Strong communities don’t just happen-they’re built. They’re creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and readied to face tomorrow with optimism. We’re driving the future of Community Development. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We’re a place where you can apply your passion-and find endless opportunities to help make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.
Your Opportunity
As a Project Controls Lead, you will support our projects, our business operations, and lead a team of project controls professionals. You will apply skills in cost controls, communications, and problem solving in a fast-paced, professional, design and construction environment.
You will work with individual project managers, financial managers and corporate leadership.
Your Key Responsibilities
Project Support
- Proposal development
- Schedule development and maintenance
- Cost control
- Risk management
- Forecasting
Business Operations
- Financial tracking
- Client, sector, market analysis
- Regional forecasting
- Annual budget and business planning
Team Lead
- Maintain appropriate staff level for region
- Interview, onboard, train and develop staff
- Collaborate with other regions on resourcing
- Develop and integrate project controls standards and work flow processes
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- High level understanding of project controls
- Demonstrable skills in the management of project time, cost, estimation
- Ability to analyze large sets of data to provide concise information to stakeholders
- Ability to check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule.
- Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
- Experience with data management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Primavera 6, Sharepoint, and related software is expected
- Experience with Earned Value Management
- Ability to efficiently work independently and proactively
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Accounting, Engineering or related field.
- Master’s degree preferred, but not required
- Minimum 7 years of project controls or related experience
- Experience managing a small team preferred
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
