Project Controls Specialist

Company Description

FLINT is a leading service provider in Canada’s energy and industrial markets offering full asset life cycle support, including construction, maintenance, fabrication, and environmental services. Committed to safety and quality, we foster a workplace culture that values innovation and sustainability. With a strong local presence and top-tier talent, we deliver high-quality services as we help our customers bring their resources to our world.

Job Description

We are seeking a

Project Controls Specialist

who is relentless about clarity, detail, and results. In this role, you will be the

driver behind monthly forecasting and cost reporting

for a complex, multi-site environmental program compiling inputs, chasing down contributors, validating assumptions, and building the reports that leadership and project teams depend on.

You’ll be a

critical member of the project team

, responsible for delivering the project controls and schedule-driven insights that guide key decisions. Your reports, analytics, and persistence will ensure that project execution stays aligned with both the schedule and the budget.

This role is ideal for a professional who thrives on collaborating across disciplines, engaging with diverse stakeholders to ensure accountability to deadlines, and delivering precise, actionable forecasts that support informed decision-making.

What would you be doing?

- Coordinate and collect forecast inputs from project managers, field coordinators, subcontractors, and vendors across the program.

- Monitor and communicate with subcontractors, and suppliers as necessary to ensure proper PO administration, costing, invoicing and close out.

- Understanding of IFS to extract project information, support on PO management and scope close outs.

- Follow up and pursue late, missing, or inconsistent data while being persistent, firm, and solutions-oriented.

- Validate forecast inputs against the project schedule and execution plan to ensure accuracy and realism.

- Compile and build weekly and monthly project cost reports and cost/revenue forecasts, broken down by labour, materials, subcontractors, and services.

- Perform analytics and variance analysis between forecast and actuals, and highlight trends, risks, and deviations.

- Produce high-quality cost reports and forecasting summaries that support project decision-making and program-level reporting.

- Facilitate weekly review checkpoints with contributors to verify current forecast accuracy and identify upcoming changes.

- Support monthly program reporting, consolidating project-level forecasts into a clear, accurate roll-up aligned to the annual budget.

Perks of the job

- Comprehensive insurance and benefits package

- Health Care Spending Account

- Paid vacation

- Competitive compensation

Qualifications

- 5+ years of experience in project controls, cost forecasting, or coordination in construction, energy, or infrastructure sectors.

- Strong working knowledge of project scheduling and sequencing (e.g., P6, MS Project) and how it drives cost and resource planning.

- Highly proficient in Excel and familiar with project controls fundamentals.

- You bring a proven ability to collaborate across disciplines, build strong relationships with stakeholders, drive accountability to deadlines.

- Excellent coordination and communication skills, thriving on pulling people together and getting what’s needed to keep reporting accurate and on track.

- Ability to handle tight deadlines and shifting priorities, while maintaining accuracy and control.

- A strong sense of ownership seeing forecasts and reports as your product, and you’re driven to get them right.

Additional Information

As a condition of employment, qualified applicants who accept the role must complete a satisfactory pre-employment Background Check. This may consist of a combination of a Canadian Criminal Record check, an Employment Verification, and an Education and Accreditation Verification. Candidates shortlisted will be required to complete the Profile TRAITS Survey. The purpose of the TRAITS Survey tool is to assist FLINT in understanding individuals' behaviours and supporting the best use of their strengths, abilities, and potential. Our Commitment to Our People When You Join FLINT, We Make These Promises

- Your work will matter.The projects you'll help build will serve communities for generations.

- Your growth is our priority.We'll invest in your development and create paths for advancement.

- Your voice will be heard.Your experience and ideas will shape how we tackle challenges.

- Your team will support you.You'll work with people who want to see you succeed.

- Your ambition will be rewarded.As you grow, FLINT grows – and we recognize those who help us build better.

Transform yourself. Strengthen each other. Make a better world.

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