Cost Controller

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization’s objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors — hospitals, airports, and entire university campuses; infrastructure like mass transit and water-treatment facilities; and energy and resource assignments, from mines to wind farms.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is currently looking for a Cost Controls Specialist to join our growing team! You will be reporting to the Program Leadership team, and will provide the program manager, program delivery manager, and project managers with viable information for effective management and cost control of the various projects. In addition, you will be accountable for supporting the implementation of processes, checks and balances to determine and maintain Budget, Actual Cost and Estimate at Completion (EACs) of projects. We are seeking an individual who must demonstrate an aptitude for efficiency, problem solving, and resourcefulness with a deep commitment to the Program goals. This role will be based in a Stantec office on a full-time basis.

This role needs to be in-person at least 4 days per week.

Your Key Responsibilities

1. Maintain program-level budgets in accordance with the Total Cost Management (TCM) framework.
2. Maintain cost coding system aligned with the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), ensuring accurate allocation of actuals, commitments, and forecasts for consistent reporting, traceability, and performance analysis.
3. Prepare and maintain detailed cost reports, dashboards, and performance indicators, identifying and analyzing cost variances.
4. Prepare cost forecasts, integrating actual costs, accruals, trends, and potential changes.
5. Work with the Program team to develop and maintain program and project cash flows to support the delivery of the capital infrastructure program.
6. Support the overall funding/financing strategies for the program based on the program cash flow.
7. Prepare all required budget requests and associated justifications to ensure the uninterrupted funding of program activities.
8. Support all financial activities required to support issuance of revenue bonds; secure grant funding, loans and other forms of program funding.
9. Assist with the preparation of program budgets, work with program controls and accounting staff to maintain program accounting information in compliance with all funding sources, oversee the tracking and management of all expenditures.
10. Maintain the assurance program to support compliance with the terms and conditions of interrelated state and federal loans, manage and update a comprehensive inventory of loan requirements to enable program compliance, communicate state and federal loans requirements to interdisciplinary teams that may include design, construction, safety, permitting, land use, real estate acquisition, finance and controls, procurement, and public outreach personnel.
11. Work with the Program team to develop and deliver the monthly update reporting package for the client. This will include cost, schedule, EAC and design updates for the month.
12. Support Procurement and Contracts Administrator with procurement activities including but not limited to, bidding, change management, document management, and closeout.
13. Administer updates and maintenance of the assigned Program.
14. Assist in ensuring compliance with corporate financial policies, audit requirements, and control frameworks.
15. Work as part of an integrated consultant-client team.
16. May require travel to client site.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

1. Experience with financial systems such as SAP, Oracle or others is desired.
2. Experience on large capital infrastructure programs is desired.
3. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, and other standard business applications.
4. Strong oral and written communication skills.
5. Ability to concurrently manage multiple assignments and quickly adapt to new priorities.

Education and Experience

1. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or similar discipline.
2. A minimum of 5-8 years of relevant experience including developing processes and procedures related to cost and budget management and managing contract management information.
3. Experience in large capital expenditure projects desired.
4. Sound understanding of AACE International TCM Framework desired.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Additional Information

• Salary Range(s): Pay transparency laws require employers to provide the following information for positions that may be in the following jurisdiction(s):
• Location Description: Min/Max Pay Range for postings located in BC (Lower Mainland includes Vancouver & Burnaby)
• Min Pay Range: Lower Mainland $47.00 Per Hour
• Max Pay Range: Lower Mainland $68.00 Per Hour
• Note: The final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.