Capital Projects Cost Control Manager

IO’s Project Delivery Enterprise Team delivers some of the province’s largest and most important public infrastructure projects, including new hospitals, highways, transit systems, and courthouses. Our made-in-Ontario approach to modern project delivery has brought over 100 major projects to market and has made Ontario a global leader in infrastructure development by delivering new projects on time and on budget while meeting high standards for design, quality, and health and safety.

The role is responsible for one or more portfolio of projects (e.g. Justice, Roads and Highways, Healthcare, Public Works). This includes supporting the projects in the communication, education and implementation of the Infrastructure Ontario (IO) **Cost Control** framework internally and externally. The role will also deliver directly on a small subset of Projects that are deemed to be critical/complex, performing day-to-day project level Cost Control functions.

**What You Will Do**:

- Oversee and perform the work on updating the cost workbook for reporting actual cost, accruals and commitment for each line item within the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
- Assist the Specialists in solving any issues and in setting/ facilitating meetings with stakeholders to validate the information log into the workbook (note: this is a Lead for the work; not people management).
- Guide delivery teams through the delineation and treatment of Risks, Issues, Claims and Variations through the change management process.
- Facilitate change control process for changes in both implementation and pre-implementation phases of projects.
- Manage Delivery Teams contribution and engagement to develop appropriate issue log, update change and claim log that will derive the calculation of Estimate At Completion (EAC).
- Ensure quality and consistency of such outcomes between project(s) within the assigned scope of work and introduce areas that can help the project team to improve the EAC in comparison with the original budget.
- Deliver Cost Control training pertaining to the IO Cost Control Framework, including presentations on cost control process, definitions, and linkage to change controls & contingency drawdown.
- Develop Cost Control and Change management plans, procedures, guidelines and contribute in optimizing cost control framework.
- Directly support deployment and delivery of processes within the Framework for a number of Projects within a given Asset Classes.
- Oversee the implementation of the consistent Cost Control framework across the assigned Asset Classes and collaborate with stakeholders in various internal and external groups to gain consensus and adherence to a common Cost Control practice.
- Develop and analyze metrics for project reporting related to the cost control process, contingency usage/drawdown, Estimate at completion calculation, etc.
- Deliver directly on a small subset of Projects that are deemed to be critical/complex, performing day to day project level Cost Control functions.
- Work with other departments such as Finance and Budgeting groups to ensure an integrated cost management system is implemented.

**What We Are Looking For**:

- Several years of experience implementing both Cost Control and Change Control concepts into Capital Projects and working with project teams to implement Cost and Change Control initiatives.
- AACE-CCP and PMP Certifications are preferred.
- Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to influence and gain consensus and adherence to a common Cost Control framework is required.
- Background in Engineering, Construction or big capital project experience is required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is necessary and ability to use and update Power BI dashboard is an asset.
- General knowledge of the Project Control topics such as EV management, Risk analysis, Progress measurement are assets.

**What We Offer**:

- Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
- A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives and making the most of the benefits of working remotely and purpose-driven in-person collaboration opportunities.
- A Defined Contribution Pension Plan, with Infrastructure Ontario contributing the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary and will also match any employee contribution up to an additional 5% of their annual salary. To provide further options for planning and saving for the future, IO offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account to eligible employees.
- A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.
- A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our p