Lead Project Controller

Cementation Canada

$118K — $140K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Commerce, or equivalent, or Certified Engineering Technologist diploma.
  • PMP or CCP designation, or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years of direct project controls experience in mining or heavy construction.
  • Proficient in Primavera P6 and cost engineering principles.
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement project controls processes across all Canadian projects.
  • Collaborate with management to define control baselines, including schedules and budgets.
  • Provide accurate cost information to support project decisions.
  • Review project schedules and cost reports, proposing corrective actions as needed.
  • Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and promote a safety-first culture.
  • Monitor project progress and report on milestones using project scheduling software.
  • Assist project teams in converting bids into accurate project baselines.

Benefits

  • Participation in a discretionary corporate bonus program.
  • Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
  • Supportive team environment that emphasizes safety and innovation.
Full Job Description
Location: North Bay / Sudbury, ON
Reports To: Project Delivery Manager
Posted: August 6, 2026
Salary Range: $118,000 to $140,000

Incentive Opportunity

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible to participate in Cementation's discretionary corporate bonus program.
About this Position

Reporting to the Project Delivery Manager, the Lead Project Controller is responsible for ensuring accurate reporting and approval of accruals, forecasts and project status as well as early intervention and notification of variances to project baseline schedule and spend while ensuring the integration of project control measures including cost control, scheduling, progressing and change management.

The Lead Project Controller leads a team of Project Controllers at site and in office by standardizing and implementing the processes and tools to be used by onsite and office based project controllers and builds on those systems to ensure sustainability in project controls.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Health & Safety
  • Work in compliance with all Health and Safety rules and regulations for
  • Be aware of any health and safety hazards or infractions and report same to Health and Safety Department.
  • Be a champion for safety, instilling safety into behavior, but equally importantly in the designs produced.

General Duties and Responsibilities
  • Develop Project Controls processes and standards, and support implementation across all projects in Canada.
  • Working collaboratively with operations management to prepare, define and compile the controls baselines including the development of project schedules, budgets and track progress against these baselines.
  • Provide operations management with accurate and up-to-date cost information to facilitate sound project decision making.
  • Assist in the review and analysis of the project schedule and cost reports and suggest corrective actions to maintain the project within anticipated cost and
  • Ensure forecasts are prepared and integrated according to Client and Cementation
  • Monitor planning and project/progress achievements of milestones and using the project schedule generate data and curves for each cost profile.
  • Assist area managers and site project controllers in the submission of change management documentation, monitor and track progress.
  • Ensure project coding is communicated to accounting, purchasing, and operations
  • Monitor timesheet entries to ensure work is distributed to the correct project and sub-
  • Monitor purchase orders to ensure purchases are distributed to the correct project codes and sub-codes and advise management of any discrepancies, changes or out of scope
  • Analyze performance data, identify trends, works with operations teams to prepare mitigation
  • Prepare and finalize the close-out reports, including maintaining historical costs and production information with the assistance of the project
  • Provide support in proposal and estimating efforts to ensure continuity between project estimates and project baseline.
  • Assist the project team in converting project bids to setting up the complete, accurate project baseline in JDE and Primavera P6.
  • Prepare and issue regular progress and status reports, as per Client requirements, or as per Cementation standards.
  • Other duties as assigned

Travel Requirements
  • This position has the requirement for occasional travel to our project sites and
  • Travel period may range from one day to several

Supervisory Responsibilities
  • Lead Project Controls teams.
Education and Experience
  • Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree or equivalent, Bachelor of Commerce, or Certified Engineering Technologist Diploma.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) designation, or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience.
  • Minimum of 10 years of direct project controls experience in a mining or heavy construction
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
  • Excellent communication and organizational
  • Proven ability to build strong working
  • Efficient multitasking
  • Able to effectively prioritize workload to ensure deadlines are
  • Ability to produce read and manipulate schedules and scheduling curves/reports.
  • Applied knowledge of cost engineering/cost control, project control principles and earned value principles.
  • Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 and Hard Dollar, or other Estimating
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Outlook
Candidacy

Please note that to be considered, you must be a Canadian citizen or have written authorization to work in Canada under federal immigration requirements and currently be residing in Canada.
Apply Now

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Thank you for your interest in working with our teams at Cementation!

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