WSP

Project Controls Analyst

WSP$81K — $112K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Post-secondary diploma or degree in project management, finance, or business preferred.
  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Previous experience in the engineering industry is a plus.
  • Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility to manage pressure and change.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including strong report writing capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including Project Managers and Engineers.
  • Execute project control plans to fulfill contractual requirements.
  • Support and maintain baseline budgets and work breakdown structures.
  • Track and report on project cost, schedule, and performance metrics accurately.
  • Identify and manage deviations from the project plan promptly.
  • Serve as a liaison between Project Controls and other project disciplines.
  • Prepare project documentation including schedules, cost plans, and monthly progress reports.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for mentorship and professional development.
  • Potential to fast-track towards PMP certification.
  • Exposure to complex projects in the Transportation sector.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Opportunity

The Project Control Analyst supports the execution of project activities, including Financial Management, project management, and monthly reporting. As a member of the Transportation group, you will be given opportunities to apply your education and experience on complex projects. You will be challenged to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and maintain a very high quality. You will gain knowledge through mentorship and skills development, fast-track your professional development to become a strong project control analyst with the potential for a PMP designation.

Your Impact
  • Work with multi -disciplinary teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Planners, Designers and Contract Administrators, Sub-Consultants, and other staff as required
  • Implement and execute project controls plans to support contractual requirements of a project
  • Support baseline budgets and work breakdown structure to manage hours and expenditure
  • Maintain accurate reporting and tracking on a project to verify planned value, actual cost, earned value and schedule
  • Act as liaison between Project Controls and other project disciplines
  • Assess impacts for changes to baseline / estimates and new forecasted dates / performance
  • Timely identification, notification, resolution and recording of deviations from current plan, including items that have potential for future impact within project scope
  • Convey an understanding of project evolution and serve as a preventative mechanism for unforeseen cost and schedule impacts
  • Implement and execute methods of effective progress measurement based on size and complexity of project
  • Manage the financial health of the project, including variance reporting for both schedule and cost
  • Attend meetings, as required and prepare and distribute agenda items, take meeting minutes and track minutes for follow up items
  • Assist in preparing reporting packages to project and corporate management teams
  • Prepare project plans including, work breakdown structures, scheduling, cost plan, quality plan, and change management plan
  • Organize billing drafts, compiling monthly invoices and following up for approval and payment, managing sub-consultant receivables
  • Preparation and coordination of monthly progress reports


The skills that set you apart
  • Post-secondary diploma or degree (project management, finance or business preferred)
  • Minimum 7 years of relevant experience
  • Previous relevant experience in engineering industry is an asset
  • Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change
  • Ability to multi-task, work on several projects or tasks at once, manage time, organize, and set priorities
  • Strong interpersonal skills as the role requires continuous interaction with team members
  • Strong communications skills, both written and verbal, including report writing, editing and proofreading abilities
  • Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and Outlook. Highly advanced Microsoft Excel skills and/or MS Project skills is an asset
  • Exceptional interpersonal, analytical and organizational skills
  • Knowledge of ProjectWise and/or SharePoint is an asset
  • Primavera 6/ Microsoft Project is an asset


Compensation

AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $89 800 - $118 900
MB & ON: $81 900 - $112 800
NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $81 100 - $107 700

Disclosure:
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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