Project Controls Manager

Lycopodium; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Controls Manager to join their dynamic team in Mississauga. This role offers a unique opportunity to manage project costs and schedules while working on large-scale projects. You will collaborate with a team of seasoned professionals, ensuring the delivery of high-quality engineering and project services across various sectors. The company fosters a culture of career progression and technical skill development, allowing you to balance work with personal commitments through flexible arrangements. If you are passionate about project management and eager to contribute to impactful projects, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Work Arrangements

Career Progression Opportunities

Technical Skill Development

Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project controls for EPC/EPCM projects.
• Strong understanding of project budget, scheduling, and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage project costs, schedules, and progress with accuracy.
• Support the Project Controls Manager in maintaining cost controls.

Skills

Project Controls Principles

Cost Control

Budget Development

Planning/Scheduling

Change Management

Progress Management

Project Reporting

Communication Skills

Education

Engineering Qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

With offices in Australia, Canada, Africa, Peru, and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high-quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally across the resources, infrastructure, and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world. Lycopodium is currently recruiting for a Project Controls Manager to join our growing Projects team in Mississauga, ON.

Reporting to the Project Controls Manager, they will be responsible for managing project total costs, schedule, and progress in a timely and consistently accurate manner. The tasks you'll perform:

1. Support the Project Controls Manager and his/her team to establish and maintain the cost controls for a project, providing quality up-to-date data to assist with the management of project activities.
2. Adopt and follow the various (project-specific and company) procedures, work practices, plans, systems, and protocols required to work efficiently, maintain a consistent approach, and high standard of work.
3. Operate in accordance with the Company Project Control Procedures and Processes, in particular cost control, forecasting, and progress reporting.
4. Implement and maintain Project Control Work Breakdown Structure.
5. Manage project budget and schedule.

The expertise you'll bring:

1. Preferably an Engineering qualification or equivalent (extended experience in the engineering and/or construction fields).
2. More than 8 years post-graduation (or 10 years experience in the industry).
3. Strong understanding of project controls principles and processes for EPC/EPCM projects including budget development, cost control, planning/scheduling, change management, progress management, and project reporting.
4. Ability to establish and maintain Project work breakdown structure and cost breakdown structure.
5. Ability to manage, forecast, and trend Project indirect and direct capital costs including budget, commitments, accruals, and forecast.
6. Strong understanding of Procurement and Project accounting interdependencies, ability to liaise/provide support to both functions as required.
7. Ability to coordinate and maintain project Change Management processes.
8. Proficiency with Project progress measurement and reporting (including Earned Value and KPIs) for engineering, procurement, and construction phases.
9. Proficiency with scheduling systems (Primavera P6 and MS Project).
10. Ability to establish and maintain resource-loaded Project Schedule of required level of details for all phases including engineering, procurement, and construction.
11. Ability to liaise with different disciplines (home office and at site), manage and coordinate various inputs for the accurate and timely project reporting at different levels (weekly, monthly, dashboard, ad-hoc, etc.).
12. Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision with a consistently high degree of accuracy and high-quality deliverables.
13. Demonstrate a high standard of verbal and written communication.

The benefits we'll provide:

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects while working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals. We recognize that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we:

1. Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
2. Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
3. Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability, and ethnicity. Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company. We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. Please submit your CV by clicking the 'Apply' button.

About the company

We see the world of projects and ideas. From complex multidisciplinary engineering, construction, and project management projects to small-scope studies.