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Lead Project Controls Specialist, Project Controls & Reporting

National Grid
Northborough, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/21/2026
About Us

National Grid is hiring a Lead Project Controls Specialist for our Project Controls & Reporting department in Northborough, MA.

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.

The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

The Project Controls team is accountable for the development, management, update, and analysis of project schedules and costs for a $9B-$10B dollar portfolio of complex, capital, electric projects.

Key Accountabilities

  • Accountable for building and developing project schedules across a portfolio of Transmission Line, Distribution Line and Substation projects. The schedules will be built using the agreed work breakdown structure to support key stakeholder groups.
  • Progress each project every month to ensure all projects are monitored for project controls in line with the monthly reporting cycle, checking accuracy and consistency of data.
  • Report milestones, planned value and earned value data, % complete on projects and provide project commentaries.
  • Attend project status meetings – report on major material status; update forecast and schedule per progress discussion.
  • Summarize project performance metrics and provide specialized direction and recommendation to project teams and management for the resolution of diverse project controls issues.
  • Earned Value Management by working with the project manager to:
    • Develop of the budget/planned value of work based on the scope of work.
    • Determine the actual value of work completed by the project team based on milestones and objectives.
    • Calculate the earned value of the physical work completed.
    • Perform variance analysis including schedule and cost variances using indices such as the schedule performance index (SPI) and cost performance index (CPI).
Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, Masters degree preferred.
  • 5 years of work experience in Project Controls, Project Management or Data Analytics/Logic required.
  • Utility/Construction experience is preferred.
  • Primavera P6 experience required.
  • SAP & Procore experience would be ideal but not required.
  • Valid Driver's License with a safe driving history that meets National Grid’s Safe Driver policy required.

More Information

Salary: $141,000 - $166,000

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

Salary : $141,000 - $166,000

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