Project Controls Specialist

Your Opportunity

The successful performance of a project depends on appropriate planning and execution. Project Controls is responsible for providing support to complex design-engineering projects with a primary focus on cost, schedule, forecasting and performance reporting. This role will partner closely with Project Managers, Technical Leads, and Finance to ensure projects are planned, monitored and delivered in accordance with contractual, financial and operational requirements. Based in Eastern Canada, this position requires an understanding of professional services project delivery, earned value principles, and multi-discipline design workflows. The successful candidate should be able to work effectively individually as well as participate in collaborative team environments.

Your Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Control

• Develop and maintain detailed project budgets, forecasts (EAC/ETC), and cash flow projections.
• Establish and manage cost and schedule control structures (WBS) aligned with project scope and execution plans.
• Monitor project performance using earned value and other key performance indicators; identify trends, risks, and variances.
• Arrange, coordinate and facilitate meetings in conjunction with your team and project managers.
• Support baseline development, change management, and reforecasting activities.
• Create, track and format submissions, proposals and bids.

Financial Management & Reporting

• Track project costs, labor utilization, and profitability across internal teams and subconsultants.
• Prepare and deliver regular project controls reports for project teams and leadership, including variance analysis and corrective action recommendations.
• Coordinate with Finance on project budget changes, invoicing support, and other activities as required.
• Ensure compliance with internal project controls standards and external contractual requirements.

Schedule Management

• Support development and maintenance of project schedules in coordination with Project Managers and discipline leads.
• Analyze schedule impacts, critical path, and resource loading where applicable.
• Integrate schedule data with cost and forecast reporting to provide a holistic view of project performance.

Risk, Change, and Governance

• Support identification and quantification of project risks and opportunities.
• Assist with change order evaluations, pricing support, and documentation.
• Provide guidance on project controls best practices and mentor junior project controls staff as needed.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail and good record keeping of reviews.
• Ability to participate and collaborate in a project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
• Ability to work and excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Develops rapport and trust with others.
• Conscientious, organized, and disciplined.
• Ability to prioritize workloads to meet deadlines & work well under pressure in a deadline-driven environment.
• May support geographically distributed project teams.
• Hybrid or office-based role depending on location and business needs.

Strong time management skills with an ability to adapt to different situations and organize priorities independently.

Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree or diploma in engineering, Project Management or Financial accounting.
• Experience: 5+ years of related project controls, project coordination/ management experience.
• Previous experience working with engineering or other professional services strongly preferred.
• Bilingualism with fluency in French is a strong asset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management software.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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