Project Control Specialist

Title: Project Controls Coordinator III

Duration: 1 year

Location: Edmonton or Calgary

Hybrid Model: In-Office (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday), Remote (Wednesday & Friday)

Job Duties

Focus on providing “Total Control” function on all assigned projects, consisting of:

• Overall project cost, including forecasting and variance analysis of field costs as well as internal projects costs. Provide monitoring, reporting, and control services throughout the project lifecycle

• Provide in-depth analysis of projects, especially from the field control side to inform of current situations/progress and enable proactive communication to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities

• Collaborate with contractors to deliver training and support for EcoSys LEMs (Labor, Equipment, and Materials), while ensuring they provide correct rates and estimates

• Support a team of Project Controls Advisors (PCAs) to set up, receive, and attest LEMs

• Assist as a dedicated Field Cost Analyst (FCA) resource for high risk, high complexity projects

• Generate regular and ad hoc analysis including graphs, summary tables, and presentations

• Assist the Project Engineer/Manager in Project Scope Management by providing insight into scope definition, verification, change control and financial health of projects

• Prepare expenditure profiles, work force histograms, comparative capital cost estimates for projects and total program monthly forecast summaries

• Work with internal team to understand incurred field costs and Customers for indirect costs and compare against budget and monthly forecast values

• Track Key Performance Indicators and work with support groups to improve overall execution of projects

• Prepare project status with variance analysis and reasoning for Senior and Project Management

• Forecast project and construction costs with detailed cost variance analysis

• Project controls for project lifecycle in a proactive manner

• Preparation of high volume of analysis for project status

Qualifications: Education & Experience:

• A diploma, degree or related construction or operational training and/or experience.

• Minimum of 7 years (NO MORE THAN 10-YEARS) of previous related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Field experience is a REQUIREMENT

• Construction experience related to cost and scheduling controls of multi discipline projects.

• Industrial Construction experience, and interfaces with the Engineering, Procurement, Contracting, Execution, and Commissioning phases of the project are highly desirable.

• General understanding of pipeline and terminal operations.

• Excellent oral and written communications skills.

• High proficiency with MS Excel (v-lookups, pivot tables, etc.)

• Software experience with: MS Office Suite and Oracle or SAP.

• Power BI experience a plus

• EcoSys experience is a plus

• Understanding of Earned Value Management techniques for tracking project performance preferred

• Problem solving, decision-making, organization, planning and leadership skills.

• Collaborative, team- and service-oriented work style.