Project Controls Analyst

Job Description

The Opportunity:

As a Project Control Analyst in our Land Development & Municipal Engineering group, you will play a crucial role in supporting the execution of project activities, including financial management, project management, and monthly reporting. This position offers you the opportunity to apply your education and experience to a portfolio of projects, where you will be challenged to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and maintain high standard of quality.

You will benefit from mentorship and skills development programs designed to fast-track your professional growth. This role provides a pathway to becoming a proficient Project Control Analyst with the potential to achieve a PMP or CAPM designation.

This position is located at either our Calgary or Edmonton offices.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.
  
  
  

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

#WeAreWSP

What you can expect to do here:

• Provide guidance and management advice impacting cost, efficiency, compliance, service, and quality;
• Exercise independent judgment and decision-making on complex issues and matters of significance, requiring analysis of variable factors and determining the best course of action;
• Maintain accurate reporting and tracking on projects to verify the planned value, actual cost, earned value, and assess impacts for changes to baseline/estimates and new forecasted dates/performance;
• Manage baseline budgets and work breakdown structures to manage hours and expenditure;
• Manage the change process by proactively identifying potential variations; preparing change orders and maintaining change logs;
• Coordinate with WSP’s Finance team, communicate clear instructions to ensure budgets are correctly maintained in the system and invoicing is completed accurately and in a timely manner;
• Attend internal meetings as required and maintain communications with project teams;
• Implement and execute project controls plans to support contractual requirements of a project;
• Support baseline budgets and work breakdown structures to manage hours and expenditure;
• Assess impacts for changes to baseline / estimates and new forecasted dates / performance;
• Identify, communicate, resolve, and record deviations from current plan, including items that have potential for future impact within project scope;
• Prepare and coordinate monthly progress reports;
  
  
  

What you’ll bring to WSP:

• Post-secondary diploma or degree (project management, finance or business preferred);
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience;
• Previous relevant experience in construction / engineering industry is an asset;
• Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change;
• Ability to multi-task, work on several projects or tasks at once, manage time, organize, and set priorities;
• Ability to quickly identify and understand project issues and opportunities and proactively provide options for solutions;
• Strong interpersonal skills as the role requires continuous interaction with team members;
• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal, including report writing, editing and proofreading abilities;
• Microsoft Excel skills are required and MS Project skills are an asset;
• Earned Value Management (EVM) knowledge is an asset;
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and/or MS Project skills are an asset;
  
  
  

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable
  
  
  

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

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