What is the Opportunity?
Safer. Faster. Smarter. Aecon Civil is a recognized leader in the market, backed by strong self-perform capabilities and deep local expertise. We play a key role in building and enhancing infrastructure across Canada, the U.S., and an expanding international footprint, improving everyday life through the roads, bridges, tunnels, and transit systems that connect communities. With more than a century of experience and a full suite of integrated services, Aecon is a trusted partner for delivering complex civil projects, including tunnels, transit expansions, airports, ports, highways, and large-scale site development. The Hamilton LRT Alliance has been selected by Metrolinx as the development partner for the Hamilton LRT, Package 1: Civil & Utilities. Under the alliance model, Aecon provides construction capability and resources as part of an integrated team, working collaboratively with all alliance participants to progress design, cost, and construction schedules during the project’s development phase. The Hamilton LRT isn’t just a transit project, it’s reshaping how a city connects, grows, and moves. Join us in being part of a dynamic team building critical infrastructure that will leave a lasting legacy for generations to come! Reporting into the Integrated Operational Controls team, the Assistant Coordinator, Jr. Reporting Co-op will gain hands-on experience supporting project reporting, data analytics, dashboard development, performance measurement, and continuous improvement initiatives within a major project environment. This is a winter co-op opportunity - January 2027 start date What You'll Do Here:
- Learn about key performance indicators (KPIs) and supporting metrics used across the project to monitor and report on performance.
- Assist with the development and maintenance of project reports, dashboards, and analytics supporting cost, schedule, resource, financial, and operational reporting.
- Support functional leads and project teams in gathering reporting requirements and applying a standardized approach to performance reporting.
- Communicate with internal stakeholders to collect, organize, and validate project data and provide updates related to performance reporting.
- Gain exposure to reporting, cost, scheduling, financial, and operational systems used within a major project environment.
- Assist with developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports to monitor project performance and trends.
- Support the analysis of project data to identify trends, variances, and key performance indicators related to engineering, design, construction progress, schedule, financial performance, and other project objectives.
- Perform data validation, reconciliation, and quality checks to help ensure reporting is accurate, complete, and consistent.
- Assist with organizing and combining information from spreadsheets, databases, and project systems for reporting and analytics purposes.
- Support the documentation of reporting processes, KPI definitions, and data requirements to promote consistent reporting practices.
- Assist in identifying opportunities to streamline or automate manual reporting processes using tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, and other Microsoft technologies.
- Collaborate with project controls, commercial, finance, people and performance, and operational teams to support project reporting and analytics activities.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and contribute ideas to improve reporting, data quality, and accessibility of project information.
- Perform ad hoc data analytics and reporting duties as required.
What You Bring to the Team:
- Currently enrolled in a university or college co-op program in Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Business Analytics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Academic, co-op, internship, summer, or project experience involving data analytics, business intelligence, reporting, or data visualization is considered an asset.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, or similar data visualization tools is preferred.
- Exposure to SQL, DAX, Python, R, Power Query, SAP Webi, or other reporting and data analytics tools is considered an asset.
- Familiarity with working with spreadsheets, databases, or multiple data sources, with an interest in learning how information can be combined for reporting and analysis.
- Exposure to Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, or Power BI) is considered an asset.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an interest in identifying trends and translating data into meaningful information.
- Strong attention to detail and an understanding of the importance of data validation, data quality, and accurate reporting.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks within a fast-paced project environment.
Reason for Vacancy: New The expected pay range for this role is $23.00 - $28.00 per hour. Individual pay is determined based on several factors, including work location, education, experience, unique skills and job conditions. Other considerations may include certifications, specialized training, and the complexity or scope of the role.