Senior Project Controls Lead - Planning & Cost Management

BBA Consultants; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 121,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group insurance plan

Retirement savings plan

Annual vacation and sick leave

Cellphone fee reimbursements

Onsite mobility premium

Job summary

BBA Consultants is seeking a Project Controls Specialist in Vancouver, BC, to lead cost control and scheduling across EPCM projects. You will collaborate with project managers and clients to ensure financial transparency and cost efficiency throughout all project phases.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or finance, 8+ years in planning and cost control, and proficiency with Primavera P6, Excel, and related tools. A hybrid work model is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance or a related field.
• More than eight years of relevant experience in planning and cost control on capital projects.
• Strong project planning, scheduling and project execution experience.
• Solid knowledge of project control principles, project life cycles and industry best practices.
• Proficiency in scheduling and cost-control software and tools (e.g., Primavera P6, Excel, Prism, EcoSys, SAP or similar).
• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills.
• Asset: French (both spoken and written).
• Asset: experience on mining, energy or heavy industry sectors.
• Asset: experience carrying out these functions on international projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cost control systems to monitor budget performance across engineering, procurement and construction workstreams.
• Collaborate with project teams to establish and manage project schedules, cost baselines, forecasts and change management processes.
• Support project estimating, cost risk analysis, cash flow modelling and financial reporting.
• Monitor costs and schedule performance, analyze variances against plan and proactively recommend corrective actions.
• Implement work breakdown structures and project coding systems.
• Manage project schedules, including critical path identification and analysis.
• Develop resource-loaded schedules, forecast labour needs and prepare histograms.
• Produce periodic cost reports tailored to client and project needs, including earned-value management, when applicable.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of cost engineering and control practices at BBA

Skills

Cost control

Scheduling

Forecasting

Primavera P6

Excel

Prism

EcoSys

SAP

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

Prism

EcoSys

SAP

Job description

BBA Consultants is seeking a Project Controls Specialist in Vancouver, BC, to lead cost control and scheduling across EPCM projects. You will collaborate with project managers and clients to ensure financial transparency and cost efficiency throughout all project phases.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or finance, 8+ years in planning and cost control, and proficiency with Primavera P6, Excel, and related tools. A hybrid work model is offered.