Project Controls Engineer - ENS (Contract)

Role overview

Project Controls Engineer - ENS (Contract) at Burns & McDonnell

We are seeking a driven, analytical, and detail-oriented Project Controls Analyst to join our dedicated Project Controls team.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for maintaining, updating, and managing project financial data, structures, and reporting within our central project portfolio management platform, EcoSys.

Required qualifications

• + Advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, complex formulas, data analysis) are required.
• 1 to 3 years of experience in project controls, project cost analysis, or commercial project support, ideally within an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Commerce, Sciences, or a related field
• This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
• *Job** Engineering
• *Primary Location** India-Maharashtra-Mumbai
• *Schedule:** Full-time
• *Travel:** No
• *Req ID:** 263068
• *Job Hire Type** Contingent Worker (CWK) Not Applicable #BMI N/A

Employment details

• Location: Mumbai [IND]

Additional role details

• *Description**
• This role is integral to our project delivery success, where you will help drive financial integrity across our project portfolio.
• This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented professional with a strong foundation in project cost concepts to master an enterprise-grade platform and support our global project teams in delivering critical infrastructure projects.
• *Key Responsibilities:**
• + Data and Project Management in EcoSys: Create and maintain project records, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), and internal cost codes.
• Ensure Work Authorization Forms (WAFs) are accurately reflected in the system.
• + Budgeting and Cost Control: Facilitate budget modifications, track actual expenditures, monitor commitments, and perform periodic variance analyses to provide early warnings on potential overruns and inform corrective actions.
• + Reporting and Analysis: Generate standard cost reports and ad-hoc analyses for project managers and clients.
• Translate complex financial data into actionable insights for decision-making.
• + Change Management: Monitor and record internal project change requests, mapping approved changes directly to active project budgets and contingency funds within EcoSys to ensure financial traceability.
• + System and Configuration Support: Assist senior system administrators in EcoSys setup, testing, system upgrades, and minor configuration updates to enhance system functionality and user experience.
• *Technical & Soft Skills:**
• + Foundational Cost Knowledge: A firm grasp of fundamental project cost control concepts (e.g., budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments, WBS, and Earned Value Metrics).
• + Software Familiarity: Prior hands-on exposure to EcoSys is highly preferred.
• + Familiarity with other Project Portfolio Management (PPM) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools (such as Primavera P6, Oracle Unifier, or SAP Cost Management) is beneficial.
• + Analytical Mindset: Strong logical reasoning with the ability to identify anomalies, patterns, and trends in financial datasets.
• + Detail-Oriented: A keen eye for data integrity, ensuring database naming conventions and budget configurations are precise and consistently applied.
• + Proactive Communicator: Comfortable collaborating with multi-disciplinary stakeholders, including project managers, engineers, and financial analysts, to resolve issues and provide support.
• *Qualifications**
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