Cost Controller

Snc-Lavalin; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Generous time-off policies

Professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Toronto is seeking a Cost Controller to manage cost control processes and reporting for infrastructure projects. You will collaborate with project managers and discipline leads to maintain accurate forecasts and cost performance metrics.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cost control, strong Excel skills, and experience with Primavera P6 and Power BI. This role supports a hybrid work culture and offers competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cost control experience on infrastructure or capital projects.
• Strong knowledge of change management and contract administration.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cost control processes and track budgets.
• Prepare cost reports, variance and earned value analyses.
• Collaborate with PMs and discipline leads to forecast at completion.
• Support risk assessments and cost-expense tracking.

Skills

Cost control

Project controls

Primavera P6

Power BI

Excel proficiency

Budgeting

Forecasting

Risk management

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Job Description Overview

Come join us in reshaping the future with AtkinsRéalis. AtkinsRéalis is dedicated in engineering a better future for our planet and its people. AtkinsRéalis is hiring a Cost Controller to join our team. The Cost Controller reports to the Senior Manager, Project Cost Control. This position s based in our Toronto, Ontario offices.

Your role

• Maintain cost control and cost management processes for infrastructure construction project.
• Monitor project performance by tracking actual costs, commitments, productivity, and progress against approved budgets.
• Prepare cost reports, variance analysis, earned value analysis, forecast updates, cost projections, and performance dashboards for project.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Construction Managers, and Discipline Leads to develop accurate forecasts/estimate at completion.
• Evaluate, track, and manage change orders, scope changes, and claims, assessing their impact on project budgets, schedules, and overall project performance.
• Support project controls activities to ensure effective cost and schedule impact timely captured throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide project controls insights to Construction/Contract Management teams to support contract administration, and contractor performance evaluations.
• Participate in project meetings and reviews, cost performance updates to support informed decision-making.
• Contribute to project risk assessments by identifying potential cost exposures to support successful project delivery.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, Civil Engineering Technologist (Construction Management Major SAIT/NAIT) or a related discipline / combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of experience in Cost Control, Project Controls, ideally supporting infrastructure, transit, transportation, utilities, or major capital construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience in delivery of construction projects, understanding of complex construction contracts, change management, contractor performance evaluation, progress payments, and project controls integrated reporting.
• Proficiency with Advanced Excel and project controls/reporting tools such as Primavera P6, and Power BI.
• Strong understanding of project controls principles, cost management, budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, and risk management.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, problem-solving, reporting, and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary project environment while managing multiple priorities and stakeholders.

Rewards & benefits

• 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.

Additional information

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Expected compensation for this role is between $80,000 - $100,000 annually. Base salaries are determined according to several parameters like skills, experience, and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into account in our offers.

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuc gle & capital.

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