Project Controls Lead - Buildings

Job Description

The Opportunity :

WSP has a new opportunity for a Project Controls Lead for our Buildings Sector. Under the leadership of the National Director, Commercial and Risk, this role will provide support and assistance to the Project Managers and project teams, particularly in the context of complex "strategic projects".

The location for this position is flexible anywhere in Canada that WSP has an office.

Why WSP?

• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer,
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada;
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things;
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work.

Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

WeAre WSP

A day in the life :

• Work with multidisciplinary teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Designers, and Contract Administrators, Sub-Consultants, and other staff as required;
• Implement and execute project controls plans to support contractual requirements of a project;
• Develop multi-tiered design and construction schedules complete with dependencies, lead / lag durations, critical path analysis etc.;
• Support baseline budgets and work breakdown structure to manage hours and expenditure;
• Maintain accurate reporting and tracking on a project to verify the planned value, actual cost, earned value, and schedule;
• Act as important liaison between all project disciplines;
• Assess impacts for changes to baseline / estimates and new forecasted dates / performance;
• Timely identify, notify, resolve, and record deviations from the current plan, including items that have the potential for future impact within project scope;
• Convey an understanding of project evolution and serve as a preventative mechanism for unforeseen cost and schedule impacts;
• Implement and execute methods of effective progress measurement based on the size and complexity of the project;
• Organize billing drafts, compiling monthly invoices and following up for approval and payment, managing sub-consultant receivables.
• Be an ambassador for all healthy, safety, environment (HSE) and equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI) on your projects and teams

We'd love to hear from you if you have...

• 8+ years of relevant experience in Project Controls;
• Post-secondary diploma or degree (project management, finance or business preferred);
• Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to navigate through deadline pressure, ambiguity and change;
• Strong interpersonal skills, as the role requires continuous interaction with team members;
• Strong competence in the use of Primavera6 or other scheduling software's is an asset;

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP :

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note :

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview.

This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.