Contract - Project Controller

Petroplan; City of Lloydminster; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Petroplan seeks a Project Controller to support a major turnaround and outage program in Lloydminster. You will track real-time costs, forecast final costs, and integrate SAP actuals with labour, equipment and material data to keep budgets accurate. You’ll validate contractor costs, monitor spend trends, and report progress to stakeholders.

The role requires strong Excel and SAP skills, experience with outages, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel with complex formulas, pivots and dashboards.
• Strong SAP cost accounting experience is required.
• Experience supporting turnarounds, outages or capital projects.
• Understanding of project cost control, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Ability to manage large volumes of cost, labour, and schedule data.
• Excellent attention to data accuracy and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update project cost control models and reporting tools.
• Track actual costs against budgets and purchase orders.
• Develop and maintain forecast-at-completion projections.
• Validate contractor LEM submissions for accuracy and alignment with scope and schedule.
• Data entry for timesheets and labour records; monitor workforce counts.
• Produce daily, weekly and monthly cost reports for management.
• Reconcile SAP cost data with contractor records and forecasts.
• Support turnaround meetings and project coordination.
• Communicate timesheet and cost submission requirements to vendors.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Cost control

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Data reconciliation

SAP experience

SQL/data analysis

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Independent work

Tools

None

Job description

Position Overview

The Project Controller supports the Project Manager throughout turnaround and major outage activities by providing real-time cost tracking, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis. This role is responsible for maintaining and updating an Excel-based cost control model that integrates SAP actuals, contractor Labor, Equipment and Material (LEM) data, and schedule progress to accurately track costs against budget and forecast final project costs.

The successful candidate will validate contractor costs, monitor spending trends, track workforce performance, and align cost reporting with schedule progress. The Project Controller plays a key role in identifying cost risks, supporting decision-making, and ensuring effective financial management throughout the outage lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and update project cost control models and reporting tools.
• Track actual costs against approved budgets and purchase orders.
• Develop and maintain forecast-at-completion cost projections.
• Collect, review, and validate contractor LEM submissions for accuracy and alignment with approved scope and schedule.
• Perform cost tracking and data entry for contractor timesheets and labour records.
• Monitor workforce counts and generate productivity and burn-rate reporting.
• Analyze spending trends and identify potential cost overruns or financial risks.
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• Reconcile SAP cost data with contractor records and project forecasts.
• Prepare and distribute daily, weekly, and monthly cost reports for project management and stakeholders.
• Compile and incorporate safety metrics and operational statistics provided by project teams.
• Participate in daily turnaround and project coordination meetings.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Schedulers, Planners, Contractors, Operations, and Finance teams to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
• Communicate expectations and requirements related to timesheet and cost submissions with vendors and contractors.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including:
• Complex formulas
• Pivot tables
• Data reconciliation
• Dashboards and reporting tools
• Strong SAP experience (required).
• Experience supporting industrial turnarounds, outages, maintenance events, or capital projects.
• Strong understanding of project cost control, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Ability to manage large volumes of cost, labour, and schedule data.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced project environment.

Project Details

Turnaround & Major Outage Program will be executing major outage and turnaround activities in 2027 and 2028. We are currently building the project team to support planning, execution, and closeout activities.

Project Timeline

PeriodWork Arrangement

September 2026

Project launch

September to October 2026

Full-time project alignment and planning activities, including time on site in Lloydminster

October 2026 to May 2027

Part-time support (approximately 10-20 hours per week, remote)

May to July 2027

Full-time outage execution support (40+ hours per week, on site in Lloydminster)

July 2027 to July 2028

Part-time support (approximately 10-20 hours per week, remote)

August to October 2028

Full-time outage execution support (40+ hours per week, on site in Lloydminster)

October to December 2028

Part-time project closeout support (approximately 10-20 hours per week, remote)

December 31, 2028

Assignment completion