Global Project Controls Lead

Stantec; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Vacation days

Job summary

Stantec seeks a seasoned Project Controls Manager to lead cost and schedule teams across multiple North American offices. The role emphasizes coaching, performance management and delivering high-quality controls aligned with project goals.

You will drive planning, budgeting, earned value, and reporting, partnering with project managers to ensure reliable data and successful execution on energy and resources programs. Regular in-office presence is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of project controls experience in an engineering management or EPC/EPCM environment.
• 2–3 years in a supervisory role.
• Diploma or degree in a certified project management program is highly desirable.
• Degree in engineering or technical diploma is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Project Controls team members’ development and guidance, including monitoring and evaluating performance, providing coaching for high performance, initiating performance improvement measures, goal and objective setting, salary review, training, and career development.
• Oversee the Project Controls team (Cost and Schedule) with issue resolution and decision making and determine if project issues merit escalation to the Project Services Manager and broader leadership team.
• Lead Project Controls teams through challenging project assignments and complex client environments.
• Assure that projects & associated tasks within the business are staffed with the appropriate Project Controls resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives.
• Assist team members with proactive project setup by working with the project to ensure project execution plans including agreed upon scope, schedule and budget are in place and fully understood by all team members.
• Communicate and monitor goals, constraints, and priorities to the Project Controls team through defined KPI’s.
• Support for recruiting talent through internal and external talent scans while ensuring appropriate staff mix with line of sight to current and future talent needs.
• Create a culture of collaboration and teamwork, including fostering growth of our Global Delivery Centers to ensure that appropriate team members are selected for the appropriate job.
• Develop, implement, and maintain project controls procedures, tools, and systems in alignment with company standards.
• Drive consistency and continuous improvement in project controls practices across the firm.
• Oversee project planning, scheduling, cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and earned value analysis.
• Monitor project performance and provide variance analysis with recommendations for corrective actions.
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of project controls reports, dashboards, and client deliverables.
• Work closely with project managers to support decision-making with reliable cost and schedule data.
• Support proposal development with cost estimates, schedules, and resource plans.
• Act as a liaison between project teams and finance to ensure alignment on project status and financial performance.
• Monitor and update project budgets, costs, committed, incurred, and actual expenditures.
• Assist with monitoring and implementing change requests, assessments, approvals, and scope/cost/schedule impacts.
• Assist Project Managers in developing short-term schedules and resolving scheduling conflicts.
• Maintain a Project Controls Team utilization of 80% and personal utilization of 20-30%.

Skills

Project Controls

Leadership

Budgeting

Scheduling

Communication

Proposals

Education

Engineering degree

Project management certification

Tools

Primavera

MS Office

MS Project

Adobe

Job description

Stantec seeks a seasoned Project Controls Manager to lead cost and schedule teams across multiple North American offices. The role emphasizes coaching, performance management and delivering high-quality controls aligned with project goals.

You will drive planning, budgeting, earned value, and reporting, partnering with project managers to ensure reliable data and successful execution on energy and resources programs. Regular in-office presence is required.