• Responsible for review of the Projects Monthly status reports, including Procurements, Engineering, Construction and Startup of the various Projects under construction.
• Responsible for periodic evaluations of Engineers, Contractors and Calpine equipment suppliers for compliance with Calpine’s Program Management Plan.
• Works closely with the Calpine Project Teams, to review and comment on the status of Engineering and Construction Schedules.
• Report and graphic’s of actual field progress as it relates to the monthly updates.  
• Helps correct technical problems with schedules, reporting and posting of current, forecast and planned progress
• Supports the Project Teams with the integration of Engineering, Construction, Procurement and Startup schedules into a Project Master Schedule.
• Breaks down complex Project Schedule into Milestone/Summary schedules and reports that can be reviewed by management.
• Work closely with the administrative staff utilizing SQL for document and drawing controls. 
• Administer the SQL databases for reliability and consistency.
• Develop charts and graphs to support the Construction Management Team with presentations to Upper Management and the various Groups and offices within Calpine.          
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Support the development and implementation of cost engineering guidelines, procedures, business processes systems and tools that enable the accurate and efficient evaluation of project performance and optimize the delivery of projects from inception through completion.
• Assist in developing requirements for budget foundation, cost recording, reporting, and analyzing standards, programs, and reports for Capital Construction Projects.
• Support the implementation of trend and change management programs and procedures applying to cost analysis and projections. 
• Establish project cost control setup, develop project forecasting, budget monitoring and project cost control functions.
• Ensure proper cost coding and bookings as well as review and development of accounting accruals.
• Analyze and manage proposals, budgets, invoices, and change orders.
• Develop and maintain status reports including: cost financial analysis and forecast cash flows contingency/trends plus project risk assessments impacting schedule and cost for recommendations to the Project Team.
• Perform performance monitoring and control functions for construction contracts to ensure that contractual and cost objectives are met.
• Analyze claims relative to potential effects and impacts within cost and schedule requirements.
• Ensure proactive problem identification and analysis.
• Provide input and analysis of Weekly and Monthly Progress reports on cost related issues.
• Support Corporate Capital Planning and Forecasting with required information including trend and forecasted cost analysis.

Qualifications:

• Applicant must have strong computer skills, especially with spreadsheet, database and word processing software.Also must be well-versed in the use of scheduling systems.A working knowledge of Material Management systems is desirable.
• Possess good management and leadership qualities.
• The ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Good problem solving and analytical ability.
• Good organizational skills and attention to details.
• Applicant should have a good understanding of heavy industrial construction techniques, engineering design fundamentals..A working understanding of scheduling techniques & cost accounting is also required.
• A Bachelor of Science degree in ME, EE, CE or Construction Management is preferred.Demonstrated understanding of MySQL and basic programming techniques is a plus.
• A minimum of ten years of directly related experience is required.

Salary: Not Specified

Job Code: 94005

Date this job was posted: November 7, 2009
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