Site-Based Industrial Project Controls Lead

Ledcor Construction, Inc.; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ledcor Industrial, a leader in integrated construction and maintenance, is seeking a Project Controls Lead for major industrial projects in Canada. You will provide strategic direction on cost, schedule, progress, and performance while mentoring the project controls team in a site-based environment.

This role emphasizes data-driven insights, clear decision-making, and collaboration with operations and leadership to ensure discipline across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in project controls within industrial or large-scale construction environments.
• Proven experience leading cost and schedule controls on engineering and construction projects.
• Advanced knowledge of project cost systems, productivity tracking, earned value, and performance measurement.
• Strong scheduling experience with Primavera P6; TILOS experience considered an asset.
• Experience with InEight – InEight Control, InEight Plan, InEight Change.
• Strong understanding of project controls terminology, workflows, and interfaces with construction and engineering teams.
• Experience in contract management.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly present complex information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams in a site-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare complex reports in Excel for internal and external distribution.
• Compile, review, analyze, and present large quantities of data via the progress monitoring tool.
• Facilitates the tracking of project milestones and financial deadlines; assistance with the creation of the project schedule; inputs and updates schedule throughout the project.
• Responsible for the administration and technical support for various in-house database applications.
• Supports the subcontract management process by providing assistance with the review and processing of invoices and progress claims, and assistance with the review of documents and inquiries.
• Influence method and format of tables, charts and reports.
• Continuously improve project administrative processes and procedures to enhance efficiencies for the projects.
• Set up the project Control Budget and responsible for monitoring and reporting on progress of schedule and productivity vs. budget. Perform budget updates as required.
• Implement Ledcor systems and procedures including progress draws for project billings and the cost accounting system at project start-up and maintain throughout the project.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Post-secondary education in Construction Management/Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

InEight (Control/Plan/Change)

TILOS

Job description

Ledcor Industrial, a leader in integrated construction and maintenance, is seeking a Project Controls Lead for major industrial projects in Canada. You will provide strategic direction on cost, schedule, progress, and performance while mentoring the project controls team in a site-based environment.

This role emphasizes data-driven insights, clear decision-making, and collaboration with operations and leadership to ensure discipline across the project lifecycle.