Cost Analyst

Power Your Future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a Cost Engineer.

The Cost Engineer is responsible for supporting project teams by performing cost control activities for a portfolio of projects. Responsibilities will include validating and reporting project costs, calculation of cost accruals, and processing contracts and invoices.

Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel to prepare project cost expectations and tracking tools.

• Understand all relevant project documents pertaining to the preparation of cost control plans and reports.

• Ensuring the integrity of accounting information and providing analytical services for transmission and substation projects.

• Monitoring, maintaining, and completing key reports and providing analytical functions towards capital projects utilizing data and other critical deliverables.

• Collecting, evaluating, and reporting Capital budget, project cost, work order closings and variance reporting.

• Initiate, monitor, maintain and close out of capital work orders in all legal entities.

• Create and analyze capital budgets, financial forecasts, reporting of actual financial results and variance explanations.

• Work with accounting on reconciling invoices.

• Assists in the preparation of accruals.

• Additional duties as assigned.

Required Basic or Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or the equivalent required

• Two (2) years of experience as a project cost analyst or similar role

• Working knowledge of cost control software; and the ability to learn new software platforms quickly

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

• Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Office software (Word, Powerpoint, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Ability to work with minimal supervision

• Ability to learn new software platforms quickly

• Ability to pay close attention to detail

• Ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels

• Availability and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

• Availability and ability to travel to client sites on occasion

• Availability and ability to work overtime as needed based on project

Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has nearly 1,600 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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