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Reporting to the Senior Manager, Project Controls, the Project Controls Specialist is responsible for the controls (e.g., approvals, tracking, forecasting, and management reporting and analysis) on large construction projects associated with cost, schedule, risk, lessons learned, and change management.
This position is based in Toronto, ON.
Responsibilities

• Oversees enhancements and daily maintenance of project control’s systems, and for recommending improvements to processes and procedures for the construction of major power plant assets.
• Ensures on-going effective communication and teamwork with peers.
• Trains contractors on the use of project control systems for reporting project progress.
• Provides monthly project accruals and forecasts to Finance.
• Creates Expenditure Authorization, Purchase Requisition as an initial step in issuing the Purchase Order.
• Identifies cost and schedule issues and risks to the Project Manager and suggests action plans.
• Develops strategies to optimize contractor performance and minimize claims.
• Analyzes and recommends the project schedule, cost estimates and project cost forecasts.
• Recommends improvements to organizational structure.
• Drafts monthly executive level project progress reports and quarterly project Board reports.
• Provides appropriate customer support relationships with Project Managers and Senior Managers (e.g., Finance and Pre-Construction) in Operations, Construction and Engineering.
• Implements and maintains controls on large construction projects for cost, schedule, risk, lessons learned, and change management. This includes ensuring expenditure approval and other project management procedures are followed and that planning and scheduling deliverables are completed.
• Provides input to the Project Controls area’s plans and directions.
• Acts as a role model in demonstrating HSE orientation and adheres to Health, Safety and Environment procedures/rules and standards.
• Provides input or able to develop high level cost estimates during execution phase to validate contractor’s change order requests.
• Participates in execution planning for projects and assembles the Project Execution Plan.
• Tracks, categorizes, quantifies, and establishes probability of risks identified by the project’s team members.

What We Are Looking For

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or equivalent education and experience
• Cost Control Systems and Applications
• Superior written and verbal communication skills at multiple levels
• Ability to forge, grow and maintain positive relationships
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Reporting tools (MS Word, Excel); and
• Experience developing cost estimates/forecasts and projects schedules based on sound plant design concepts
• Risk Assessment tools (FCD, @Risk)
• Experience in providing instruction training with contractors for progress reporting
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and prioritization of work to achieve them
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities, capable of handling pressure and challenges
• Experience and ability to use the following:
• Document Control Systems (SharePoint)
• Ability to develop project execution plans
• P. Eng and PMP preferred
• Planning and scheduling tools (Primavera)
• 7-12 years’ active, relevant, and applicable experience
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and strong commitment to achieving goals; ability to work in challenging, fast paced environment
• Strong critical thinking, troubleshooting, presentation and problem-solving skills

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