Senior Project Controller Jobs

About Dokainish & Company

Since 2011 Dokainish & Company has been providing world class professional consultancy services.

We specialize in working diligently and collaboratively with our clients to achieve long-lasting and impactful results across numerous business functions. Our areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, Project Management, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Organizational Change Management, Project Controls, Enterprise Reporting, Estimating, Asset Management, and System Implementation for Capital Projects. We draw upon decades of project experience to deliver customized solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges.

We are a fast-growing organization, currently seeking a Senior Project Controller to be a key member of our high-achieving, diverse, innovating team.

This is a full-time, non-remote position based in downtown Toronto

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Project Controller to manage project controls and contracts on behalf of our clients, while helping to develop Dokainish & Company’s ongoing business and internal talent.

Responsibilities

• Maintain project risk registers, including the identification of new, impacting, and retired risks.
• Administer change control processes on behalf of Dokainish and its clients.
• Manage Dokainish project teams and serve as a single point of contact for clients.
• Ensure tasks are meticulously planned and executed.
• Analyze and maintain schedule logic, manage what-if scenarios, and review critical path activities.
• Manage internal and external enterprise cost and schedule software systems.
• Find and develop leads for new business opportunities through professional networking, organizational membership, and attendance at conferences
• Make recommendations to Dokainish senior leadership for sensible changes, adjustments, or upgrades to our internal work practices.
• Train new/junior project controls staff based on industry best practices and personal experience in the industry.
• Analyze relationships between planned work, executed work, and actual costs using Earned Value Management techniques.
• Review project expenses, client invoices, and related accounting transactions.
• Create, modify, and/or maintain Work and Cost Breakdown Structures.
• Analyze, prepare, validate, and maintain cost estimates, budgets, and schedules.
• Develop, implement, and maintain project control systems and tools.
• Ensure that goods and services are delivered as expected and in accordance with the schedule.

Reporting

• Deliver ad hoc status reports as needed to Dokainish senior leadership and clients
• Develop and implement monthly project reports for all project controls disciplines.
• Prepare and present to management the monthly project/program/portfolio financial summaries.
• Track and explain cost and schedule variances including recommend corrective actions.
• Manage monthly lifecycle reporting and forecasting activities.

Education/Qualifications

• Firm understanding of Contract Administration and a demonstrated ability to read and comprehend contractual language.
• Experience working across various sectors/industries is a plus.
• Collaborative, resourceful, and self-motivated working style.
• College/university graduate or equivalent combination of technical skills and experience.
• Consulting experience is a plus.
• Superior working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• High degree of social intelligence, integrity, and maturity.
• Able to work in-office, non-remote, in downtown Toronto, Ontario.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Professional demeanor and ability to maintain strict standards of confidentiality.
• 10+ years of related project experience with an engineering, consulting, or professional services company or companies.
• Willingness to travel, sometimes on short notice.
• Experience working as a Subject Matter Expert in one or more project controls disciplines, or equivalent recognition from references.
• Seeks challenging opportunities across businesses and borders.
• Ability to think critically and evaluate situations and solve problems creatively with tact and good judgement.
• Flexibility to work outside normal business hours as required.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills: able to manage competing priorities/deadlines, as well as the flexibility to adjust to changing operational needs.
• Establish and maintain excellent customer relations with clients.
• Expertise in software systems related to project controls (e.g., Primavera P6) and a firm grasp on related business management systems (e.g., SAP).

We take immense pride in our high performing, collaborative team. We recognize and value the uniqueness of every individual who works at Dokainish & Company, and we aim to harness our strengths into a synergistic team that thrives in an environment of open communication, accountability, trust, and respect.

We are highly skilled when moving ideas into actions and empower each other to deliver outstanding results.

If you believe your skillset, drive, qualifications, and experience is a match, we welcome your application and can’t wait to hear from you.

We thank all applicants for their interest in joining Dokainish & Company. Please note only those candidates considered for an initial interview will be contacted.

Dokainish & Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender, race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age and veteran status, or any other protected status required by applicable law.

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and Dokainish & Company AODA Policy, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

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