Nuclear Project Controls Specialist – Scheduling & PMO Expert

BWXT; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pension plan

Hybrid schedule

Referral bonuses

Educational refund

Professional development

Wellness programs

Inclusive workplace

Team building

Job summary

BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. in Peterborough, ON seeks a Project Controls Specialist to govern PMO methods, manage scheduling and budgeting, and support project initiation.

You will collaborate with Project Managers to ensure governance, tools, and best practices are applied effectively on assigned projects. The role requires strong scheduling skills, Primavera P6 and Excel mastery, and English proficiency, with a focus on data integrity and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Completion of post-secondary education in a field such as, engineering, mathematics, or business.
• 5 years of related project controls experience in a project based organization.
• Mastery of scheduling practices and concepts.
• Mastery of Oracle Primavera P6.
• Mastery of Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstratable understanding of project management fundamentals such as scheduling, earned-value management, budget, controls, and change management.
• Demonstratable experience with visual analytic software.
• Demonstratable strength in organizing, analyzing, and presenting large and diverse data sets.
• Professional competency of English, in written and verbal forms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and control the effective use and administration of the scheduling system(s).
• Advise and support project organization during planning phases of assigned projects, especially with respect to established governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
• Execute and support project and change initiation activities in collaboration with the Project Managers.
• Advise project teams and support all elements of project execution through the thorough and practical understanding of Project Management Organization governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
• Create and maintain governance, procedures, tools, and best practices to be employed by Project Management Organization.
• Audit and enforce the established governance, procedures, tools, and best practices through routine and periodic checks, tests, interviews, etc.
• Report compliance to and deviations from established governance, procedures, tools, and best practices with the affected Project Manager and other leaders within the business.
• Ensure integrity of project and portfolio data across the various systems (scheduling, ERP, other databases, etc.).
• Create, maintain, and utilize training materials for the scheduling system(s) and Project Management Organization governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
• Support and, in some cases, deputize Project Managers as mutually agreed to in appropriate circumstances.
• Suggest and raise opportunities aimed at improving the departmental governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
• Support and sometimes lead the continuous improvement of departmental governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.

Skills

Scheduling knowledge

Earned value

Budget controls

Change management

English

Education

Post-secondary in engineering/Mathematics/Business

Tools

Oracle Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

Job description

BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. in Peterborough, ON seeks a Project Controls Specialist to govern PMO methods, manage scheduling and budgeting, and support project initiation.

You will collaborate with Project Managers to ensure governance, tools, and best practices are applied effectively on assigned projects. The role requires strong scheduling skills, Primavera P6 and Excel mastery, and English proficiency, with a focus on data integrity and continuous improvement.