Senior Project Controls Analyst

WSP Canada; Canada; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Project Control Analyst in Canada. This role involves managing financial and project activities, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring accurate reporting and tracking. The ideal candidate will have a post-secondary degree and 7-12 years of relevant experience, preferably in the engineering sector. Strong adaptability and interpersonal skills are essential for success in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 7-12 years of relevant experience.
• Previous relevant experience in the engineering industry is an asset.
• Ability to manage deadline pressure and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Support baseline budgets and work breakdown structure to manage hours and expenditure.
• Build strategies to realign project performance and meet KPIs.
• Maintain accurate reporting and tracking on a project.

Skills

Adaptability

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Multi-tasking

Education

Post-secondary degree (project management, finance or business preferred)

Job description

Overview

The Opportunity: The Senior Project Control Analyst supports the execution of project activities, including Financial Management, project management, and monthly reporting. You will be challenged to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and maintain a very high quality.

What you can expect to do here

• Work with multi -disciplinary teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Planners, Designers and Contract Administrators, Sub-Consultants, and other staff as required;
• Implement and execute project controls plans to support contractual requirements on a portfolio of projects ;
• Support baseline budgets and work breakdown structure to manage hours and expenditure;
• Maintain accurate reporting and tracking on a project to verify planned value, actual cost, earned value and schedule.
• Assess impacts for changes to baseline / estimates and new forecasted dates / performance;
• Timely identification, notification, resolution and recording of deviations from current plan, including items that have potential for future impact within project scope; Support monthly progress reporting, timely invoicing and forecast accruals
• Build out strategies on how to realign project performance and ensure we meet or exceed on project KPIs
• Convey an understanding of project evolution and serve as a preventative mechanism for unforeseen cost and schedule impacts;
• Implement and execute methods of effective progress measurement based on size and complexity of project;
• Manage the financial health of the project, including variance reporting for both schedule and cost.
• Attend meetings, as required and prepare and distribute agenda items, take meeting actions and track minutes for follow up items;
• Assist in preparing reporting packages to project and corporate management teams;
• Prepare project plans including, work breakdown structures, cost plan, quality plan, and change management plan.

What you'll bring to WSP

• Post-secondary degree (project management, finance or business preferred);
• 7-12 years of relevant experience;
• Previous relevant experience in engineering industry is an asset;
• Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change;
• Ability to multi-task, work on several projects or tasks at once, manage time, organize, and set priorities;
• Strong interpersonal skills as the role requires continuous interaction with team members.

About WSP

• WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.
• We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.
• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

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