Project Controls Manager

Lycopodium; Vancouver; 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 Vancouver. This role involves overseeing project costs, schedules, and progress, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in project delivery. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in project controls within the engineering and construction sectors, demonstrating strong skills in cost management, scheduling, and communication. The company values diversity and offers a supportive environment that fosters career development and work-life balance. If you are passionate about driving project success and want to work on large-scale projects, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible Work Arrangements

Career Progression Opportunities

Mentorship from Industry Experts

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage project costs, schedules, and progress reporting.
• Support the team in maintaining cost controls and project documentation.
• Implement project control procedures and manage budgets effectively.

Skills

Project Controls Principles

Cost Control

Budget Management

Scheduling

Change Management

Communication Skills

Forecasting

Earned Value Management

Procurement Understanding

Education

Engineering Qualification

Equivalent Experience in Engineering/Construction

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 Vancouver, BC. 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.

Responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

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 detail 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.

Benefits

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 whilst 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.