Project Controls Supervisor - Delivery Center
About The Position
The Project Controls Supervisor leads the Project Controls team supporting Stantec’s Energy & Resources business operating unit. Reporting to the Project Services Manager for Energy & Resources, the role oversees cost and schedule controls and ensures project teams have reliable planning, scheduling, cost, and performance reporting. The supervisor sets the team’s strategy, develops staff, standardizes processes and procedures, and advances the use of technology to deliver services effectively and efficiently. The role collaborates with operational and project leadership to align project-controls resourcing, support successful project delivery, and meet business performance goals. The position may be based at any Energy & Resources office in North America and requires regular in-office presence under the company’s flexible work practice.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of project-controls experience in an engineering management, EPC, or EPCM environment.
- At least 2–3 years of experience in a supervisory role.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work across offices and geographies while managing competing priorities.
- Strong communication and task-management skills, including the ability to manage tight deadlines and competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent computer skills, including familiarity with Primavera, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and Adobe.
- Demonstrated leadership, analytical thinking, adaptability, and ability to work independently while managing multiple tasks.
- Knowledge of diverse project delivery models and project management practices.
- A positive, collaborative approach and commitment to exceptional project delivery, coaching, and following through on commitments.
Nice To Haves
- Completion of a diploma or degree in a certified project management program is highly desirable.
- A degree in engineering or a technical diploma is an asset.
Responsibilities
- Lead and guide Project Controls team members, including performance monitoring, coaching, performance improvement, goal setting, salary reviews, training, and career development.
- Oversee the Cost and Schedule team’s issue resolution and decision-making, escalating significant issues to the Project Services Manager and broader leadership as appropriate.
- Lead project-controls teams on challenging assignments and in complex client environments.
- Ensure projects are staffed with appropriate project-controls resources and skill sets.
- Support proactive project setup by helping ensure project execution plans, scope, schedule, and budget are established and understood by team members.
- Communicate and monitor team goals, constraints, and priorities through defined KPIs, and create departmental KPIs.
- Support recruiting and talent planning to meet current and future needs and maintain an appropriate staff mix.
- Foster collaboration and teamwork, including the growth of Global Delivery Centers and appropriate staff selection for assignments.
- Develop, implement, and maintain project-controls procedures, tools, and systems aligned with company standards.
- Promote consistency and continuous improvement in project-controls practices.
- Oversee project planning, scheduling, cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and earned value analysis.
- Monitor project performance, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions.
- Ensure timely, accurate project-controls reports, dashboards, and client deliverables.
- Work with project managers to support decisions using reliable cost and schedule data.
- Support proposal development with cost estimates, schedules, and resource plans.
- Liaise between project teams and finance to align project status and financial performance.
- Monitor and update project budgets, costs, commitments, and incurred and actual expenditures.
- Assist with change requests, assessments, approvals, and analysis of scope, cost, and schedule impacts.
- Assist project managers with short-term schedules and scheduling conflicts.
- Maintain Project Controls team utilization of 80% and personal utilization of 20–30%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
