Civil Engineering Assistant

AtkinsRéalis; Pickering; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work culture

Flexible benefits

Professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Canada is seeking a Civil Engineering Assistant to support planning, execution, monitoring and reporting of complex capital projects. You will coordinate project controls, manage large datasets, develop dashboards and reports using Power BI and Excel, and assist cost, schedule, and progress tracking.

The role requires a Civil Engineering bachelor’s degree and 3–7 years of experience in project controls, cost and schedule management, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• 3–7 years experience in engineering, construction, infrastructure, or capital projects.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI skills; data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support project controls by tracking scope, schedule, cost and KPIs.
• Develop and maintain project reports, forecasts, and earned value analyses.
• Manage large datasets from multiple sources and create dashboards using Power BI and Excel.
• Perform trend analysis and provide actionable insights for decisions.
• Coordinate documentation, reporting cycles, risk tracking and stakeholder communication.
• Drive process improvements in reporting, data governance and controls.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Pivot Tables

Power Query

DAX

MS Project

Primavera P6

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Job Description

Overview

The Civil Engineering Assistant supports the planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting of complex capital projects and engineering programs. This role is responsible for coordinating project controls activities, managing large datasets and performance metrics, developing dashboards and reports, and supporting project teams with cost, schedule, and progress tracking. The successful candidate will possess strong analytical capabilities, advanced Excel and Power BI skills, and a solid understanding of project controls principles within large, matrixed organizations.

Your role

• Support project controls activities by tracking scope, schedule, cost, project performance, and reporting on key project metrics and KPIs.
• Develop and maintain project reports, forecasts, earned value analyses, budget tracking, and schedule performance assessments to support project delivery.
• Manage large datasets from multiple sources, ensuring data integrity while creating dashboards, reports, and analytics solutions using Power BI and advanced Excel tools.
• Perform trend analysis and provide actionable insights to support management decision-making and improve project outcomes.
• Coordinate project documentation, reporting cycles, review meetings, risk tracking, change management activities, and cross-functional stakeholder communication.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by enhancing reporting processes, data governance practices, project controls methodologies, and organizational best practices.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with 3-7 years of experience supporting engineering, construction, infrastructure, or capital projects within large organizations.
• Experience in project controls, performance measurement, project reporting, and managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Pivot Tables, Power Query, complex formulas, data analysis, and preferably VBA/Macros.
• Strong Power BI expertise, including data modeling, dashboard development, DAX calculations, data visualization, and automated reporting solutions.
• Solid understanding of project controls principles, including cost management, budgeting, forecasting, schedule management, risk management, earned value management, and performance reporting.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills, with experience handling large datasets, supporting executive dashboards, and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams; experience with Primavera P6, MS Project, SAP, Oracle, or similar systems is considered an asset.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

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