Project Controls Manager

What is the Opportunity?

Reporting to the Project Controls Director, the Project Control Manager will be responsible in delivering successful project controls tasks for the project scope and supporting the company’s estimating and construction teams to ensure that the company’s project control system is properly implemented and utilized.

This posting is proactively seeking a Project Controls Manager to join our Nuclear projects to support with future needs. Locations can varry from Cambridge, Pickering, Darlington, or Oshawa.

What You'll Do Here :

• Overall responsibility for project's compliance to Aecon's Project Controls standards & applicable contract documents.
• Establish and maintain the project's integrated Project Controls systems, oversee the setting of the cost & schedule baseline.
• Lead meetings focused on communicating project performance status to the wider project team.
• Lead a team of Project Controls staff specializing in planning, scheduling, cost control, change management and risk management.
• Support Project Managers in tracking overall project health; establish & maintain communication plan to ensure accurate and timely flow of information.
• Provide input into the continuous improvement of Aecon's Project Controls policies and guidelines.
• Oversee analysis and reporting of project performance key metrics (e.g. CPI, SPI, key commodity tracking, etc.); propose corrective actions to maintain performance / productivity; provide timely alerts on adverse trends.
• Implement & maintain an Earned Value Management plan to measure project performance, identify variances, and inform accurate forecasting.
• Lead the development of project-specific Project Controls plans, documenting processes and procedures to be followed on the project.
• Lead the development & implementation of a project-specific change management plan, ensuring compliance with contract conditions and Aecon's standards.
• Provide support to Commercial & Procurement teams on subcontractor claims assessment, client claims development, negotiations & dispute resolutions.
• Provide commercial and technical expertise to support proposal development and provide commercial input into contractually defined project control requirements.
• Ensure adherence to all contract conditions regarding Project Controls requirements, project set-up, monitoring & close-out.
• Establish & maintain strong partnerships with client counterparts & joint venture stakeholders (where applicable).
• Create, promote, and maintain a safe, open & respectful workplace culture and environment.
• Provide feedback & guidance to direct reports for annual goal setting; support in the establishment of individual career development plans and in identifying training & professional development opportunities.
• Conduct annual performance reviews (with mid-year check-ins) & provide constructive feedback; implement performance improvement plans as needed with support from Human Resources
• Participate in project-level resource planning, utilization analysis & resource leveling; manage & maintain Project Controls staffing plan forecasts.
• Lead project-level recruitment efforts for new Project Controls resources; communicate resource needs with senior leadership.
• Lead meetings focused on communicating project performance status to the wider project team.

What You Bring to the Team :