Manager, Project Controls

Role overview

Project controls leadership

• Lead a multidisciplinary team covering scheduling, cost management, change management, performance management, and project reporting.
• Ensure consistent application of project controls standards, processes, systems, and governance requirements.
• Oversee project and program baselines and integrate cost, schedule, estimating, and risk inputs into portfolio planning and forecasting.
• Direct budget setup, cost management, commitments, accruals, forecasting, funding tracking, contingency allocations, and variance analysis.
• Lead change control reviews, governance meetings, approvals, and tracking of changes affecting cost, schedule, scope, funding, and objectives.
• Monitor cost and schedule trends, analyze variances, track earned value, and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Oversee executive reports, dashboards, portfolio summaries, and decision-support materials.
• Champion adoption of Ares PRISM as the enterprise project controls system and single source of truth.
• Build and develop a high-performing team and promote consistency, transparency, accountability, and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree or post-secondary diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Progressively responsible experience in project controls, capital project delivery, engineering, or construction.
• Significant experience managing multidisciplinary teams supporting large, complex capital infrastructure projects and programs.
• Comprehensive project controls knowledge, including cost, estimating, planning and scheduling, change and risk management, forecasting, performance, and reporting.
• Experience overseeing cost, schedule, and performance reporting across complex capital project portfolios.
• Expertise in budgets, forecasts, accruals, commitments, contingency, variance analysis, financial reporting, baselines, and earned value management.
• Experience with change control, governance reviews, executive reporting, and decision support.
• Understanding of Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, Construction Manager at Risk, and alternative delivery methods.
• Hands-on project controls experience; experience with Ares PRISM or another integrated project controls solution.
• Advanced Primavera P6 knowledge and proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and related business applications.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, negotiation, stakeholder management, analytical, organizational, and critical-thinking abilities.

Preferred assets

• P.Eng., PMP, AACE Certified Cost Professional, Planning & Scheduling Professional, or similar designation is an asset.
• A master's degree in construction management, engineering management, business administration, or a related field is an asset.
• Executive portfolio reporting, dashboards, performance metrics, or enterprise governance framework experience is an asset.
• Experience with major transit, transportation, infrastructure, engineering, or public-sector capital programs is an asset.

Schedule and employment

• Regular employment, 35 hours per week, day shift, with Saturday and Sunday as off days.

Workplace

• The employer describes a flexible hybrid work approach combining remote work and purposeful in-person collaboration.

Benefits

• TTC pension plan, health, dental, and vision coverage, professional development, and learning programs are offered.