Title: Project Controls Coordinator II
Location: Edmonton or Calgary (Hybrid Model)
 In-Office (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday), Remote (Wednesday & Friday)
Duration: 12 months of assignment (with a possibility of extension)

Job Description

• Focus on providing “Total Control” function on all assigned projects, consisting of:
• Overall project cost, including forecasting and variance analysis of field costs as well as internal projects costs. Provide monitoring, reporting, and control services throughout the project lifecycle
• Provide in-depth analysis of projects, especially from the field control side to inform of current situations/progress and enable proactive communication to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities
• Collaborate with contractors to deliver training and support for EcoSys LEMs (Labor, Equipment, and Materials), while ensuring they provide correct rates and estimates
• Support a team of Project Controls Advisors (PCAs) to set up, receive, and attest LEMs
• Assist as a dedicated Field Cost Analyst (FCA) resource for high risk, high complexity projects
• Generate regular and ad hoc analysis including graphs, summary tables, and presentations
• Assist the Project Engineer/Manager in Project Scope Management by providing insight into scope definition, verification, change control and financial health of projects
• Prepare expenditure profiles, work force histograms, comparative capital cost estimates for projects and total program monthly forecast summaries
• Work with internal team to understand incurred field costs and Customers for indirect costs and compare against budget and monthly forecast values
• Track Key Performance Indicators and work with support groups to improve overall execution of projects
• Prepare project status with variance analysis and reasoning for Senior and Project Management
• Forecast project and construction costs with detailed cost variance analysis
• Project controls for project lifecycle in a proactive manner
• Preparation of high volume of analysis for project status

Education & Experience:

• A diploma, degree or related construction or operational training and/or experience.
• Minimum of 3 years (NO MORE THAN 7-YEARS) of previous related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Field experience is desired
• Construction experience related to cost and scheduling controls of multi discipline projects.
• Industrial Construction experience, and interfaces with the Engineering, Procurement, Contracting, Execution, and Commissioning phases of the project are highly desirable.
• General understanding of pipeline and terminal operations.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• High proficiency with MS Excel (v-lookups, pivot tables, etc.)
• Software experience with: MS Office Suite and Oracle or SAP. Power BI experience a plus
• EcoSys experience is a plus
• Understanding of Earned Value Management techniques for tracking project performance preferred
• Problem solving, decision-making, organization, planning and leadership skills.
• Collaborative, team- and service-oriented work style.
• An attitude of being a go-getter who can run things to ground

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 50.00/hr.