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Senior Project Controls Manager

Major Projects, Canada

Toronto / Ottawa, ON

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Senior Project Controls Manager!

Your work environment at EXP

In this role you will be a senior member of our Project Controls team in the Major Projects Sector, be based in our Toronto or Ottawa offices, and lead our Project Controls functions on current and future projects across North America.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

1. Reporting directly to our Vice President, Project Controls, you will lead our Project Controls specialists working with EXP and its partners Project Managers, Design Managers, Construction Managers and Engineers to:
2. Oversee project planning, scheduling, budgeting, change & risk management, cost estimating & control, forecasting, reporting and document management for assigned projects.
3. Work with project teams to ensure alignment of the project forecast Estimate To Complete (ETC)/Estimate At Completion (EAC) for schedule and cost.
4. Ensure maintenance and updating of project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
5. Lead the production of accurate internal weekly/monthly project reports. Interface with, and present to project and corporate management as required.
6. Lead project planning and scheduling inputs into future proposals and pursuits.
7. Prepare and present project planning and scheduling reports for Project Management and Client review.
8. Lead the preparation of cost reviews and participate in project review audits.
9. Analyze, trend, and communicate project performance progress information to project personnel, including Earned Value reporting.
10. Oversee project risk assessments and workshops to identify and mitigate risks related to potential impacts on scope, cost, and schedule.
11. Implement effective Change Management processes on assigned projects.
12. Monitor project total expenditures including verifying and checking of invoices and claims from subconsultants.
13. Evaluate project contracts and commercial terms to ensure that the project controls processes are aligned to address any specific project needs.
14. Understand contractual language, ensure projects are contract and company compliant.
15. Ensure compliance with all applicable policies, procedures, and company standards.
16. Understand internal and external pricing strategies.
17. Communicate proactively with clients, the project team, stakeholders, and project leadership, on matters relating to issues and variances that may influence project outcomes.

What your experience looks like

1. Degree/Diploma in management or a related field.
2. Project Management, Accounting & Finance qualification and/or accreditation.
3. Strong, proven understanding of management practices, in particular finance & accounting.
4. 10+ years of major project experience holding commercial/financial/performance responsibilities.
5. 5+ years of project controls experience for large multi-billion dollar transportation/infrastructure design-build projects.
6. Working with senior-level management team.
7. Experience with WBS, CBS, and assessment of Earned Value.
8. Software knowledge: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Power BI, Primavera P6.
9. Effective oral and written communication skills.
10. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate.
11. Solid track record in managing, mentoring, and leading a team.

EXP subscribes to the Workplace Equity Program. Applications from women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities are encouraged. Persons with disabilities can obtain accommodation for the selection process by contacting us at the following email address: hrsupport@exp.com.