Intermediate Project Controller & Scheduler

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At CIMA+, you’ll find a place where your ideas and perspectives are welcomed and encouraged. In both the field and at the office, you’ll get plenty of opportunities to reach your full potential in an environment that’s engineered for people. At CIMA+, we care about our people and make sure that they feel valued, appreciated, and part of the team. You could even become a shareholder in the company. 

At CIMA+, we give you the freedom and flexibility to manage your work on your own terms and the opportunity to work on projects you can relate to.

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Job Description

CIMA+’s  Project Management team is at the forefront of delivering construction projects across a wide range of industries, including institutional and heritage buildings, healthcare, public transportation, energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing. We pride ourselves on creating tailored project management solutions, guiding each project from start to finish. With a collaborative, transparent approach, we deeply understand our clients' vision and provide agile, effective solutions to navigate the complexities and uniqueness of every project. Join us and immerse yourself in a dynamic, innovative, and collaborative environment where you’ll make a real impact. Together, we’ll push boundaries and go above what’s expected of us to meet the challenges of tomorrow and engineer a better world! 

We are seeking an Intermediate Project Controller & Scheduler  to join our growing Project Management team in British Columbia. You will lead project controls functions on complex electrical utility and infrastructure projects. You will be responsible for ensuring that projects meet key performance indicators in cost, schedule, scope, and compliance while aligning with our customers internal project controls and project delivery frameworks.

We offer a flexible hybrid work model, enabling you to work from home AND our Vancouver office. 

Given that this is a candidate pool, please be advised that the process may vary and is open-ended. Our Talent Acquisition team will review each application and contact you at the appropriate time, if applicable.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Plan, develop and maintain project planning and controls processes, tools and techniques throughout the whole project life cycle
• Perform financial project management support activities including project breakdown set up, estimating, monitoring and forecasting
• Define the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and project detailed schedules in collaboration and coordination with project team
• Resource and cost load the schedule baselines considering the project requirements including critical path, dependencies and constraints
• Actualize the project cost and schedules and measure project achievement against the performance measurement baseline, identify corrective actions and report issues, variances, trends and forecast to project stakeholder
• Coordinate with project team to perform change management and adjust schedule to accommodate risks, scope changes, design changes, etc.
• Assess the progress of the project, taking into account its size and complexity, and update detailed and master schedules, integrate changes, analyze impacts and ensure communication with managers 
• Determine and analyze the critical and near critical path, identify schedule issues and propose solutions to the client to optimize schedules 
• Prepare cost baseline and cashflow, identify cost risk, monitor cost performance against project budget and report variances 
• Perform earned value analyses, determine the status of key indicators (SPI and CPI) and communicate project progress, EVM report and associated risks to the clients and the project team leads 
• Participate in the review process of contractors' schedules and validate key milestones based on contractual requirements and project objectives 
• Actively participate in the schedule risk management strategy 
• Work in collaboration with project team and provide project control support from planning phase through implementation phase to closing phase 

Qualifications

• University Degree in Engineering, Business or related discipline 
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in controlling, scheduling and planning large-scale projects in the construction field 
• Excellent knowledge of planning and scheduling software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) 
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word and Excel) 

At CIMA+, we value diversity of talent and perspective. You think you can add value, but don't meet all the job requirements? We invite you to apply, because everyone has something unique to offer. The outstanding talents that choose to join us at CIMA+ soon realize that we go all out to encourage them to grow. We look forward to hearing how you can contribute to our success.  

Why choose CIMA+? Because we offer you: 

• Comprehensive Group Benefits available from day one for all permanent employees working at least 20 hours per week 
• Employee and Family Assistance Program 
• Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with up to 4% employer contribution 
• As an employee-owned company, an annual opportunity to purchase shares for all eligible employees 
• Flexible work schedule in a hybrid work mode
• Work/Life balance policy across Canada 
• 3-5 weeks of vacation, based on years of relevant experience 
• Tailored training to improve your existing skills 

Additional Information

At CIMA+, we recognize the richness and diversity of each individual’s experience. Compensation for this role is therefore based on the candidate’s experience, skills, and

qualifications

CIMA+ uses an applicant tracking system that includes an automated match score feature. However, this score is not used to screen, assess, or select applicants. All hiring decisions are made through human review.

Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA+. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates, regardless of their identity (race, ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socio-economic status or background, etc.).​

In keeping with the principles of employment equity, we encourage all applications, including, but not limited to, those from women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the self-identification form when applying for employment.​

Accommodations are available on request. Your Business Partner will process your request.

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