Project Controls Analyst – Cost

Airswift; Calgary; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a seasoned Project Controls professional to join our Calgary office. Reporting to a Manager Project Controls, you will provide cost management expertise across projects, focusing on timeliness and accuracy in cost control, forecasting and reporting.

This role requires deep knowledge of project controls processes, strong collaboration with project teams, and the ability to manage cost, schedule and change.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Project Controls experience in Oil & Gas.
• Post-secondary degree, diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in Planning/Scheduling, change management, field progress systems, contractor performance management.
• Working knowledge of estimate development, cost processes; SAP and ECOSYS assets.
• Oilsands or Oil & Gas experience with Owner or EPC is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Drive adherence to safety compliance and manage cost control, forecasting, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain cost control standards, templates, and specifications.
• Manage commitments, actual costs, and allocations.
• Perform cost variance, trend, and root-cause analysis.
• Prepare cost reporting requirements and closeout deliverables.
• Coordinate with planners, estimators, schedulers for cost impacts.
• Set up KPIs and reporting for stewardship.

Skills

Project controls

Cost control

Scheduling

Change management

Forecasting

Reporting

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Post-secondary degree

Tools

SAP

ECOSYS

Cost management tools

Job description

Reporting to a Manager Project Controls, you will be providing Project Controls cost management expertise, consulting with project team members on assigned projects. With your experience and knowledge of project controls process and tools, you will be providing cost control, change management, forecasting and reporting with focus on timeliness and accuracy.

Key Accountabilities

• As a professional, you will be responsible to drive adherence to safety compliance; develop, maintain and continuously improve all aspects of cost control, forecasting, change management and reporting for the successful PC service on the project.
• Responsible to understand and follow the Standards, Procedures, Templates and Specifications.
• Responsible to raise any deviations to the PC Standards & Procedures and ensure they are signed by the document owner and approver.
• Responsible to support Quality Assurance by ensuring process compliance with the PC Standards & Procedures and expected behaviors.
• Responsible to support Quality Control by completing the PC deliverables with timeliness and accuracy, to meet expected outcomes.
• Managing commitments, actual costs and allocations.
• Calculating incurred costs and developing/maintaining the incurred cost forecast (ICF).
• Performing cost variance, trend analysis and root cause analysis.
• Maintaining the project contingency and escalation management plans.
• Developing and producing project cost reporting requirements.
• Completing progressive closeout of cost closeout and benchmarking deliverables.
• Maintaining the project change log.
• Initiating, coordinating, and managing Project Change Notices.
• Preparing or coordinating with the estimator and/or scheduler for the preparation of cost & schedule impacts to analyze potential PCNs.
• Coordinating with the coordinator or project management designate for change management.
• Understanding the project baseline and control budget including scope definition, estimate costs workforce hours, schedule dates and durations and execution strategies to facilitate immediate decisions on project change.
• Alerting the Project Controls Manager of potential or real deviations from the control budget as early as possible to enable development and implementation of mitigation or recovery measures.
• Providing supporting backup and explanations for all identified changes.
• Working closely with all Integrated Team members, being proactive to resolve any identified concerns or issues.
• Progressive closeout as project milestones are completed, e.g. POs and NWA. Set up metrics/KPIs and reporting for stewardship.
• Executing the PC Closeout plan, complete and obtain approval for the final Closeout report, provide benchmarking data as per plan.
• Ensure our contractors understand their obligations and how they will share in the success of the project.
• Ensure our contractors are delivering as per their obligations and elevating issues as they arise.
• Collaborate with functional counterparts like PC Planning/Scheduling, Estimating, Engineering, Construction, Supply Chain, Finance, and Project Governance to guarantee the necessary input from those functions are considered in the planning effort to achieve project goals.
• Support Project teams with ad-hoc requests, cover for absences if required, provide expert advice upon request

Required Qualifications

Experience and Education:

• 10+ years of Project Controls experience preferably in the Oil & Gas industry.
• Post‑secondary degree, diploma or equivalent.
• Project Controls experience in Planning/Scheduling, project management of change, field progress systems and contractor performance management in a major projects environment.
• Working knowledge of estimate development, cost processes and tools, SAP and ECOSYS is an asset.
• Previous Oilsands or Oil & Gas experience with an Owner or EPC organization is an asset.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Cost control professional with depth and well‑rounded project controls expertise, understanding of procedures and best practices.
• Apply a working knowledge of key project controls concepts, functions, processes, principles, standards, and policies.
• Can identify and resolve common problems and identify impacts of actions, risks, and opportunities by displaying analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Can apply skill to a range of tasks, working without supervision in routine, well‑defined situations.
• Good interpersonal, analytical, organizational & communication skills; both written and verbal, and positive teamwork approach with cross‑functional partnership and collaboration.
• Collaborate with others to develop competency, pursue learning opportunities, and share knowledge with others.

Working Conditions

• Position is Calgary office based. 40 hrs/week, Monday to Friday.
• Occasional site trips to Fort McMurray may be required depending on the portfolio, project or project team.
• No option for hybrid or remote work arrangements.