Project & Control Officer

Spirit Omega Inc; Pickering; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit Omega Inc. in Pickering, ON is seeking a Front End Planning (FEP) professional to coordinate and drive Front-End Planning processes for a 24-month contract. The role focuses on input into scoping, WBS, budgets, and developing integrated Primavera schedules for field execution.

The candidate will establish budgets and milestones, support Business Case summaries, and ensure schedule and cost monitoring with accurate reporting and change control across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years Project Controls/Project Management experience.
• Advanced Excel skills considered an asset
• Must have strong scheduling experience
• P6 certificate is considered an asset (not required)
• ECOSYS experience is considered an asset (not required)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, facilitate, and drive Front-End Planning processes.
• Review project scoping, WBS, and Basis of Estimates.
• Develop integrated, resource-loaded Primavera schedules for field execution.
• Establish project budgets, contingency, and milestones.
• Support and author Business Case Summary development.
• Ensure detail and quality for monitoring cost, schedule, and scope commitments.
• Maintain updated conceptual phase schedule and align source systems.
• Perform weekly schedule updates and cost/schedule analyses.
• Update forecasts and facilitate variance reporting.
• Identify deviations and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain change control documentation and baseline integrity.
• Maintain schedule quality and accuracy; identify critical path, floats, predecessors and successors.
• Monitor contractor cost and schedule performance against project plan.

Skills

Project controls experience

Scheduling experience

Advanced Excel

Tools

P6

ECOSYS

Job description

Number of Vacancies: 1

Contract Length: 24 Months

Hours of work: 35 hrs/wk

Job Location: Pickering, ON (100% on Site)

Resume Due Date: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 (5:00PM EST)

Pay Range: $80.00/hr - $92.58/hr

Job Overview

Front End Planning (FEP)

• Project team member responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and driving the Front-End Planning processes.
• Review and provide input into project scoping, Work Breakdown Structures, and Basis of Estimates.
• With support of project team members, develop integrated, logically tied, resource loaded project schedules (Primavera) which incorporate identified scope, risks, estimates/budgets, and constraints to the individual task level for field execution.
• With support of project team members, establish project budgets, contingency, and milestones.
• Support and author Business Case Summary development.
• Ensure detail, accuracy, and quality is adequate to allow monitoring and control of project to ensure successful completion of cost, schedule, and scope commitments.

Project Monitoring & Control

• Develop and maintain updated and accurate conceptual phase schedule. Maintain alignment between source systems and project control systems throughout project life cycle.
• Perform weekly schedule updates.
• Perform weekly cost and schedule analysis.
• Update schedule and cost forecasts accordingly.
• 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.

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. Perform “what if” analysis for project team.
• Maintain project baseline integrity.

Cost & Schedule Quality

• Maintain the project schedule such that it accurately reflects the current project plan, including field execution.
• Reconciliation of financial systems and project controls system.
• Remediate any discrepancies and maintain alignment.
• Ensure accurate project cost forecasting.
• Ensure accurate schedule updating/statusing.
• Maintain project schedule quality and accuracy.
• Critical path, float, predecessor and successor tasks identified, activities logically tied, minimal restraints, etc.
• Monitor/verify standard project reports for accuracy.

Purchase Order Analysis & Reporting

• Ensure applicable source systems are set up correctly to maintain alignment between costs and assigned budgets in project plan.
• Populate project control systems to accurately capture and allow monitoring of costs.
• Monitor contractor cost and schedule performance against project plan and identify actual or potential discrepancies to Project Manager.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years Project Controls/Project Management experience
• Advanced Excel skills considered an asset
• Must have strong scheduling experience
• P6 certificate is considered an asset (not required)
• ECOSYS experience is considered an asset (not required)

Spirit Omega is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from anyone, including members of Indigenous peoples, Women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.

Thank you for applying. We appreciate your interest; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted regarding the next steps in the hiring process.

#INDSPO