Senior Cost Controller

Turner & Townsend; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental coverage

Health spending account

RRSP matching

Learning & development budget

Professional membership allowance

Flexible vacation & sick days

Hybrid work model

Diversity & inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Calgary is seeking a Senior Cost Controller with 10+ years of post-graduate experience. You will lead budgeting, forecasting, and cost control across complex energy and natural resources projects, ensuring alignment of scope, schedule, cost, and risk with contractual requirements.

You will develop WBS, CBS, and control frameworks, oversee change management, and produce performance reports for leadership teams.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in cost control and project controls.
• Experience with multi-million budgets in energy/oil & gas.
• Experience with large capital projects.
• Professional certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage project budgets, cost plans, and control frameworks.
• Establish project cost baselines and monitor performance against approved budgets.
• Lead WBS development and CBS maintenance to support budgeting and reporting.
• Coordinate change management processes from identification to approval and implementation.
• Prepare cost reports and dashboards for project reviews.

Skills

Cost control

Budgeting

Earned Value

Leadership

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP CCP PSP

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

MS Excel

Job description

• Department: Energy and natural resources

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world

Who are you?

• You are an expertSenior Cost Controllerwith a minimum of 10+years post-graduate experiencelooking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment.

Job Description

• The Senior Cost Controller is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing project cost control processes to ensure projects are delivered within approved budgets and financial objectives. This role provides leadership in budgeting, forecasting, cost monitoring, change management, reporting, and financial analysis while supporting project teams and senior management with accurate and timely financial information.
• The position plays a critical role in the Project Controls function by developing and maintaining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), cost control systems, performance reporting, and change management processes. The Senior Cost Controller ensures alignment between scope, schedule, cost, risk, and contractual requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage project budgets, cost plans, and control frameworks.
• Establish project cost baselines and monitor performance against approved budgets.
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in accordance with project scope, execution strategy, and contractual requirements.
• Develop and maintain the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) to support accurate budgeting, cost collection, tracking, forecasting, and reporting.
• Lead and coordinate the project Change Management and Change Control processes from identification through approval and implementation.
• Assess the cost and financial impact of proposed changes, trends, and potential change orders.
• Monitor project expenditures, commitments, accruals, and actual costs against approved budgets and control accounts.
• Monitor project performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics, including Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI).
• Analyze cost variances, identify root causes, and recommend corrective actions
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc cost reports and project performance dashboards.
• Develop and maintain Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), and cash flow forecasts.
• Present project financial status and forecasts during project review meetings
• Work closely with Project Managers, Planning Engineers, Estimators, Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Construction, and Operations teams.
• Mentor and support junior cost control and project controls personnel.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CCP (Certified Cost Professional), PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional), or equivalent are considered an asset.

Experience

• Minimum 8-10 years of progressive experience in Cost Control and Project Controls
• Experience supporting large-scale capital projects within Energy, Oil & Gas, Mining, Infrastructure, Utilities, Manufacturing, Construction, or Industrial sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-million and/or billion-dollar project budgets and forecasts.

Additional Information

What's in it for you...

100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)

Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program

RRSP option with company matching

Annual learning and development budget

Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth

Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role

We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days

A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives

Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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