Project Controls Lead
Employer not yet confirmed · Canada
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The OpportunityBuild the Future with UsAs a Lead Project Controller, you will provide project controls leadership across complex engineering and construction programs, helping project teams maintain strong visibility and control over cost, schedule, forecasting, change, risk and overall project performance.
This role is ideal for an experienced project controls professional who understands the full project lifecycle, from detailed engineering through procurement and construction, and can translate project data into clear insights that support successful delivery.
U.S. regulatory experience is an asset. Experience supporting major projects in data centres, warehouses and commercial developments, power and energy, and/or solar and renewable energy is highly desirable.
The position may be based anywhere in Canada, with a preference for candidates located in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto or Montréal.
Your Impact- Lead project controls activities across complex engineering, procurement and construction projects, establishing robust cost, schedule, forecasting and performance controls.
- Manage budgets, forecasts and cost performance, analyzing variances and trends, identifying emerging risks and recommending corrective actions to support project outcomes.
- Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) and other project controls methodologies to measure performance, improve visibility and support informed decision-making.
- Integrate engineering, procurement and construction information into project controls, providing clear visibility of performance throughout the complete project lifecycle.
- Lead change control and evaluate commercial impacts, ensuring project changes and their cost, schedule and contractual implications are effectively identified, assessed, tracked and reported.
- Partner with project management, engineering, procurement, construction and commercial teams to strengthen project performance, reporting, forecasting and decision-making.
- Lead and develop project controls professionals, supporting resource planning, quality reviews, knowledge sharing and consistent delivery across projects.
- Drive continuous improvement in project controls processes, tools, reporting and governance, helping build strong and consistent project delivery practices.
The Skills That Set You Apart- 10–15 years of progressive project controls experience within complex engineering, procurement and construction environments, with significant experience leading project controls on major projects.
- U.S. regulatory experience is an asset, with demonstrated experience supporting complex projects subject to applicable U.S. regulatory requirements.
- Strong full-lifecycle project experience, spanning detailed engineering, procurement and construction. Hands-on experience supporting projects through these phases is highly desirable.
- Relevant sector experience in data centres, warehouses and commercial developments, power and energy, and/or solar and renewable energy projects is highly desirable.
- Advanced cost and project controls expertise, including budgeting, forecasting, variance and trend analysis, change control, cost reporting and Earned Value Management (EVM).
- Strong construction and commercial understanding, including experience working with construction, procurement and commercial teams and understanding the impact of contracts, procurement, project changes and construction progress on project performance.
- Demonstrated project controls leadership experience, including leading, mentoring or developing professionals, reviewing deliverables and promoting consistent project controls practices.
- A university degree in engineering, finance, project management or a related discipline. Knowledge of AACE International and PMI frameworks, as well as relevant professional certifications, is a strong asset. Bilingualism is an asset as the individual will frequently be involved in projects with English-speaking clients and partners outside Quebec.
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· AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $89,800 – $118,900
· MB & ON: $81,900 – $112,800
· NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $81,100 – $107,700
Disclosure: The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.
Ready to Shape the Future?Bring your project controls expertise to complex, multidisciplinary projects where strong commercial awareness and integrated cost, schedule and performance management make a meaningful difference.
If you have U.S. regulatory experience, have worked across the engineering, procurement and construction lifecycle, and are ready to lead project controls on major projects, we want to hear from you.