What You'll do

As a Cost Controller, you will play a key role in supporting project cost management activities, ensuring accurate reporting, forecasting, and performance monitoring across the project portfolio

Responsibilities

• Organize and attend project controls and cost review meetings.
• Track and follow up on action items with project stakeholders and functional leads.
• Maintain project cost data, commitments, accruals, and forecasts.
• Assist in the preparation and maintenance of Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS).
• Support project progress measurement and update earned value metrics.
• Assist with the preparation of Applications for Payment and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate with Risk, Planning, Finance, IDD/BIM, Supply Chain, and Project Controls teams to validate project cost information.
• Analyze project costs and identify variances between budget, forecast, and actual expenditures.
• Support monthly cost reporting and contribute to project performance dashboards.
• Assist in maintaining cost control procedures, templates, and reporting tool
• Support contract administration, subcontractor payment tracking, and change management processes.
• Prepare Project Controls meeting minutes and maintain project documentation.
• Assist cost control, scheduling, finance, project accounting, and supply chain functions as required.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of project controls, cost control, or construction project experience.
• College diploma or University degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Solid understanding of project controls and cost management principles.
• Experience supporting project forecasting, cost reporting, and variance analysis.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills/
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and reporting functions.
• Experience with project management, ERP, or cost management systems (e.g., InEight, Hard Dollar, SAP, Primavera) is considered an asset.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to data accuracy and continuous improvement.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as required.

Expected compensation for this role is between $75,000.00-95,000.00 annually. Base salaries are determined according to multiple factors including skills, experience and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into consideration. In addition to base salary ONxpress also offers a comprehensive medical and dental program, RRSP with company matching and the potential to participate in our discretionary, performance based bonus program.

This role is a backfill position.

As part of our commitment to fair and transparent hiring practices, ONxpress may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in screening and reviewing candidates. These tools are applied responsibly and in accordance with applicable privacy laws and ONxpress' AI Usage Policy. All final decisions are made by qualified ONxpress team members.

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This position is with ONxpress Civils ("CJV" aka the Design & Construction team); the project segment responsible for the modernization and modification of the key area network, including countless innovations in the way the regional rail infrastructure is built.