Regional Project Controls Lead, Infrastructure, Canada West

Stantec; Calgary; On-site; CAD 139,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Wellness program

RRSP

Employee stock purchase

Paid time off

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Regional Project Controls Lead for the Canada West region. This leadership role drives project controls across multiple offices, aligning priorities with regional leadership and ensuring a consistent governance framework.

You will influence portfolio performance, risk management, and resourcing while partnering with Delivery, Business, and Growth leaders to improve margins and cash flow across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years in project controls, project accounting, finance, or related field.
• Proven leadership across multiple groups and senior stakeholders.
• Expertise in Earned Value Management, forecasting, and portfolio governance.
• Experience driving organizational change and building teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Controls teams across the region and align priorities with regional leaders.
• Partner on portfolio margin, risk, resourcing, and performance initiatives.
• Review regional reports to identify trends, risks, and action items for leadership.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented recommendations in finance and operations forums.
• Develop and implement a consistent Project Controls framework across the region.
• Guide regional leaders on controls strategy, staffing, and governance.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Enterprise thinking

Executive communication

Portfolio governance

Change leadership

Talent development

Collaboration

Judgment

Accountability

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Regional Project Controls Lead, Infrastructure, Canada West

This position can be based in any Stantec office within Stantec's Canada West region.

Your Opportunity

The Regional Project Controls Lead provides regional leadership for Project Controls teams and serves as a strategic partner to regional business and operational leadership. The role connects portfolio performance, resource strategy, governance, escalation, and capability development across business centers while helping establish a consistent Project Controls framework.

Your Key Responsibilities

Lead Project Controls teams across the assigned region and coordinate priorities, capacity, and deployment with business-center and regional leaders.

Partner with Regional Delivery, Business, and Growth Leaders on portfolio margin, risk, DSO, resourcing, and performance initiatives.

Review regional R3, PCSR, and related reporting to identify trends, emerging risks, and opportunities requiring leadership action.

Participate in financial-management forums and provide concise, decision-oriented recommendations and escalation.

Monitor regional project performance and coordinate with Finance and Operations leadership to address margin impacts and other systemic issues.

Work with the Director of Project Controls and peer Regional Project Controls Leads to own, develop, and implement the Project Controls framework, standards, procedures, and work processes.

Provide guidance to regional leaders on project-controls strategy, governance, staffing, and implementation.

Lead change management, team building, capability development, and adoption of consistent project-controls practices across the region.

Promote collaboration across regions and business centers and facilitate the transfer of lessons learned and effective practices.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Strategic leadership; enterprise thinking; executive communication; portfolio governance; change leadership; talent development; collaboration; judgment; and accountability.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in project controls, project accounting, finance, project management, or a related field.

Demonstrated success leading teams and influencing senior operational and business leaders across a broad portfolio.

Advanced understanding of cost-based Earned Value Management, Financial Percent Complete, gross margin, forecasting, DSO, risk, and portfolio governance.

Experience leading organizational change, building teams, and establishing consistent operating practices across multiple groups.

Ability to synthesize complex portfolio information into clear priorities, decisions, and executive-level recommendations.

Preferred Experience

Leadership experience in a regional engineering consulting or professional-services environment.

Experience developing enterprise or regional project-controls frameworks and capability programs.

Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and cross-functional initiatives.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

Pay Range

• Locations in Lower Mainland - BC, GTA & Ottawa Ontario-$139,000.00 - $208,500.00 Annually

Pay Transparency

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location: Canada | BC | Vancouver

Other Locations: Canada | AB | Calgary

Organization: BC-1158 Transpt-CA British Columbia

Employee Status: Regular

Management Level: Senior manager

Business Justification: New Position

Travel: Yes

Schedule: Full time