Senior Project Cost Control Specialist

Location

Toronto, Canada

Country

Canada

Contract type

Permanent

Work pattern

Full Time

Market

Various

Discipline

Infrastructure, Finance and accounting, Project controls, Cost and quantity surveying

Job ref

12175

Recruiter contact

katie champoux

At Mott MacDonald, we trust our brilliant people to do brilliant things in engineering, management, and development services, supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. As one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through our network of 20,000+ talented consultants. With sustainability and innovation at the heart of all our sectors in North America, including, Buildings, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

We believe in empowering our people to excel, learn, and grow, offering diverse opportunities to contribute to career-defining work. Join us and be part of a collaborative environment where your ambitions are united with ours, and you can truly shape your story.

Mott MacDonald is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated project cost control specialist to work on projects throughout the Toronto area. In this role, you will assist the project management teams in tasks such as developing, monitoring, and updating project plans; forecast project costs; and provide analyses to support claims negotiations, assist with monthly and quarterly reports either of financial nature, progress related or both.

In this role, the Senior Project Cost Control Specialist will be responsible for:

• Undertake the cost control function for multiple infrastructure projects undertaken by Mott MacDonald

• Develop and maintain project progress reporting to include the status of committed costs against approved budgets, including all financial and earned value reporting, in accordance with contract and business requirements

• Review actual cost against baseline budgets and cost plans, perform variance analysis and communicate status on an ongoing basis to project teams, clients and other third parties

• Implement, monitor and administer change control requirements including changes to project scope, budgets, contracts and schedule

• Capture and review monthly or quarterly project cost forecast in collaboration with project delivery team

• Reconcile and validate invoices and progress payments data from various information management system for Mott MacDonald, its subconsultants and other third parties

• Review, distribute and track invoices and progress payments for Mott MacDonald, its subconsultants and other third parties

• Create dashboard, summary reports, and presentations for management review

• Prepare written, tabular, and graphic reports that communicate project cost status periodically and as required.

• Interface and maintain liaison with clients, subcontractors and others on all cost control related activities

Candidate with the below experience and qualifications will be considered:

• 10-15 years of experience in a similar position (e.g. project controls, cost controls, cost estimating, etc.) within a multi-discipline project environment

• At least 5-8 years' experience in the infrastructure sector;

• Experience working within a consulting engineering environment in Canada

• Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in STEMs (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) engineering, or construction management or similar

• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplined team

• Excellent communicator (both oral and written) and skilled problem-solver with a commitment to thrive in a proactive organization where client service is paramount

• Excellent time management skills while dealing with multiple competing deadlines

• Experienced in maintaining project cost control systems (experience of a variety of systems would be an advantage)

• Experience in supporting programs and projects with relevant experience in reporting and cost control for infrastructure and related projects (transit, highway, railroad)

• Understanding of, and experience in, budgeting, preparing cost control plans, cost reporting, progress and earned value reporting, including own organization and others

• A high attention to detail and an ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately

• Must be expert user with software such as: SharePoint, PowerBI, Excel, Word, and other comparable programs.

• Must be able to formulate complex excel formulas to merge, sort, compare and summarize large data set.

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don't have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you

Let's discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Mott MacDonald Canada Limited will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.