Intermediate Cost Controller, Energy And Resources

CALGARY, MONTREAL or TORONTO

Reporting directly to the team lead, the Intermediate Cost Analyst will support senior staff and team leads in area of cost controlling, variance analysis, forecasting and reporting. Will also be involved in earned value management, change management and risk management. Mentor, coach and train junior cost controllers within project team.

As a member of the Energy and Process group, you will be given opportunities to apply your education and experience on complex projects. You will be challenged to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and maintain very high quality. You will gain knowledge through mentorship and skills development, fast-track your professional development to become a strong project control analyst with the potential for a PMP designation.

WSP supports employees as we all adjust to flexible work arrangements and flexible work locations. The expectation is that new members of the team will be required to work in the office and from home (hybrid model with mandatory anchor days in the office. There will be opportunities to be based in any of our WSP office, preferably Calgary, Montreal or Toronto area.

A day in the life:

• Support maintenance and development of cost control systems, tools and procedure.
• Support Lead and Senior Cost control staff
• Evaluate current status of the project cost, provide most accurate total Project Forecast ensuring inclusion of all cost categories
• Assuming responsibility for preparing and assessing the accuracy of all cost control reports
• Engage with the discipline leads, project leads and management team to gather information required for earn value, cost and forecast reporting.
• Ensure contractual obligations are being met within assigned budgets
• Ensuring thorough regular periodic reassessment of project scope, cost and schedule for completeness, reflecting the best judgement of the project team and management
• Review invoices for correct collection of revenues
• Apply controls to ensure that procedures are being adhered to; active in continuous improvement
• Initiate actions as required to meet commitments, projects, and client deadlines
• Other duties as assigned.
• Report and graph updates of actual man-hours and costs invoiced, incurred, physical progress, forecast to complete, key and / or critical issues and scheduled achievements relative to the status of the project
• Assist in monitoring the performance of the job versus current forecast by analyzing actual data, reviewing project costs overruns/under runs and producing appropriate reporting for project management
• Support management of change process, change orders and change logs
• Update project information for actual invoices
• Identify deliverables, assign budgets and check points to these deliverables, status progress against check / control points, calculate earned hours and progress

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Decision and problem-solving ability.
• Able to communicate, understand, express and apply basic technical, business or administrative concepts.
• Accepts coaching, knowledge and support from more experienced staff.
• Proven ability to multi-task and efficiently respond to changing priorities.
• Superior organizational and time-management skills; ability to meet deadlines.

MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• Define and steward the commitment to Health and Safety on the projects
• Meeting targets and deadlines
• Build and maintain WSP’s brand/reputation both internally and externally
• Assist in the definition of and ensure adherence to the defined Corporate objectives. Brief and assist subordinates with understanding and provide linked sub-objectives that have applicability to their work.
• Lead by example and promote a positive environment rooted in communication, ownership and camaraderie
• Aware of safety concerns and contributes regularly to safety discussions
• Seek out assistance and ask questions of company leaders and experts
• Maintain an open mind when receiving constructive feedback and apply recommendations towards self-improvement.

What you'll bring to WSP

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office programs, advance excel skill is a must
• Five to seven years’ experience in a cost control position
• Bilingual (English and French) is considered a strong asset
• Experience in Power BI, InEight or Oracle Fusion would be an asset
• Self-starter
• Ability to work well under pressure and within tight deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems
• Able to learn new programs quickly
• Detail oriented
• Strong teamwork, problem-solving, organizational and communication skills

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

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe and the growing list of our clients including vaccination status as part of their mandated health and safety requirements to work with them, you will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to WSP as a condition of employment. You may also be required to undergo additional immunization to maintain a fully vaccinated status against COVID-19 whenever local Public Health Authorities recommend additional immunization.

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.

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