Project Controls Manager Job Details | Aecon

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What is the Opportunity?

Aecon Water is a national leader in the delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure, specializing in the planning, construction, and rehabilitation of critical municipal and regional systems. We provide clients across Canada with end to end solutions, combining technical expertise, self perform capabilities, and a strong focus on safety, quality, and project delivery excellence.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Project Controls we are looking for a Project Controls Manager to support our work on the Red Seine Rat & North End Winnipeg Pollution Control Center projects.

What You'll Do Here:

As a Project Controls Manager in our Water Division, you will be a trusted partner to Project Managers and the Operations team, helping deliver complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects with strong cost, schedule, and commercial discipline. Youll bring clarity to performance, forecast outcomes early, and help teams make informed decisions on active projects.

Project Controls Systems & Tools

• Establish and maintain project controls frameworks aligned with the Project Execution Plan
• Lead the implementation and use of project controls tools to manage cost, earned value, cash flow, revenue, forecasting, and schedule performance
• Support project teams in identifying trends, risks, and emerging issues early, and ensure key metrics are accurate, timely, and decisionready
• Partner with Estimating, Operations, and Finance to continuously improve forecast accuracy and cost predictability on active projects

Project Setup & Mobilization

• Participate in project handover and kickoff meetings, ensuring commercial and controls requirements are clearly defined from day one
• Provide project controls leadership during setup, including WBS structure, cost loading, and cash flow planning
• Work closely with Estimating, Operations, and Finance to ensure projects are set up in line with best practices and watersector delivery requirements

Scheduling & Planning

• Partner with the project Scheduler to review and validate schedule performance, with a focus on SPI, critical path status, and forecasted completion to support proactive decision making
• Ensure progress measurement in the schedule aligns with progress payment applications, supporting accurate and defensible billing
• Work with the Scheduler and Project Team to ensure scope changes, approved change orders, and potential claims are properly reflected in the schedule
• Use commodity curves and resource curves from the schedule to support cost forecasting, manpower planning, and productivity analysis

Cost, Progress & Forecasting

• Review and analyze project performance to clearly communicate cost, schedule, cash flow, and forecast trends
• Ensure monthly project status reporting and forecasting accurately reflect current conditions and expected outcomes
• Support Project Managers with corrective actions to maintain projects within approved cost and schedule parameters
• Oversee the development and maintenance of project cash flows and EAC forecasts throughout execution

Scope, Change & Claims Support

• Act as a key commercial partner to the Project Manager in identifying, developing, and advancing change events and claims with the client
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of the contract, commercial terms, and risk allocation, and proactively identify potential entitlement arising from scope changes, differing conditions, delays, or clientdriven impacts
• Support the preparation of change notices, change requests, and claims, including schedule, cost, and productivity impacts, in collaboration with the project team and Scheduler
• Ensure all approved and potential changes are properly captured in the cost forecast, EAC, cash flow, and schedule, maintaining alignment between commercial position and project reporting
• Support claim strategy, negotiations, and resolution discussions with the client, including participation in meetings and commercial negotiations as required
• Work with subcontractor change requests and claims to assess entitlement, validate impacts, and support downstream recovery where applicable
• Provide project controls input to entitlement assessments, negotiations, and dispute resolution, ensuring the financial and schedule impacts are clearly understood and defensible

Risk Management

• Identify commercial and delivery risks specific to water and wastewater projects and support development of mitigation strategies
• Contribute to project risk registers and risk mitigation planning

People Leadership

• Lead and foster a collaborative, respectful, and highperforming project controls team, focused on supporting successful project delivery
• Provide daytoday leadership, coaching, and mentorship to Project Controls Coordinators and Project Coordinators, helping them grow their technical, commercial, and analytical skills
• Support the ongoing development of project controls capability within the team through knowledge sharing, coaching, and consistent application of best practices
• Set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and support career development aligned with individual strengths and project needs
• Create an environment where team members feel supported, accountable, and empowered to contribute to project outcomes
• Work with Project Managers and Operations to ensure project controls staff are effectively integrated into project teams and adding value
• Promote consistency, quality, and continuous improvement in project controls processes and reporting across projects

Communication & Collaboration

• Act as a key partner to Project Managers, Estimators, Operations, Finance, and Senior Leadership
• Engage professionally with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders to support project delivery and commercial outcomes.
• Translate complex project data into clear, actionable insights for decisionmakers

What You Bring to the Team:

• Postsecondary education in Engineering, Business, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• Progressive experience in construction or infrastructure projects (typically 710+ years), with demonstrated responsibility in project controls, cost management, and forecasting
• Strong background in planning, scheduling, cost control, forecasting, budgeting, and earned value management
• Proven ability to develop, analyze, and manage integrated cost and schedule forecasts
• Experience working with project schedules, curves, and performance reporting
• Natural leader with the ability to build trust and influence project teams
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent problemsolving skills
• Clear, confident communicator who can explain issues and trends to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Comfortable working across all levels of the organization
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with SAP, Primavera, and Hard Dollar, or similar project controls systems is an asset

Aecon fosters diversity, inclusion and belonging within and across our organization. We welcome all to apply including, women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.

We are committed to adhering to the objectives and requirements outlined in the Accessible Canada Act (ACA), and to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner. Through the implementation of the requirements of the ACA and its applicable regulations, appropriate accommodations will be provided upon request throughout the interview and hiring process.

As part of our commitment to fair and transparent hiring practices, Aecon may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in screening and reviewing candidates. These tools are applied responsibly and in accordance with applicable privacy laws and Aecons AI Usage Policy. All final decisions are made by qualified Aecon team members.