Real Assets, Capital Projects & Infrastructure, Senior Associate

Pwc Canada

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

A career within Deals, Capital Projects and Infrastructure, part of our Real Assets group, will provide you with the opportunity to deliver innovative deal solutions to our clients, providing advice and support, from initiation through to completion. In short, we’re a part of helping some of the world’s leading companies and governments across many industries originate, create, execute, and realize value. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction, ensuring maximum value. The Real Assets team advises governments and businesses in the delivery of complex infrastructure and capital projects and programs. As part of our team, you'll provide expertise to clients on the design and delivery of transformative projects, program and commercial management approaches, and optimization of capital programs while ensuring project success, within constrained budgets or through challenging situations. You will work across many sectors providing services across the project life cycle from project feasibility, governance, infrastructure and procurement, construction readiness, project execution and readiness for operations. The Opportunity: As a Real Assets, Capital Projects & Infrastructure, Senior Associate, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. Your role will include, but isn’t limited to: Participate in reviewing project schedules and budgets, forecasting of project performance and performing project risk assessments Perform independent validation of project data Participate in the development of project management processes Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of project controls Participate in writing reports and presentations Assist in the preparation of proposals and development of opportunities for the CP&I practice Support the development, build, and maintenance of internal tools and applications using Python including Generative AI modules, automation scripts, and data processing pipelines to enhance the team's advisory capabilities on capital projects Support the design, development, and maintenance of custom web-based dashboards and interactive reporting tools using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python-based frameworks (e.g., Flask, Dash, Streamlit) for project controls, performance monitoring, and client reporting; assist with ongoing updates, data integrity, and enhancements as project needs evolve Perform site visits and inspections May require work on site, including travel to remote locations

Requirements

An openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work
Extensive experience working for an engineering consulting, project management, or construction management firm
Performed project management activities associated with engineering / design, construction, and commissioning, such as managing cost estimates, project schedules and project risks
Strong writing and presentation skills and demonstrated working experience on complex capital projects
Willingness to travel when required
Proficiency or working knowledge of Python (e.g., pandas, NumPy, matplotlib) with the ability to develop tools, build Generative AI modules (e.g., leveraging APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, etc), and create reusable scripts for data analysis and automation
Experience writing SQL queries to extract and transform data from relational databases; familiarity with VBA for Excel-based automation is an would be an asset

Nice To Haves

MBA or similar degree as well as interest in obtaining a professional designation (e.g. PMP, P. Eng., etc.) would be an asset
Experience with construction claims a plus
Experience with front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and Python-based dashboard frameworks (e.g., Flask, Dash, Streamlit) to build, deploy, and maintain custom interactive dashboards and data visualization tools would be an asset
Familiarity with Generative AI concepts and tools, with an interest in integrating AI-driven solutions into project advisory workflows (e.g., document analysis, benchmarking, risk identification) is a plus

Responsibilities

Participate in reviewing project schedules and budgets, forecasting of project performance and performing project risk assessments
Perform independent validation of project data
Participate in the development of project management processes
Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of project controls
Participate in writing reports and presentations
Assist in the preparation of proposals and development of opportunities for the CP&I practice
Support the development, build, and maintenance of internal tools and applications using Python including Generative AI modules, automation scripts, and data processing pipelines to enhance the team's advisory capabilities on capital projects
Support the design, development, and maintenance of custom web-based dashboards and interactive reporting tools using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python-based frameworks (e.g., Flask, Dash, Streamlit) for project controls, performance monitoring, and client reporting; assist with ongoing updates, data integrity, and enhancements as project needs evolve
Perform site visits and inspections