Project Controls Lead

• Recognizing critical issues, interpreting standards, and acting within established project controls parameters.
• Establishing and maintaining schedule quality assurance standards across multiple project plans.
• Managing project plans associated with multiple projects or programs and ensuring accuracy of scope, time, budget, and resource assumptions.
• Leading or supporting development of integrated schedules and multi‑project planning efforts.
• Performing schedule quality assurance reviews, maintaining baselines, updating progress, and ensuring alignment with PMO/industry standards.
• Completing or overseeing Monte Carlo schedule/risk analyses and incorporating results into forecasts and mitigation recommendations.
• Developing, integrating, and maintaining cost, schedule, and resource plans for accurate forecasting and performance tracking.
• Conducting variance and trend analysis, identifying emerging risks, and recommending corrective actions.
• Applying performance measurement practices such as the critical path and earned value methods to assess project status objectively.
• Coordinating monthly reporting cycles, cross‑project reporting, and ensuring data quality and timeliness.
• Producing executive‑level reports and presentations, translating technical information into clear insights for decision‑making.
• Developing “what‑if” scenarios, recovery options, and remedial plans to support leadership decisions.
• Assessing schedule and cost impacts for change requests and ensuring approved changes are reflected in updated plans and baselines.
• Reviewing commercial contracts to identify schedule and cost implications and communicating risks or constraints to leadership.]
• Supporting project audits, follow‑up actions, and providing triage support for troubled projects.
• Acting as the project controls interface across multiple stakeholders, aligning inputs and resolving integration issues.
• Facilitating planning, scheduling, and performance meetings, driving action tracking and alignment.
• Building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to exchange complex information and support project outcomes.
• Identifying, analyzing, and communicating cost and schedule risks and opportunities using established processes.
• Supporting the development, tracking, and reporting of mitigations, contingency plans, and performance trends.
• Ensuring risk assumptions, constraints, and responses are consistently reflected across project controls documentation.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

• Education

• University degree or college diploma in a relevant field (Project Management, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration).
• PMP certification (required).
• Experience

• 5–10 years of progressively responsible and relevant experience in project management or project delivery.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and networking abilities, able to work effectively with teams at all levels.
• A questioning attitude and the ability to challenge assumptions in a professional manner.
• Effective problem‑solving skills with a results‑oriented approach.
• Ability to motivate and guide others, fostering strong teamwork.
• High level of self‑motivation, willingness to learn, and readiness to take on increasing responsibility.
• Ability to prepare and manage project schedules and conduct effective scheduling meetings.
• Ability to resolve personnel matters and maintain a collaborative team environment.
• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, cost control, scheduling, WBS development, change management, and project management techniques.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6, and familiarity with procurement, financial processes, and project control software.
• PMP certification (required).
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required

• Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”

• Working schedule: We have a compressed work week: Four (4) days per week, ten (10) hours per day for a forty (40) hour work week, starting at 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
• Benefits effective Day One – no waiting period
• Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing
• A defined-benefit pension plan for your future security

• Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow
• Restoring and protecting the environment
• Contributing to the health of Canadians

• Respect
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Safety
• Integrity
• Excellence

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