Scheduling and Project Controls Specialist

J.L. Richards & Associates Limited; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share ownership opportunities

Merit and profit bonus program

Competitive salaries

Health and dental benefits

RRSP/DPSP matching program

Parental leave top-up

Fun Funds to plan extracurriculars

Job summary

J.L. Richards & Associates Limited (JLR) in Ottawa seeks a Scheduling and Project Controls Specialist to join the Project Delivery group.

You will develop and maintain project schedules for diverse architectural, engineering, and construction projects, tracking milestones and critical path activities. You will provide project controls support, review contractor schedules, evaluate impacts, and drive standards and best practices while coaching teams on schedule delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules for multiple project types.
• Ability to analyze schedule performance and identify risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining project schedules for a wide variety of architectural, engineering, and construction projects while tracking milestones, progress, and critical path activities.
• Providing project controls support through resource planning, workload forecasting, schedule performance monitoring, dashboard development, executive reporting, and project health reviews.
• Supporting project teams during construction by reviewing contractor schedules, evaluating schedule impacts and delay claims, participating in progress meetings, and providing schedule-related recommendations to clients and internal teams.
• Driving continuous improvement by developing project controls standards, templates, and best practices, while coaching project teams on schedule development, analysis, and effective project delivery practices.

Skills

Scheduling

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

CPM

Project controls

Job description

Scheduling and Project Controls Specialist

Sep 22, 2026

We've opened a role in any of our offices for a talented, entrepreneurial Scheduling and Project Controls Specialist to work alongside exceptional people in JLR's Project Delivery group.

Pop Quiz:

• Do you enjoy bringing order to complex projects through thoughtful planning, scheduling, and coordination?
• Are you someone who naturally spots risks, challenges, and opportunities before they impact project delivery?
• Have you built and managed project schedules using Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Critical Path Method (CPM) principles?
• Does the opportunity to advise project teams, contractors, and clients on schedule performance and project controls sound like the next step in your career?

If you scored four for four, JLR has a home for you as a Scheduling and Project Controls Specialist! You'll be supported by a Platinum Club member of Canada's Best Managed Companies program, 100% employee-owned firm that has a long-established reputation for quality services in multiple sectors, while you take on existing clients, develop new relationships, and deliver world-class, innovative solutions that support community building and growth in our cities.

JLR is a creative, tight-knit, and mentorship-focused community with unique opportunities for driven people with tenacity and spirit. Our organization is made up of diverse employee owners with specialized expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Joining the JLR team means joining a dynamic group of innovative architecture, engineering, and planning professionals and support staff. You'll have the opportunity to help establish new clients and partner with existing ones to develop insightful solutions and see projects through from inception to completion.

If you're innovative and collaborative, thrive when presented with new challenges, and are eager to take your career in new directions, then JLR is the right environment for you.

Your Role as Scheduling and Project Controls Specialist:

Choose your own adventure! Let's talk about how your skills, experience, goals, and passions can find a home at JLR. As the Scheduling and Project Controls Specialist, your role will include:

• Developing and maintaining project schedules for a wide variety of architectural, engineering, and construction projects while tracking milestones, progress, and critical path activities.
• Providing project controls support through resource planning, workload forecasting, schedule performance monitoring, dashboard development, executive reporting, and project health reviews.
• Supporting project teams during construction by reviewing contractor schedules, evaluating schedule impacts and delay claims, participating in progress meetings, and providing schedule-related recommendations to clients and internal teams.
• Driving continuous improvement by developing project controls standards, templates, and best practices, while coaching project teams on schedule development, analysis, and effective project delivery practices.

Why Join Us?

We live, work, breathe, sleep, and thrive in the communities we build. We love northern Ontario and the glorious bounty of the natural world and we're proud of our reputation and longevity in the National Capital and Kingston regions. Furthermore, we're growing our presence in southwestern Ontario and all along the Great Lakes of Ontario.

We foster a friendly, welcoming, and team-oriented atmosphere that encourages innovation and collaboration. We have an established depth of technical and support resources that can efficiently and effectively deliver small and large multidisciplinary projects. We provide flexible career direction with opportunities to choose your own path and interesting and exciting assignments ranging in size and type.

• Share ownership opportunities at all levels
• Merit and profit bonus program
• Competitive salaries reviewed annually

Work-life Balance and Employee Wellness

• Immediate health and dental benefits
• RRSP/DPSP matching program
• Parental leave top-up program
• Fun Funds to plan extracurricular social events

Community Engagement and Social Responsibility

JLR welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

At JLR, each of us contributes to inclusion and we all have a role to play. Our culture is the result of our behaviours, our personal commitment, our curiosity, how we collaborate, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. In turn, our environment inspires us to try new things, speak openly, and be bold. It brings us together in ways that help us stand out. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to connect, belong, and grow. Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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