Project Controls Analyst

BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) has over 60 years of expertise and experience in the design, manufacturing, commissioning and service of nuclear power generation equipment. This includes steam generators, nuclear fuel and fuel components, critical plant components, parts and related plant services. BWXT Canada’s subsidiary, BWXT Medical Ltd. (BWXT Medical) provides its customers, who conduct life-saving medical procedures for patients around the world, the benefit of decades of experience in the development, manufacturing, packaging and delivery of medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals. Headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, BWXT in Canada has approximately 1,500 employees at locations in Peterborough, Toronto, Arnprior, Brampton, Port Elgin, Owen Sound, Kanata and Oakville, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia. BWXT Canada is a subsidiary of BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT). Follow us on Twitter @BWXT and learn more atwww.bwxt.com.

We are seeking a Project Controls Analyst - Senior for our Cambridge, Ontario facility.

JOB PURPOSE

The Project Controls Analyst - Senior is responsible for planning and estimating the project, including all required resources and materials to do the work, consistent with project scope, commercial requirements, customer needs, and business requirements. Once a job is won, they take primary responsibility for cost management and reporting, and project status reporting (cost and schedule status, Key Performance Indicators [KPIs]), both internally and with the customer.

This position reports to the Commercial Operations Support Manager. 

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Proposal Estimating

• Develop labour hour estimates based on information provided from various sources, including customer specifications, engineering packages, historical returns, department inputs, etc.
• Integrate non-labour costs into the comprehensive estimate, including such items as materials, equipment, consumables, etc.
• Work with operating groups to review scope and identify and define all cost estimate elements.
• Provide commercial support to proposals, including proposal pricing, sell price analysis, cash flows, etc.

Proposal Project Planning

• Develop schedules for proposal, consistent with the proposal estimate.
• Ensure that all schedule issues with cost impacts are adequately addressed in cost estimate.
• Work with schedule stakeholders, utilizing the scope list to define the project work breakdown and activity sequence to develop a project critical path.
• Optimize the project plan by utilizing the correct number of resources, sequencing activities, etc.

Project Planning, Scheduling

• Break down the proposal estimate and schedule into a detailed project baseline budget and schedule. Schedule is often a resource-loaded Primavera P6 schedule and knowledge of this scheduling platform is a requirement of the role (on-the-job training is provided when needed).
• Prepare and analyze various project metrics such as productivity, work down curves, etc.
• Integrate the project plan with a focus on both BWXT’s and customer’s requirements.
• Work with Project Team and prepare a baseline of the schedule (level 3 or 4) and monitor updates with reference to this baseline.
• Maintain alignment between project schedule, project budgets (labour hours, material dollars), project performance and related reports and deliverables.
• Involvement in related planning exercises dependent on project budgets and plans, such as department-level resource analysis (Master Project Plans, department loadboards, etc.).

Cost Management

• Decompose project budget into appropriate levels of task code for cost tracking and reporting.
• Prepare baseline budgets to support the as-sold work.
• Prepare periodic project cost reports (Earned Value analysis) to support the commercial reporting requirements of the project (e.g. monthly cost reviews, contractual customer cost reports, etc.).
• Maintain objective view on actual project costs, estimated values to complete, earned value and project productivity with the goal of providing line of sight to actual cost performance (past and forecasted) over the life of the project. Commercial change management is an integral part of the responsibility for management of project costs and forecasts.
• Involvement in other commercial exercises and reports such as customer invoicing, vendor purchase orders and invoices, business-level cost reports and analysis (monthly, quarterly cost reviews), business-level forecasting.

Project Reporting

• Develop and maintain periodic project reports (both internal and customer-facing), that accurately reflect the project status as it pertains to cost, schedule, and project/team performance, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and key project metrics.
• Take in various information and reports from around the business as it pertains to project performance (e.g. field status reports, vendor schedules or progress reports), and reflect the status accurately in the associated project report.
• Support Project Managers in the regular reporting cycles of monthly cost reviews, contractual customer reporting, etc.
• Generate related reports as needed to support resource planning and financial forecasting.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Requires some oversight and support by more senior members and managers to maintain role objectives, but is otherwise expected to work consistently and independently and as part of a project team. Able to provide oversight and peer checks to more junior members of the group.
• Post-secondary education in a related technical or commercial field from an accredited university or college.
• 5 - 10 years of related on-the-job experience (guideline).
• Working knowledge and demonstrated proficiency in MS Office suite of products (particularly Excel and Word).
• Experience with Primavera scheduling software is a requirement. Requires good understanding of scheduling concepts and principles at a minimum.
• Excellent understanding of PMI PMBOK, AACE knowledge areas.
• Excellent understanding of the nuclear industry and associated project types.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Good technical writing ability.

Please note this is not a remote position.

WHY JOIN BWXT?

• Work within the growing and exciting nuclear industry as well as with highly skilled employees
• Competitive salaries
• Employer-paid pension plan
• Profit sharing plan
• Bonus plan
• Competitive Health and Dental benefits
• Educational Refund Program
• Life insurance… and so much more

We thank you for your interest, however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

The base salary range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $78,000 and $121,000 per year. However, the base salary offered is based on local job market factors and may vary further depending on factors specific to the selected job candidate, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided at such time the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment.