Senior Project Controls Lead – Planning & Cost Management

BBA Consultants; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 148,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite mobility premium

Group insurance plan

Retirement savings plan

Annual vacation and sick leave

Cellphone fee reimbursements

Job summary

BBA Consultants in Vancouver, BC, Canada seeks a Senior Project Controls Specialist – Planning and Cost Control to drive cost management and scheduling across EPCM projects.

You will help ensure financial transparency, manage cost baselines, forecasts and change processes while supporting estimating, risk analysis and reporting. A strong, collaborative, results-focused professional is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance or a related field.
• More than fifteen 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 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

Budgeting

Forecasting

Change management

WBS development

Analytical skills

Communication

International projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or finance

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

Prism

EcoSys

SAP

MS Project

Job description

BBA Consultants in Vancouver, BC, Canada seeks a Senior Project Controls Specialist – Planning and Cost Control to drive cost management and scheduling across EPCM projects.

You will help ensure financial transparency, manage cost baselines, forecasts and change processes while supporting estimating, risk analysis and reporting. A strong, collaborative, results-focused professional is essential.