Job Description

Job Category: Project and Program Management
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The Opportunity:
The Project Control Specialist is responsible for managing project controls deliverables, providing leadership, guidance, and training to a team of project controls professionals, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget by overseeing cost control, scheduling, risk management, and reporting. This role requires strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, as well as the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders. As a member of the Environmental & Infrastructure group, you will be given opportunities to apply your education and experience on complex projects. You will be challenged to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and maintain a very high quality deliverables.
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.
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What you can expect to do here:

• Reports to the Project Controls Manager, Project Manager, and Project Director.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Supervisors, Planners, Designers and Contract Administrators, Sub-Consultants, and other staff as required.
• Implement and execute project controls plans to support contractual requirements on a portfolio of various sized projects.
• Participating in interactive planning sessions.
• Lead development of cost estimates, Work Breakdown Structures, Cost Breakdown Structures, and Baseline Schedules.
• Implement and execute methods of effective progress measurement based on size and complexity of project.
• Assess impacts for changes to baseline / estimates and new forecasted dates / performance.
• Adjusting and reviewing schedules with project personnel and publishing baseline schedules.
• Integrating risk management outputs in schedule review and mitigation planning.
• Resource load scheduling.
• Identifying trends or scope changes and advise the PE's and project controls.
• Cost reporting, earned value, change management and estimating.
• Cash flow development and reporting.
• Providing budget development support.
• Manage the financial health of the project, including variance reporting for both schedule and cost;
• Performing ad-hoc project analysis and support.
• Liaising between client management team and engineering.
• Managing the performance of the team, including mentoring and coaching direct reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you'll bring to WSP:

• Post-secondary diploma or degree (project management, finance or business preferred);
• Minimum 15 year of relevant experience in cost controls and planning / scheduling using Primavera P6;
• Previous relevant experience in engineering or construction 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;
• Strong organizational skills;
• 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;
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and Outlook. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and/or MS Project skills is an asset;
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills are a must;
• Exceptional interpersonal, analytical and organizational skills;
• Knowledge of Primavera 6 or MS Project is an asset
• Knowledge of ProjectWise and/or Sharepoint is 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.
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please