Cost Control Lead — Sustaining Capital & Analytics

Trans Mountain; Calgary; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible benefits & pension

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Trans Mountain Corporation is seeking a Lead, Cost Control to drive cost management for the sustaining capital portfolio. You will own budgeting, forecasting, baselines, and change management across multiple projects, leading a team of cost analysts and delivering KPI-driven reporting.

The role emphasizes advanced Excel/Power BI skills, PPC alignment with PMO framework, and collaboration with senior leadership to strengthen forecast accuracy and cost performance.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• CCP or CCT from AACE; PMP from PMI; PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) considered an asset.
• At least 10 years of progressive experience leading teams, delegating process execution, influencing stakeholders, and implementing scalable solutions.
• Deep knowledge of project controls processes across cost management, change management, planning/scheduling, risk/contingency, and resource management.
• Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power Query, and Power BI for data transformation, modelling, and automated reporting.
• Knowledge of WBS design, cost coding structures, baselining, forecasting methodologies, and variance/trend analysis.
• Familiarity with cost management software (PIMS, SAP, Ecosys) and sustaining capital portfolio dynamics.
• Demonstrated collaboration, leadership, and effective communication across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the sustaining capital cost controls team, providing direction, coaching, performance management, and technical mentorship; assign work across analysts based on capacity and portfolio needs.
• Lead cost oversight across sustaining capital projects by managing baselines, validating forecasts, conducting variance and trend analyses; define and track KPIs for cost, change, and resource performance; drive stakeholder collaboration to embed standards.
• Develop and maintain advanced Excel, Power Query, and Power BI-based tools and dashboards to streamline cost analysis, automate data transformation, and produce decision-ready reporting for PMO and sustaining capital leadership.
• Identify gaps in current cost control practices, tools, and reporting, and lead solutions-driven initiatives to close them, including WBS structure design, cost coding frameworks, and reporting standardization.
• Oversee the resource management process for sustaining capital from a cost management perspective, forecasting and reporting internal and contractor resource demand; align resourcing to portfolio priorities.
• Champion the project change management process for sustaining capital portfolio trend analysis, ensuring timely identification, evaluation, documentation, and disposition of changes.
• Oversee portfolio-wide budgeting from a project-lifecycle perspective, forecasting, accruals, and cost control processes, ensuring financial accuracy and disciplined risk mitigation.
• Own and maintain cost management processes aligned to the PMO project controls framework and AACE best practices across the portfolio.

Skills

Leadership/people management

Cost control

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Excel/Power BI advanced

PMO/project controls

Communication

Education

Post-secondary education in Engineering

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Business Administration

CCP/CCT certification

PSP asset

Tools

PIMS

SAP

Ecosys

Job description

Trans Mountain Corporation is seeking a Lead, Cost Control to drive cost management for the sustaining capital portfolio. You will own budgeting, forecasting, baselines, and change management across multiple projects, leading a team of cost analysts and delivering KPI-driven reporting.

The role emphasizes advanced Excel/Power BI skills, PPC alignment with PMO framework, and collaboration with senior leadership to strengthen forecast accuracy and cost performance.