Contract: Project Controller (Senior) / Calgary

Title: Project Controller (Senior)
Location: Calgary
Length: 6 month contract

Description
Project Controls - Provides project management support services in the areas of project initiation, cost management, change management, progress measurement, reporting and project close out. Project Controls collaborates with project managers on the development and review of project plan, estimate, schedule, risk, and contractual requirements. Develops and implements project controls and monitoring procedures to ensure the achievement of project schedule and cost objectives. Collects, analyzes and reports on project data and costs from various stakeholders (e.g., engineering, procurement, construction and accounting).

Accountabilities
• Responsible for providing Project Controls both at the project and portfolio level
• Full understanding of overall portfolio and project scopes
• Reviews and provides input into Estimate and maps to the control WBS
• Sets up control WBS and budgets in SAP
• Develops and maintains project controls plan for all key areas of project controls
• Reviews required project documentation during project assurance reviews and provides feedback to project teams
• Reviews schedule, provides input, and maintains list of project key milestones
• Ensures project has appropriate AFE funding
• Reviews schedule and other forecast drivers to update project time phasing for control budget and estimate to complete
• Completes requisitions for commitment of project materials and services
• Completes incurred costs reporting and variance explanations
• Monitors cost and committed to budget and forecast.
• Updates cost management system with time phased data, vendor or project progress and project trends
• Review project invoices to ensure that costs align with incurred costs
• Analyzes data to establish the differences in initial vendor estimates during RFP and contract award
• Review vendor cost and progress and provide input to estimate at completion
• Monitors cost progress and performance metrics to establish potential and pending trends
• Evaluates and recommends allowances for design unknowns, escalation, and contingency
• Reviews monthly reporting packages and provides recommendations for improvement and projections based off performance
• Makes projects presentations to senior management as required
• Ensures all Administrative, Financial, and System close-out activities are completed

Qualifications

• Experience with executing digital capital projects of different asset types
• Undergraduate Degree
• 8+ years experience