Director, Project Controls

Application Deadline:

12 September 2025

Department:

Project Controls

Location:

Saskatoon

Description

The Director, Project Controls is a leadership role accountable for developing, implementing, and overseeing integrated project controls. This includes cost management, schedule development, change and risk control, progress measurement, reporting, and governance. Serves as a key advisor to senior leadership, ensuring project performance is monitored, reported and managed with transparency, precision, and agility.

The Director will lead a team to support the successful delivery of the Rook I Project through construction and into commissioning, ensuring alignment with budget, scope, and schedule.

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

- Lead the Project Controls function across all facets of the Rook I Project lifecycle (construction, commissioning, and transition to operations).

- Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of cost controllers, planners, schedulers, and reporting analysts.

- Champion a culture of performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.

- Develop and maintain robust cost controls, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost risk assessments.

- Oversee the ongoing development and maintenance of an integrated master schedule, including critical path analysis and progress tracking.

- Implement earned value management (EVM) and performance baselining to measure project progress and productivity.

- Establish and enforce effective change management practices and governance to monitor, assess, and control scope, cost, and schedule changes.

- Identify and mitigate schedule and cost risks through quantitative and qualitative risk analysis.

- Support claims management and contract compliance.

- Drive the development of internal and external reporting frameworks, dashboards, and KPIs to ensure clear visibility of project performance.

- Interface regularly with project leadership, finance, engineering, and construction to align cost and schedule forecasts.

- Oversee implementation and integration of project controls systems.

- Support project audits, stage gate reviews, and independent assurance processes.

- Ensure alignment of project controls practices with NexGen’s Integrated Management System and regulatory requirements.

- Serve as a key member of the project leadership team, influencing strategic and operational decision-making.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or a related field. A professional designation (P.Eng., PMP, CPA) is preferred.

- 15+ years of progressive experience in project controls within the mining, energy, or major capital project sector.

- Proven experience overseeing multi-disciplinary teams on large-scale projects (ideally >$1,000M).

- Deep knowledge of project controls methodologies and tools (Primavera P6, SAP, Omega 365, Power BI).

- Experience in Integrated Project Team environments with responsibility for oversight of EPCM and contractor performance.

- Strong financial and analytical acumen with an ability to distill complex data into clear insights.

- Excellent leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

- Experience working in regulated environments or with permitting/licensing agencies (e.g., CNSC) is an asset.

Core Competencies

Communication

- Communicates in an open candid and consistent manner with impact to inform, enroll, coach, and inspire.

- Effectively builds rapport and appropriately delivers information (oral and written) in a timely, well-organized, thoughtful, and engaging manner.

Team Effectiveness

- Works collaboratively across functional teams, embracing unique talents and diverse perspectives, to achieve common goals.

- Takes a proactive approach to building relationships by actively participating as a prepared team member, demonstrating flexibility and respect for different work styles.

Work Management

- Plans, manages and follows through to ensure the flow and timely completion of activities to deliver successful work results.

- Maintains quality and safety standards to ensure NexGen's Elite Standards are met across all work streams.

- Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability.

Personal Accountability

- Takes responsibility for own actions and outcomes.

- Maintains effective and professional approach, demonstrating resilience and accountability in a fluid fast paced work environment.

Analytical/Critical Thinking

- Able to identify, articulate and problem solve for complex situations with consideration for outcomes.

- Provides clear and informative explanations to support effective decisions in line with company objectives.

- Uses creative, conceptual, and/or inductive reasoning.

Functional & Technical Skills

- Applies specialized knowledge in own area of expertise and openly shares information and knowledge with others.