Project Controls Advisor

Omega AS; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NSB Omega in Calgary seeks a Project Controls Advisor for a major Oil & Gas client. You will coordinate cost control activities, develop controls plans, and oversee cost estimates while supporting scheduling and financial closeout for assigned scopes.

Responsibilities include managing bookings, WIP, accruals, and ensuring compliance with client procedures. Travel to project sites is expected as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Construction Management.
• Experience in Project Services, Project Controls and Planning.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• Willing to travel to required project sites (overseas or domestic) and work in a team environment.
• Knowledgeable with project management best practices framework and key work processes.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Strong organizational, business, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong influencing, consulting, mentoring, analytical and computing skills.
• Competent or Expert proficiency in several Project Management skills (e.g. EMCAPS, project controls, execution planning, contracting strategy, contract administration, cost estimating, planning & scheduling).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the project cost control activities, including compliance with client policies and procedures, development and maintenance of controls systems to support contracting strategies, and contract administration.
• Develop Project Controls Plans.
• Oversee development of Project Class 3 Cost Estimate.
• Independently draft high quality Appropriation Request packages, project procedures, and Decision Support documents.
• Develops and maintains the owner schedule basis for assigned scope, integrates contractor schedules, analyzes critical path/float/interfaces, supports schedule reserve and recovery analysis, and produces schedule/progress insight.
• Owns detailed cost, forecast, progress, change and reporting analysis for assigned scopes; challenges contractor inputs; reconciles WBS/CBS/AFE data; and identifies trends and supports corrective actions; manages bookings, WIP/Accruals, commitments, audit trails and financial closeout interfaces for the assigned scope.

Skills

Project Controls

Planning

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Contracting strategy

Cost estimating

Scheduling

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelors of Science Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Construction Management

Tools

EMCAPS

Job description

NSB Omega is searching for a Project Controls Advisor for our MAJOR Oil & Gas Client in Calgary, AB.

Assignment Description

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the coordination of the project cost control activities, including compliance with client policies and procedures, development and maintenance of controls systems to support contracting strategies, and contract administration.
• Possesses the capability and experience to develop Project Controls Plans.
• Possesses the capability and experience to oversee development of Project Class 3 Cost Estimate
• Possesses the capability to independently draft high quality Appropriation Request packages, project procedures, and Decision Support (White Paper) documents

Main role:

Develops and maintains the owner schedule basis for assigned scope, integrates contractor schedules, analyzes critical path/float/interfaces, supports schedule reserve and recovery analysis, and produces schedule/progress insight.

Support (secondary) to Controls team: Owns detailed cost, forecast, progress, change and reporting analysis for assigned scopes; challenges contractor inputs; reconciles WBS/CBS/AFE data; and identifies trends and supports corrective actions. The PCE also manages bookings, WIP/Accruals, commitments, audit trails and financial closeout interfaces for the assigned scope.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or Construction Management
• Experience in Project Services, Project Controls and Planning
• Previous supervisory experience preferred
• Multiple international project assignmentsWilling to travel to required project sites (overseas or domestic) and work in a team environment
• Knowledgeable with project management best practices framework and key work processes
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Strong organizational, business, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strong influencing, consulting, mentoring, analytical and computing skills
• Competent or Expert proficiency in several Project Management skills (e.g. EMCAPS (ExxonMobil Capital Project Management System), project controls, execution planning, contracting strategy, contract administration, cost estimating, planning & scheduling)