Cost Scheduler - South America

Details: The Shaw Group provides premier engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to government and private-sector clients in a wide array of industries, including the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response markets.Summary:Preparation of cost and schedule reports for projects and programs in South America.Responsibilities:• Gather, input, and report cost information that will assist in maintaining projects, contracts, and agreements.• Track, cost and funding for project controls programs.• Prepare project financial plans that includes forecasted cash flow expenditure and detailed critical path schedules.• Review cost estimates and expenditures, and explain any variance from original budgets.• Monitor schedules produced by engineering consultants, construction contractor and other funding agencies to ensure that the scheduling software is properly used and that the resulting schedules and updates meet project and contractual requirements.• Responsible for cost monitoring, cost control, and reporting of project cost tools for project, functional, corporate, and customer needs.• Responsible for establishment , and oversight of the project trend and change control program.• Responsible for the processing and accuracy of the project ACWP, BAC, and EAC at all levels of the work breakdown structure.• Serves as point of contact for management and customer inquiries regarding cost performance and reporting.• Ensures adequate and responsive support to project Control Account Managers (CAM).• Maintain WBS Dictionaries.• Monitor and track cash flow.• Report trend analysis.• Ensures all products of the Cost Reporting Team adhere to project and corporate procedures.• Creation of CBB / MR / UB Logs.• Project Forecast.Qualifications/Competencies/Experience:• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering or Business Management strongly preferred.• Extensive travel required.• 4 to 10 years related experience.• Requires working knowledge of EVMS cost processor tools.• Prism work experience strongly preferred. Construction experience.• WBS development and EVMS knowledge.• Experience with large project teams in implementing project controls programs preferred.• Must be willing to work in South America for minimum of one year.

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