Program Controls Manager
We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.
By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization’s objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors — hospitals, airports, and entire university campuses; infrastructure like mass transit and water-treatment facilities; and energy and resource assignments, from mines to wind farms.
Your Opportunity
Stantec is seeking qualified candidates for a Program Controls Manager to join our team! You will be responsible for providing program and project controls expertise to improve Stantec’s delivery of Programs. The Program Controls Manager may have oversight of numerous infrastructure projects and will support delivery by developing project controls solutions to identified challenges. In this role, you will be responsible for providing direction and/or supervision to a team of professionals and technicians for successful completion of project controls activities.
Furthermore, you will participate in analyzing Client program controls needs and assist delivery teams in developing the combination of tools, processes, and people to enable the team to manage a portfolio of projects with visibility into schedule and budget KPIs and trends.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Developing and implementing project controls standards and procedures, monitor compliance and initiate corrective measures as necessary.
- Ensuring that all planning and scheduling activities such as schedule development, project reporting and problem analysis activities comply with company and client requirements.
- Providing consultation to the company, client and subcontractors in planning, delivery and scheduling activities.
- Communicating areas of concern to Program Leadership Team.
- Provide QA/QC of cost and scheduling processes, reports, and utilization.
- Consistently and successfully deploying solutions for key accounts as assigned.
- Leading large, complex teams through challenging project assignments and complex client environments.
- Develop program assessment protocols for evaluation and improvement.
- Represent project controls tasks in meetings with client, subcontractors, and others, as required.
- Initiating and maintaining Client relationships to facilitate program activities.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Be able to cultivate and maintain strong relationships with Stantec clients, employees, and other professionals involved with the Program.
- Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication and negotiating skills.
- Experience with contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors.
- Work in a manner to ensure personal safety and that of fellow employees by following company health and safety guidelines and policies.
- Consistently adhere to and enforce internal Company processes and policies such as business and contracting rules.
- Experience in multiple project delivery methods, including Design Bid Build, Progressive Design Build, CMAR, and Design Build.
- Demonstrated experience in development of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), scheduling and schedule analysis, cost estimating and cost control, budget development, reporting and record/document control.
- Must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
- Must demonstrate organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Education and Experience
- BA/BS in Engineering/Environmental/Construction Management required.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
- 10-15 years program management experience of infrastructure/buildings/utility/water projects required.
- Experience in the municipal sector in areas of public works, utilities, transportation, and industry and on multi-sector programs is preferred.
- Value of individual programs previously managed should be $1.5B or more.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.