AltaGas - Sr. Team Lead, Project Controls

AltaGas Ltd.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AltaGas Ltd. in Calgary, Canada, seeks a Senior Project Controls Team Lead to drive delivery of major capital projects and lead cost, schedule, risk, and reporting while advancing AI-enabled solutions across the lifecycle.

You will mentor a project controls team, align with project managers and senior leadership, and guide governance through stage gates, assurance reviews, and executive reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of project controls on large-scale capital projects with team leadership.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, forecasting, earned value management, AACE classifications, scheduling tools.
• Proven ability to implement new tools, technologies, processes, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Leadership style that supports mentoring, collaboration, accountability, and relationship-building.
• Strategic, innovative, and adaptable mindset for high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a project controls team across cost, planning, risk, and change management.
• Design and implement efficient project controls processes, workflows, and standards.
• Deploy AI-enabled tools and digital systems to improve performance and insights.
• Lead cost management activities including budgeting and forecasting.
• Oversee estimate development aligned with AACE classifications.
• Direct schedule development, baseline management, and risk analysis.
• Ensure robust change and risk management processes and mitigation planning.
• Partner with project managers and senior leadership to provide performance insights and governance.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

AACE estimates

Job description

AltaGas - Sr. Team Lead, Project Controls

AltaGas is seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Project Controls Team Lead to support the successful delivery of major capital projects. In this role, you will lead project controls professionals across cost, schedule, risk, change management, and reporting while driving process improvement, innovation, and data-driven decision-making across the project lifecycle.

Job Description

AltaGas - Sr. Team Lead, Project Controls

AltaGas is seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Project Controls Team Lead to support the successful delivery of major capital projects. In this role, you will lead project controls professionals across cost, schedule, risk, change management, and reporting while driving process improvement, innovation, and data-driven decision-making across the project lifecycle.

This is an opportunity for a strong technical project controls leader who brings people leadership, strategic thinking, and a forward‑looking mindset to support complex, large‑scale capital projects.

You will:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a project controls team across cost, planning, risk, and change management, while managing workload priorities, team capacity, accountability, collaboration, and sustained delivery.
• Evaluate, design, and implement efficient project controls processes, workflows, standards, and continuous improvement practices across the full project lifecycle.
• Promote and deploy innovative solutions, including AI‑enabled tools and digital systems, to improve project performance, insights, and decision‑making.
• Lead cost management activities, including budgeting, forecasting, earned value management, and performance reporting across all project phases.
• Oversee estimate development in alignment with AACE International classifications and best practices.
• Direct schedule development and control, including baseline management, progress tracking, and schedule risk analysis.
• Ensure robust change and risk management processes, including change identification, evaluation, approval, tracking, risk analysis, and mitigation planning.
• Partner with project managers, engineering, construction, commercial teams, and senior leadership to provide clear project performance insights, support alignment, and contribute to governance processes including stage gates, assurance reviews, and executive reporting.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of project controls experience on large‑scale capital or major projects, including demonstrated experience leading teams and managing direct reports.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, forecasting, earned value management, AACE estimate classifications, scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or MS Project, risk management, and change management.
• Proven ability to implement new tools, technologies, process improvements, and digital or AI‑enabled solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, decision‑making, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A leadership style that supports mentoring, collaboration, accountability, and relationship‑building across teams and leadership levels.
• A strategic, innovative, and adaptable mindset with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver effectively in high‑pressure environments.

Why AltaGas

At AltaGas, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to complex, large‑scale capital projects that support the safe, reliable, and efficient delivery of energy infrastructure. As part of our Major Projects team, you’ll help shape how project controls are delivered by bringing structure, insight, innovation, and leadership to work that has meaningful business impact.

For Canadian hires

AltaGas hires personnel on the basis of job‑related qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to a person's ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

For U.S. hires

WGL/SEMCO/AltaGas offers a total rewards package that includes competitive pay, incentive bonus plans, holiday pay, 401K matching and a wide array of benefits. These benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage are designed to help you and your family stay healthy. We also have paid time off (PTO) to balance the demands of your work and personal life. Available benefits vary depending upon the specifics of the role.

U.S. affiliates of AltaGas are committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, matriculation, physical or mental disabilities, political affiliation, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.