Project Cost Controller/Scheduler
- Contract Length: 1 Year
- Location: Chatham, ON N7M 5M1
Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.
Job Overview
The Project Cost Controller/Scheduler is responsible for providing integrated schedule and cost control support to capital projects, aligned with the client’s Capital Development initiative to strengthen project governance and control for planning and execution. Ensures projects are effectively planned, monitored, and controlled in terms of schedule, cost, and forecasting, while reducing administrative burden on Project Managers and enabling focus on leadership and safe field execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules to support capital execution
- Monitor schedule performance and identify risks, delays, and mitigation strategies
- Integrate schedule logic with cost and forecast data
- Provide schedule insights to support efficient and timely execution
- Support multi-project environments with multiple Project Managers
- Prepare and maintain project forecasts
- Support monthly accruals and financial close processes
- Review and validate contractor billing
- Track and manage change orders and associated cost impacts
- Create, track, and reconcile purchase orders
- Support cost tracking and reporting systems (e.g., Maximo)
- Participate in contractor cost control meetings
- Provide integrated visibility of schedule and cost to support decision-making
- Align project progress with spending and forecast accuracy
- Identify cost and schedule variances and proactively escalate risks
- Support auditability, transparency, and consistency across projects
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project controls processes and tools
- Remove administrative and transactional cost control tasks from Project Managers
- Enable Project Managers to focus on leadership, decision-making, stakeholder engagement, contractor management, and safe field execution
- Act as a key project controls partner to the Project Management team
Qualifications
- Experience in project scheduling, cost control, or project controls within capital projects
- Strong understanding of forecasting, accruals, and budget management
- Experience working in multi-project environments
- Proficiency with scheduling and cost tracking tools (e.g., Primavera, Excel-based tools, Maximo)
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Project Managers, Finance, and Contractors
- Strong project controls and financial discipline
- High attention to detail and data accuracy
- Ability to identify risks and solve problems proactively
- Strong stakeholder communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities efficiently
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