Project Controls Manager

When you care deeply about the work you do, it's rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.  

Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community. 

Your Opportunity 

We are seeking to hire a Project Controls Manager to support our growing projects. The individual will be responsible for providing project controls expertise to improve Stantec's delivery of projects. In this role, you will have oversight of projects and will support delivery by developing project controls solutions to identified challenges. The position will be responsible for project controls activities and will support efforts by coordinating with program management staff. Furthermore, the individual will be required to participate in analyzing Client project controls needs and assist delivery teams in developing the combination of tools, processes, and people to enable the team to manage a portfolio of projects with visibility into schedule and budget KPIs and trends.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing project controls standards and procedures, monitor compliance and initiate corrective measures as necessary.
• Ensuring that all planning and scheduling activities such as schedule development, project reporting and problem analysis activities comply with Company and client requirements.
• Communicating areas of concern to leadership.
• Provide QA/QC of cost and scheduling processes, reports, and utilization.
• Consistently and successfully deploying solutions for key accounts as assigned.
• Leading large, complex teams through challenging project assignments and complex client environments.
• Represent project controls tasks in meetings with client, subcontractors, and others, as required.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication and negotiating skills.
• Work in a manner to ensure personal safety and that of fellow employees by following company health and safety guidelines and policies.
• Consistently adhere to and enforce internal Company processes and policies such as business and contracting rules.
• Must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment
• Must demonstrate organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong willingness to be a part of a large global engineering company, and to work with teams in other offices around the world
• Direct experience in developing and updating cost and resource loaded schedules using, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and other database programs, web-based tools and spreadsheets
• Demonstrated experience in development of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), scheduling and schedule analysis, cost estimating and cost control, budget development, reporting and record/document control
• Experience in the municipal sector in areas of public works, utilities, transportation, and industry and on multi-sector programs is preferred

Education and Experience

• BA/BS in Engineering/Environmental/Construction Management required
• Minimum 7 years of project management experience in infrastructure/buildings/utility projects required
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification highly desired

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 global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what's previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what's possible.

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