailed project schedules in the ERP system for large, complex projects

Perform project controls functions including cost control, project planning, risk management, and internal/external reporting

Collaborate with project managers to create achievable project plans based on resource availability and constraints

Provide guidance to key stakeholders regarding project milestones, timelines, and risks

Develop work breakdown structures (WBS) to support activity scheduling and project tracking

Ensure compliance with corporate governance and provide recommendations for resolution on cost, budget, and procurement issues

Monitor project progress, providing regular updates to stakeholders and offering solutions to keep projects on track

Support the execution of Lump Sum projects, ensuring milestones are met and risks are mitigated

Connect contracts, project managers and the billing team to ensure that project deliverables are met from beginning to end

Qualifications

Needed Skills:

Must be proficient in MS Office (MS Excel strong user-required), Power BI (preferred), Deltek or comparable ERP (preferred).

Project accounting, budgeting, reporting and analysis.

Strong oral and written communication skills

Ability to manipulate and structure data in presentable, replicable format.

Ability to create and maintain productive relationships with employees, clients, and vendors.

Education/Experience Minimum: BS Degree in Accounting or Finance

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field

Experience in project controls and/or project scheduling, preferably in the architecture and engineering, utility or construction industry

Proficient knowledge of Deltek Vision/Vantage Point or similar program and familiarity with project management practices

Strong understanding of the overall Project Management Organization function

Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with an ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously