# Project Controls Cost Analyst

**Company**: Southern Company
**Location**: Birmingham, AL
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Energy

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## Description

We are seeking a Project Controls Cost Analyst to join our team in Birmingham, AL. As a Project Controls Cost Analyst, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and reporting engineering, procurement, and construction cost data for assigned projects.

**Responsibilities:**

- Develop and maintain project cost data for assigned projects, following project controls cost management standards and guidelines

- Monitor alignment with project scope and schedule, ensuring change management is integrated into the cost tracking tool

- Ensure forecasting and budgeting update processes are followed, and hold vendors and contractors accountable to cost standards

- Identify and develop project-specific reports as necessary, working with the project team

- Discern cost issues and address them promptly and effectively

- Serve as the cost analyst for assigned projects, working closely with project teams and customers to ensure cost deliverables meet or exceed expectations

**Requirements:**

- College diploma or university degree in an engineering, technical, or business field, or minimum 5 years of relevant experience

- Minimum 5 years of experience working directly in project controls, project management, or construction management

- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

- Experience performing cost tracking and analysis on large EPC projects (engineering, procurement, and construction)

- Experience using Maximo, Oracle, Contruent, and other associated cost tracking tools

- Above-average understanding of project cost tracking and analysis techniques, as well as knowledge of project controls methods, procedures, and cost tools

- Knowledge of construction and engineering productivity/earned value processes

- Knowledge of project management principles

- Excellent computer skills, including Maximo, Oracle, and all Microsoft Office applications

- Excellent oral, written, and facilitation skills

- Self-motivated with attention to detail and accuracy, able to perform all job requirements with minimal supervision

**Travel Requirements:**

- Travel will be at a minimum of 25%, with regular site visits as required

**Benefits:**

- Some relocation assistance may be available if the selected candidate currently resides outside the area

## Skills

### Required
- project controls
- cost analysis
- EPC projects
- Maximo
- Oracle
- Microsoft Office

### Nice to have
- Contruent
- cost tracking tools
- project management principles

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