Project Controls Specialist

Project Controls Specialist

Requirements

• 7+ years of directly related experience in project controls and Cost Controls.
• Post-secondary education with a technical diploma or bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• Excellent written and oral communication as well as strong presentation skills and the ability to efficiently manage multidiscipline meetings is required.
• Excellent computer skills working with MS office and expert level in Excel is required.
• Strong analytical abilities including gathering and interpreting information from multiple sources, organizational and problem-solving skills are required.
• You take initiative are a self-starter, pro-active and flexible work style and the ability to work with minimal supervision is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide and demonstrate safety leadership in accordance with MEG programs, inspiring and motivating others to ensure safety in all activities and taking care of themselves and others.
• Champion the Project Controls and Cost Control functional activities associated with large and small projects including: Track and report budgets, changes, trends, potentials, current budget, forecast and variances to budget.
• Collect, Verify, and compile actuals, incurred, committed cost, progress, including cost investigation to ensure data quality.
• Calculate and report productivities, performance, earned value and variances.
• Identify the areas of concern and potential impact on project financial performance. Report on unfavorable variances to aid the management decision-making and corrective plans.
• Work closely with various contractors, review their reporting to ensure MEG reporting accurately reflects the state of the project.
• Monthly review of remaining work to go and produce time phased forecasts and graphing.
• The development and review of detailed and summary level cash flows.
• Compiling and reporting monthly outlooks to MEG corporate financial group ensuring capital spend forecasts and accruals are accurate and timely.
• The tracking of weekly labour costs to ensure spending is kept within budget, making adjustments where appropriate.
• Ensuring that all aspects of cost control are implemented correctly.
• Perform other related functions as may be required by the Project Controls Manager such as additional scope analysis, ad hoc reporting, and assisting other areas in project controls function.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management certification or formal training in cost control is an asset.
• Strong working knowledge and experience with Project Controls functions and processes including planning and scheduling, cost estimating, cost control, change management, project finance and accounting processes and systems is desired.
• Working knowledge of industry standard cost control software specifically Prism Project Manager, LEM systems, and progress tracking systems is a strong asset.