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Project Controls Specialist

TechDigital Corporation

  • Denver, CO
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    We partner with business area finance, business area accounting and with Capital asset accounting and supply chain regularly in addition to working directly with project leads and project engineers. It's an opportunity to come in and learn our systems, processes and grow with the possibility of moving into those other cost analyst roles, scheduling roles or other business units as their skill set grows.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationDenver, CO
    IndustryOther/Not Classified
    Company Size100 to 499 employees

    Description

    Job Details and Requirements Section
    1. Explain what the scope of the work/project is? Project Overview, deliverables (what is this person responsible for). This role is for an SAP Planner which is under the Projects umbrella of the Energy Supply group. This resource will create work orders, purchase requisitions, and non work order PRs for our engineers in SAP. The team works off a workbook that they populate and submit to us. We also monitor some of the metric reports, one of which is called an inactive report; if a project has gone 90 days without any spend activity, it shows up on this report. We monitor that report and work with the project leads to get the projects off that report or to resolve any issues. The other report is the missing completes report; Once we have placed something in service, we have 90 days to complete it and if they haven't completed it within those 90 days, it shows up on that metric report. Again, this resource/team will work with the project leads to find out why it hasn't been completed yet, when will it be completed, and we help them resolve anything such as submitting extensions, submitting the closeout for them. We partner with business area finance, business area accounting and with Capital asset accounting and supply chain regularly. We also just took over generating WBS elements or requesting the generation of them via our MDO (master data online) tool. We do we do a lot of the hands on for anything SAP related for our project engineers and our project leads. The hiring leader is not requiring that the person be an SAP or MDO expert, however, is looking for people who have that critical analysis, critical thinking and root cause analysis skill set. We do have a lot of situations that are 1 off, something could be like what they've done before, with maybe one little piece that is different from the "normal”. This resource will need to work to understand the intricacies of each item. They also need to be able to work with varying personalities as we have a lot of project leads and they all do things differently.
    2. What does a typical day look like? See above. Resource must be able to jump from one task to another with the ability to juggle several tasks at once without sacrificing quality. It's a very fast paced environment.
    3. What is the size of the group this position will be supporting? Who are some of the key players this person will be working with? We partner with business area finance, business area accounting and with Capital asset accounting and supply chain regularly in addition to working directly with project leads and project engineers. On a daily basis, it's not uncommon to interface with 20-30 people. Currently the team is spread between TX, CO, and MN. All teammates are cross trained to support each other, regardless of the region they are in.
    4. Will this resource support internal (business), or external customers? Internal.
    5. What are themain technology application/software skills/experience this resource will be required to possess? SAP and MDO is nice to have, not required. Resource must be proficient with MS office, Excel (pivot tables), Outlook, Teams, etc., meeting set up, etc. Also, PowerPlan experience would also be nice to have.
    6. Describe work environment / team culture (supportive/collaborative, teamwork or individual contributor)? Highly collaborative. Please refer to question 3.
    7. What is the ramp up time/process for this role? Aside from having the required skill set, approximately how long will it take to train on Xcel's process, procedures/policy? After 3 months in the position. After 3 months, expectation is that they would be working pretty independently to complete tasks.
    8. What are the work hours/shift (standard, evening, full time/part time, OT required, on-call for 24/7 operation)? Standard daytime hours.
    9. Is this new headcount or a backfill? New headcount, 12 months.
    Benefits/Perks of the Position Section
    1. What makes this position attractive to candidates? Why would a candidate want to work for Xcel Energy (i.e., current initiations within company, company size, culture, people, technology/innovation, etc.)? While this role is entry level, It's a foot in the door at Xcel Energy and for project controls. It's an opportunity to come in and learn our systems, processes and grow with the possibility of moving into those other cost analyst roles, scheduling roles or other business units as their skill set grows. This is a highly relied upon position that creates a log of opportunity within the company.
    2. What is the likelihood that the position will convert to a permanent opportunity? High likelihood to extend.
    Candidate Detail Section
    1. What are the top 3-5 skills and qualifications required? Resource must have strong proficiency in Microsoft office, Excel/Word, strong professionalism and strong written and verbal communication skills. Must poses root cause analysis, critical thinking/analysis skills which includes taking initiative to ask questions to figure things out. Even with little to no experience, this resource must still exhibit workplace etiquette.
    2. What non-technical skills are necessary (i.e., such as communication, problem solving, team player)? Must be a strong team player and collaborator. Must show initiative to work through problems and situations.
    3. Ideal candidate background and how many years required? Would like to see some experience. This is an entry level role, we are targeting at least 1 year of experience within a project support role, however, level of work experience is open. If they do not have college experience/education, leader would like to see viable workforce experience.

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