Senior Project Controls Lead — Cost & Forecasting

Tetra Tech; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Merit-based rewards

Work-life balance

Collaborative team environment

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Tetra Tech in Mississauga, Ontario, is seeking a Senior Project Controller to join our Power team. This role focuses on cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for complex projects.

The position requires a university degree and 10+ years in project controls, with advanced skills in MS Project, Primavera P6, Excel, and related tools. You will collaborate with engineering, procurement, planning, and finance teams to drive project success.

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance, Mathematics, Accounting, Engineering, or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in project controls or cost control within engineering/construction environments.
• Experience leading cost control, forecasting, reporting and change management on complex projects.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Project, Primavera P6, MS Access, Excel and Word.
• Strong knowledge of computerized project management, cost control and financial reporting systems.
• Excellent analytical, communication and presentation skills with ability to influence decisions.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including engineering, procurement, planning and finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of project controls processes for scope, schedule, estimate, procurement and contracting alignment.
• Establish project coding structures with estimating/planning teams and convert estimates into the control budget.
• Manage project data in the cost control database ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Develop engineering progress measurement formats with Engineering Leads and maintain progress tracking.
• Administer project change control procedures and incorporate changes into forecasts and reporting.
• Consolidate commitments, actual costs, forecasts, and change data to produce cost reports and forecasts.
• Prepare detailed project summaries and support monthly invoicing and reporting.
• Develop cost reports, dashboards, and cash flow reports as directed.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communications

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Education

University degree in Finance/Engineering/Accounting

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

MS Access

Excel

Word

Job description

Tetra Tech in Mississauga, Ontario, is seeking a Senior Project Controller to join our Power team. This role focuses on cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for complex projects.

The position requires a university degree and 10+ years in project controls, with advanced skills in MS Project, Primavera P6, Excel, and related tools. You will collaborate with engineering, procurement, planning, and finance teams to drive project success.