Description
We are seeking Project Controls Leads for contract opportunities at the Bruce Power site through a contract partner. These dynamic opportunities require individuals who thrive in a fast paced and integrated team environment.
Please apply if you are interested in an opportunity to work collaboratively while supporting various work programs for the following role.
- Project Controls Lead
The Project Controls Lead oversees planning, scheduling, cost control, risk management, and reporting for large-scale, multimillion-dollar projects and programs. This leadership role manages a team of project controls professionals, drives strategic initiatives, and collaborates with program managers, engineers, and vendors to ensure project success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Staff Leadership:
- Coordinate project control activities to ensure workflow, production, deadline compliance, and operational efficiency.
- Manage priorities, assign work, and review complex assignments for staff.
- Guide and coach staff to resolve problems in line with program goals and strategies.
- Foster a work environment of innovation, teamwork, transparency, integrity, and respect; promote a learning environment.
- Developing Plans and Schedules:
- Ensure compliance with project planning and scheduling policies, processes, and procedures.
- Control project management plans and deliverables through change management.
- Provide project reporting in Primavera.
- Review project plans for appropriate detail, considering scope, milestones, resources, and risks.
- Manage production of pre-construction, construction, and close-out schedules.
- Develop work breakdown structures and ensure standards are followed.
- Use critical path analysis to identify priority work and potential problems.
- Integrate contractor and material delivery schedules with project activities.
- Implementing Project Cost Processes:
- Mentor and coach project cost management functions, ensuring compliance with requirements.
- Manage compliance to project cost standards and procedures.
- Produce earned value performance measurements and update project controls systems.
- Prepare project budgets and ensure coordination with schedules.
- Support trend and change management programs with cost analysis.
- Maintain cost database integrity and ensure timely, accurate cost reporting.
- Advise on cost overruns, trends, opportunities, conflicts, and risks.
- Risk Management:
- Assist with identification, analysis, prioritization, and assignment of project and procurement risks.
- Develop and manage Risk Management Plans throughout the project lifecycle.
- Monitoring, Analysis & Reporting Project Performance:
- Report project deliverable status using metrics, dashboards, and graphics.
- Monitor actual progress against planned objectives, schedules, budgets, and risks.
- Provide timely information to Project Managers for corrective action.
- Analyze schedule data for trends and critical activities.
- Produce and coordinate periodic management reports and schedule forecasts.
- Monitor and forecast all cost elements, including trends and changes.
- Support development of standard reports (cost analysis, forecasts, cash flows, risk assessments).
- Estimating:
- Revise estimates with project team and implement required changes.
- Ensure scope is documented and maintained through change management.
- Oversee development and maintenance of estimating documentation.
- Ensure alignment between estimates, cost, and schedules.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or a related field, or equivalent education/experience; diploma in a related technical field may be considered.
- 5-10 years progressive management experience, including a minimum of 5 years of experience in Project Controls as a Planner/Scheduler, Cost Analyst, or Estimator, focused on large capital projects in a safety critical environment.
- Expertise in Earned Value Management and Change Management processes.
- Proficient with project management tools: Primavera P6, Eco Sys, Active Risk Manager (ARM), and Microsoft suite of tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI); quick to learn new tools and technologies.
- Certifications from PMI - Project Management Institute or AACE - Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers International is considered an asset.
Contact
Bruce Power Inc.
177 Tie Rd - RR2
Tiverton
Ontario Canada
www.brucepower.com
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16 Mar, 2026
