Project Controller

Role overview

Project controls and financial monitoring

• Maintain current project status, priorities, risks, issues, and change information with project managers and teams.
• Support setup of work breakdown structures, baseline budgets and schedules, resource plans, folders, reporting requirements, and governance documentation.
• Monitor commitments, costs, revenue, unbilled work, accounts payable, and forecasts to completion; identify variances and alert project managers.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, trackers, and forecasts showing financial status, schedule progress, risks, trends, and required actions.
• Maintain change logs, supporting documentation, approval tracking, and coordination with project accounting and leadership.

Administration and project support

• Coordinate accurate, supported invoicing in line with contract requirements and project timelines.
• Maintain controls records and support document traceability, quality reviews, records retention, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate meetings and communications, including agendas, minutes, action logs, and follow-up.
• Track contract and subconsultant agreements, approvals, insurance, prequalification, and other required records.
• Contribute to project, communication, quality, health and safety, and risk management activities.
• Support multiple projects or focus on one large project according to business needs.

Experience and capabilities

• Three to five years of related experience in project controls, coordination, cost control, project accounting, construction administration, or a comparable role.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to maintain reliable information.
• Strong written and verbal communication, multitasking, prioritization, and time-management skills.
• Experience preparing project forecasts, financial reports, dashboards, change logs, invoice support, and trackers.
• Working knowledge of scope, cost, schedule, resource, change, risk, and quality management.

Tools and preferred qualifications

• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency and working proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.
• Experience with project management, financial, scheduling, or document management systems; ability to learn Stantec and client systems.
• Newforma, Procore, or similar system experience is an asset.
• Architecture, engineering, construction, or broader buildings-industry experience is preferred.
• A diploma or degree in construction management, engineering technology, architecture, business, finance, project management, or a related field is preferred; equivalent education and experience will be considered.

Work environment

• Typical work is in an office environment using computers and involves prolonged sitting.
• Field work may require travel and exposure to weather; the posting states travel is not expected for this position.

Pay range

• The posted annual pay range for the GTA and specified Ontario locations is $80,300 to $116,500; final compensation depends on qualifications, experience, and work location.

Employment details

• The posting lists regular employee status and a full-time schedule.
• The posting describes benefits for regular full-time and part-time employees and separately describes temporary or casual employee benefits.