Senior Project Controls Specialist

🔥 12 hours ago

🌐 Canada, United States – Remote

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote 🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $105k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Qualus

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Seed Round on 2022-03

Construction • Logistics • Manufacturing

Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange.

📋 Description

• Partner with project managers and engineering, procurement, finance, and construction teams to align project scope, execution plans, estimate updates, and procurement strategies with cost and schedule objectives. • Maintain project budgets, cost breakdown structures, and work package tracking; validate actuals and commitments and develop forecasts for cash flow and contingency usage. • Manage purchase requisitions, purchase orders, budget transfers, and commitments across project cost systems, accounting, and procurement. • Evaluate vendor and contractor proposals for contract negotiations and service agreements; review invoices, change orders, and claims. • Develop and maintain baseline and current project and portfolio schedules, including activity logic, durations, milestones, constraints, and critical paths. • Lead schedule reviews and interactive planning sessions with internal teams, clients, and contractors; validate contractor and subcontractor schedules and resolve alignment issues. • Analyze earned value, progress, cost and schedule variances, risks, and tariff impacts; perform scenario analysis and recommend mitigation actions. • Deliver integrated project and portfolio reporting, including monthly cost and schedule performance reports, dashboards, key performance indicators, and ad hoc studies. • Standardize and improve project controls tools, processes, and reporting; pilot system enhancements and support adoption through training and change management. • Provide mentorship and oversight of Analysts.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, finance, accounting, or a related analytical discipline. • 10+ years of experience in project cost control, project accounting, financial analysis, construction, or related project controls functions, including at least 3 years of construction project cost and schedule integration. • Knowledge of Primavera P6 scheduling tools and advanced Microsoft Office skills. • Strong analytical skills, including forecasting, variance and trend analysis, and interpretation of cost, schedule, and commercial data. • Experience reviewing invoices, change orders, commercial proposals, or contract terms for accuracy and compliance. • Experience coordinating across engineering, procurement, finance, and construction teams and supporting high-volume projects with quick turnaround requirements. • Ability to work collaboratively in interactive planning sessions and incorporate changes in real time. • Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to explain cost and schedule information to technical and nontechnical audiences. • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and complete tasks with minimal guidance. • Professional written and verbal proficiency in French. • Ability to travel for initial training and onboarding.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Dental • Vision • Life Insurance • Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage • Retirement Savings Plans, including employer matching where applicable • Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) • Parental Leave • Paid Time Off • Company Holidays

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