Project Controls Specialist

Stantec · Edmonton

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When you care deeply about the work you do, it’s rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.  

Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community. 

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

Your Opportunity 

We are currently looking to add a Project Controls Specialist to support program and project management activities. In this role, the individual will apply technical expertise in both project scheduling and cost controls, contributing equally to planning, performance monitoring, forecasting, and reporting within a fast-paced, professional design and construction environment under the guidance of program leadership.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and monitor integrated project schedules and cost control systems to ensure alignment with project objectives
• Collaborate with Project Managers and Project Accountant to establish baseline schedules (cost and resource loaded), set up program and projects’ control budget and tasks 
• Perform ongoing schedule updates and cost tracking, including progress measurement, forecasting, and variance analysis by updating the actual cost and resources in the schedule
• Prepare and maintain cash flow projections, budget forecasts, and schedule forecasts, ensuring consistency between cost and schedule data
• Monitor project performance related to scope, schedule, and cost, and recommend corrective actions when deviations occur
• Analyze and report on schedule performance (critical path, delays, float) and cost performance (earned value, variances, trends)
• Support and administer change management processes, including evaluation of both schedule and cost impacts, and implementing the change orders in the Project CBS and the schedule
• Prepare Backup for the Invoices in full liaison with Project Accountant
• Support Project Managers to prepare input for the monthly reports
• Interface with project team and subs on all project controls matters related to scheduling and cost management
• Implement and support project control processes, including progress measurement, forecasting, change control, and reporting cycles
• Track, document, and communicate variances, trends, and risks affecting both schedule and budget
• Maintain accurate data in a centralized system of record to ensure consistency and reliability of project reporting

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