Hybrid Project Controls Specialist

GHD; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 109,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

GHD is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to support our Central Canada Region, based in the Greater Toronto Area or Waterloo, Ontario. The role requires strong knowledge in scheduling, cost control, risk management, and earned value within a design/engineered environment, with hands-on delivery across multiple projects.

You’ll collaborate with Project Managers, Design Managers and Finance to ensure budgets and invoices align, develop dashboards in Power BI, and mentor project controls staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent diploma from a recognized college or university, with a minimum of 10 years of relevant technical, administrative, and project experience, including experience in project controls within a design or engineering environment.
• Experience providing project controls services for design delivery on large, multi-disciplinary engineering projects, specifically for industrial/process plants, facilities, or buildings, from design inception through construction completion.
• Detailed knowledge of scheduling methods, cost control processes, and risk management procedures.
• Experience developing project metrics, including earned value, CPI, and SPI.
• Understanding of design- and engineering-delivery project controls across various delivery models (DB, DBB, PDB, IPD).
• Experience implementing and coordinating project controls systems, including Primavera P6 and Acumen Fuse or similar tools.
• High proficiency with cost analysis and planning/scheduling tools such as Excel, MS Project, and Primavera P6.
• Experience with Power BI dashboard development and reporting.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, changing priorities, and multiple demands; strong team building and mentoring skills.
• Forensic scheduling experience and PMP/PMI-SP qualifications are assets.

Responsibilities

• Implement all aspects of project controls for a project or portfolio of projects, including scheduling, cost control, change management, and risk management.
• Deliver project controls activities hands-on, full or partial depending on project complexity and resources.
• Work closely with Project Managers on key project functions focusing on project controls.
• Provide recommendations on financial, schedule, and other project-related implications to help ensure KPIs are met or exceeded.
• Regularly review budgets and schedules with the Project Manager, Design Manager, and Discipline Leads; identify gaps and provide practical solutions.
• Review and provide recommendations on change notices in alignment with best practice change management processes.
• Collaborate with the Finance team to ensure project budgets and invoices are accurate; coordinate with Project Managers for timely client invoicing.
• Provide coaching and mentoring on project controls best practices to project team members and other staff.

Skills

Scheduling

Cost control

Risk management

Earned value

Project controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Acumen Fuse

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Job description

GHD is seeking a Project Controls Specialist to support our Central Canada Region, based in the Greater Toronto Area or Waterloo, Ontario. The role requires strong knowledge in scheduling, cost control, risk management, and earned value within a design/engineered environment, with hands-on delivery across multiple projects.

You’ll collaborate with Project Managers, Design Managers and Finance to ensure budgets and invoices align, develop dashboards in Power BI, and mentor project controls staff.