Water & Wastewater Project Controls Analyst

Golder Associates Ltd.; Colombia; On-site; COP 156,796,000 - 219,514,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Analyst to support our Water & Wastewater team across Canada. You’ll manage project budgets, forecasting, and variance analysis, ensuring timely invoicing and accurate reporting.

You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to identify risks and optimize performance. The role requires English fluency, 3-5 years in project controls, experience in engineering or construction, and proficiency with ERP systems and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent verbal and written English.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in Project Controls; with experience as Cost Analyst.
• Experience in the engineering, construction, or comparable sectors is an asset.
• Understanding of interdependencies across multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and Outlook.
• Oracle ERP experience and knowledge is an asset.
• Post-secondary diploma or degree (project management, finance or business preferred)

Responsibilities

• Provide Project Controls service to multiple project delivery teams and multiple projects.
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of operational issues and effectively work with and support the project team including assisting with compiling and regularly updating the forecast to complete the project.
• Understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM) and progress measurement.
• Perform regular earned value analysis to monitor project health and highlight variance.
• Responsible for preparing and accessing the accuracy of internal/external project reports.
• Manage and maintain an accurate and up-to-date project budget and performance metrics.
• Manage subconsultants including proposals, agreements, purchase orders, invoices, schedules, and deliverables.
• Evaluate current project status to ensure most accurate forecasts and inclusion of all cost categories.
• Develop controls to ensure that client and corporate procedures are being adhered to, active in continuous improvement.
• Management of change process including preparing change orders and maintaining change logs.
• Develop, track, and monitor budgets as well as provide forecasts on a regular basis.
• Proactively identify potential variations.
• Coordinate with Finance, communicate clear instructions to ensure budgets are correctly maintained in the system and invoicing is done accurately and in a timely manner.
• Review project deliverables to ensure requirements are fulfilled.
• Attend internal and client meetings as required and maintain communications with clients and project teams.
• Review and understand contract documents and agreements to identify tasks/client requests that are within or out of scope.
• Work with a national team on different time zones.
• Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadlines, manage change. Work on several projects or tasks at once.

Skills

Fluent English

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Post-secondary diploma/degree in project management, finance or business

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Oracle ERP

Job description

WSP is seeking a Project Controls Analyst to support our Water & Wastewater team across Canada. You’ll manage project budgets, forecasting, and variance analysis, ensuring timely invoicing and accurate reporting.

You’ll partner with cross-functional teams to identify risks and optimize performance. The role requires English fluency, 3-5 years in project controls, experience in engineering or construction, and proficiency with ERP systems and MS Office.