Sr. Cost Controller

What is the Opportunity?

As part of an alliance agreement, Aecon has been awarded a contract in an Aecon-led partnership with Kiewit Nuclear Canada by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) for the execution phase on the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) in Clarington, Ontario. Beginning in 2025 Aecon will support the Construction of the Unit 1 Small Modular Reactor at the Darlington site.

The Sr. Cost Controller will be responsible in providing cost control support to ongoing projects and supporting the company’s estimating and construction teams to ensure that the company’s project control system is properly implemented and utilized.

What You'll Do Here :

• Overall responsibility for compliance of assigned projects with project controls standards - both from applicable contract documents and from Aecon project controls policies / guidelines
• Assist in project set-up, converting bids into baseline budgets, reconciling gaps.
• Participate in proposal and estimating efforts to ensure continuity between project estimates and baselines.
• Liaise with external groups (Accounting, Finance, Procurement, Construction, etc.) to gain inputs into Project Controls reports.
• Create & maintain project status update reports, forecast reports & project dashboards; ensure timely issuance to internal & external stakeholders (per client requirements)
• Create & maintain customized reports or dashboards to adapt to evolving risks & project needs.
• Develop and maintain resource plans, ensuring cost & schedule alignment.
• Regularly conduct variance analysis to understand trends & other baseline deviations in support of rigorous change management; provide variance narratives & propose corrective actions or recovery plans.
• Prepare Earned Value Management KPIs to assess project performance.
• Assist in the creation & maintenance of tools & templates that ensure compliance with the processes outlined Project Controls plan & contract requirements.
• Develop and maintain a change log to track all internal & external changes and monitor progress through the change management process.
• Review the contract to ensure compliance with contract conditions regarding reporting, change management, and all other Project Controls areas.
• Establish and maintain the CBS & control accounts in alignment with baseline budgets; connect SAP with CPM for alignment of financial reporting.
• Manage chart of accounts library to ensure consistency & alignment with established budgets; ensure WBS & CBS alignment.
• Proactively monitor forecasts to ensure timely closure of closed cost accounts.
• Ensure forecasts are updated timely & accurately; ensure forecasting is informed by performance KPIs & project trends.
• Liaise with Finance & Accounting teams to support project level financial forecasting & month end reporting.
• Liaise with Procurement, Finance & Accounting teams to ensure appropriate Subcontractor & Purchase order management, accurate incurred cost reporting via timely accruals & invoicing.
• Prepare and update project cash flow forecasts in alignment with the project schedule.

What You Bring to the Team :

We strongly encourage applicants who identify as Indigenous to apply to work with us on the Darlington New Nuclear Project. At Aecon, Indigenous is an umbrella term for First Nations (status and non-status), Metis and Inuit