Enterprise Project Controls Leader

Minnesota Power, an ALLETE company, is an electric utility headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota.

We provide electricity in a 26,000-square-mile service area in northeastern Minnesota to 150,000 customers, including 14 municipal systems and some of the nation's largest industrial customers.

Minnesota Power is committed to a sustainable future for the climate, our customers and our communities while delivering safe and reliable energy.

We play a unique and significant role in ALLETE's sustainability-in-action strategy.

Our culture drives excellence through our shared values of integrity, safety, people, and the planet.

Minnesota Power is seeking an Enterprise Projects Control Leader to align project controls with corporate strategy, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

This role will provide project control leadership for complex, large-scale enterprise capital projects including high voltage transmission lines, HVDC systems, solar and wind energy projects, and energy storage initiatives, all aimed at supporting Minnesota Power's EnergyForward drive to achieve 100% carbon-free energy.

The Enterprise Projects Control Leader will oversee budget development, cost forecasting, and variance analysis, as well as monitor schedule performance, identify delays, and recommend corrective actions.

When you join our team as an Enterprise Projects Controls Leader, you will oversee change control processes to manage scope, cost, and schedule impacts, in addition to leveraging data analytics and business intelligence tools to drive insights.

RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Lead and oversee the development, implementation, standardization, and management of comprehensive project controls practices across a portfolio of complex, large-scale capital projects with a focus on budgeting, scheduling, and performance reporting.


* Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to develop and maintain comprehensive project budgets and schedules, ensuring financial alignment and timely execution of key milestones.


* Responsible for monitoring expenditures, analyzing variances, and applying cost control strategies to mitigate financial risks.


* Participate in the review and negotiation of project contracts to ensure alignment with project objectives and compliance with regulatory and Company standards.


* Leverage data analytics and visualization tools, driving the development of standardized dashboards, while delivering insights to stakeholders, supporting informed decision-making, and continuous improvement in project performance.


* May direct the work of team members.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:


* Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Engineering or a related field, is required.
+ Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) or equivalent is preferred but not required.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:


* Eight or more years of job-related experience in project controls or equivalent, preferabl...