At BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. (BWXT NEC), we are committed to excellence in every business initiative. With nearly 500 workers across locations in Peterborough, Toronto, and Arnprior, BWXT NEC supplies nuclear fuel and fuel channel components, services, equipment and parts for the CANDU® nuclear power industry.
We are recruiting for a Project Controls Specialist for our location in Peterborough, ON.
Role Summary/Purpose:
The Project Controls Specialist (PCS) is responsible for the governance, procedures, tools, and best practices to be employed by the Project Management Organization (PMO); including the creation, maintenance, enforcing, auditing and reporting of such methods. With assigned projects, planning or executing, the Project Controls Specialist may collaborate with the Project Manager or be delegated the responsibility for various, project or change, initiation aspects such as: scheduling (structure, logic, resourcing, or any other elements of), budgeting (structure and setup) and administrative organization (directory and reporting set up).
Accountabilities:
- Create and maintain governance, procedures, tools, and best practices to be employed by Project Management Organization
- Audit and enforce the established governance, procedures, tools, and best practices through routine and periodic checks, tests, interviews, etc…
- Report compliance to and deviations from established governance, procedures, tools, and best practices with the affected Project Manager and other leaders within the business
- Maintain and control the effective use and administration of the scheduling system(s)
- Advise and support project organization during planning phases of assigned projects, especially with respect to established governance, procedures, tools, and best practices
- Execute and support project and change initiation activities in collaboration with the Project Managers
- Advise project teams and support all elements of project execution through the thorough and practical understanding of Project Management Organization governance, procedures, tools, and best practices
- Ensure integrity of project and portfolio data across the various systems (scheduling, ERP, other databases, etc…)
- Create, maintain, and utilize training materials for the scheduling system(s) and Project Management Organization governance, procedures, tools, and best practices
- Support and in some cases deputize Project Managers as mutually agreed to in appropriate circumstances.
- Suggest and raise opportunities aimed at improving the departmental governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
- Support and sometimes lead the continuous improvement of departmental governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
Qualifications:
- Completion of post-secondary education in a field like, engineering, mathematics, or business.
- Mastery of scheduling practices and concepts.
- Demonstratable understanding of project management fundamentals like, scheduling, earned-value management, budget. controls, and change management.
- Demonstratable experience with visual analytic software.
- Demonstratable strength in organizing, analyzing, and presenting large and diverse data sets.
- Professional competency of English, in written and verbal forms.
Desired Characteristics:
- 5 years of related project controls experience in a project based organization.
- Experience in the nuclear energy production industry.
- Mastery of Oracle Primavera P6.
- Mastery of Microsoft Excel.
- Project Management Professional certification.
We thank you for your interest, however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.
The base salary range for this position in Ontario at the start of employment is expected to be between $74,000.00 and $114,000.00 per year. However, the base salary offered is based on local job market factors and may vary further depending on factors specific to the selected job candidate, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided at such time the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment.
BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. embraces diversity of thought, values individuality, encourages new perspectives and provides equal opportunity in employment for all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or a record suspended or any other category protected by federal law.
