Project Control Officer

CPUS Engineering Staffing Solutions Inc.; Oshawa; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CPUS Engineering Staffing Solutions Inc. seeks a Project Manager to lead Front-End Planning and support project monitoring operations. This role involves managing project schedules, cost forecasting, and reporting while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. A successful candidate will have strong analytical skills and a degree in a relevant field, emphasizing effective project controls and risk management.

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge of engineering or science relevant to project planning.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills needed.
• Degree in relevant field or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate Front-End Planning processes.
• Develop and maintain project schedules; perform variance analysis.
• Ensure accurate project cost forecasting and reporting.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Project scheduling

Risk management

Education

Four-year university degree in Business, Finance, or Engineering

Job description

• Front End Planning (FEP) – Project team member responsible for coordinating, facilitating and driving the Front-End Planning processes
• Project Monitoring & Control – Develop and maintain updated and accurate conceptual phase schedule. Load approved project plan into applicable project control systems; Set up applicable source systems as required and ensure alignment with project control systems.
• Maintain alignment between source systems and project control systems throughout project life cycle.
• Reporting – Facilitate project metrics reporting and variance analysis.
• Identify actual and potential deviations from the approved annual, release or life cycle budgets or schedules to the Project Manager. Recommend corrective actions. With support of project team members, monitor project risks against Risk Management Plan, maintain Risk Register and update as required.
• Change Management – Ensure approved change control processes are followed. Prepare and obtain approval of applicable change control documentation. Timely update of project cost and schedule once change approval or direction has been approved. Maintain accurate historical project performance throughout change control process.
• Cost & Schedule Quality – Maintain the project schedule such that it accurately reflects the current project plan, including field execution. Ensure accurate project cost forecasting. Ensure accurate schedule updating / statusing. Monitor / verify standard project reports for accuracy.
• Interface with Cross Functional Groups – Interface with all stakeholders to ensure project plans are accurately updated and maintained. Interface with Finance to ensure financial systems reflect project plan. Obtaining cost and schedule status and forecasts from resource providers.
• Closeout Phase – Facilitate and support project financial close out process. Final reconciliation and finalize / close out project controls and source systems.
• Miscellaneous – Assist with continuous improvement of PMO processes and procedures. Assist in the development and continuous improvement of the project controls information system

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge of engineering / science encompassing subject area relevant to the project planning, scheduling, risk management, and control service needs of the division.
• Requires strong interpersonal and communication skills, including relevant business and computer applications knowledge, to develop and maintain computerized project information, costs and forecasts.
• This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired through the successful completion of a four-year university education in an appropriate field such as Business, Finance or Engineering, or by having the equivalent level of education