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Introduction



Brunel is currently seeking a Project Controller for their mining client in Vancouver. This is your opportunity to bring your expertise in cost controls and scheduling to a global organization known for delivering innovative solutions in the mining and metals industry.



In this role, you'll be at the forefront of project success, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to establish robust cost control systems, craft efficient schedules, and contribute to industry-leading project outcomes. Whether you're optimizing budgets, refining schedules in Primavera P6, or managing scope changes, your skills will drive impactful results in engineering and construction phases.



Responsibilities

• Establish cost controls for the project utilizing standard systems, by creating the control budget using the work breakdown structure and control accounts against which trends, scope changes, commitments, payments, forecasts and budget variances are monitored and reported.
• Contribute to the success of projects by creating project staff and resource plans.
• Provide support to the Project Controls team in the preparation of periodic project status reports incorporating cost reporting, cash flow forecasts, commitment and revenue curves, KPI's, variance reports, scope changes, trends, schedule updates, critical path assessments, resource histograms, progress curves, current versus baseline comparisons, time phased reporting, earned value management and other performance measurements
• Continually monitor and update project cost forecasts by engaging with Engineering, Procurement, Contract Administration and Construction to make sure that forecasts accurately reflect the current scope and schedule.
• Manage and record data and information, analyze and make recommendations and prepare monthly/weekly project status reports.
• Assist the project controls team in all aspects of cost control, scheduling, progress measurement and cost forecasting.
• Provide support through technical excellence in systems and procedures across both Cost Control and Planning/Scheduling.
• Maintain accurate cost control records by completing project commitment and actual payment data entry, administrating project and corporate invoices and performing general cost control and reconciliation tasks. Commit allocation of costs to job cost system.
• Manage scope changes by establishing and maintaining the scope change database to manage and report trends and scope changes against the control budget.
• Establish and manage the project schedule for Engineering and Construction phases in Primavera P6, for all elements of work; ensuring that activities are updated accurately and on a regular basis.
• Incorporate scope changes and trends into project schedules, ensuring that the listed deliverables issued by engineering are consistently maintained with schedule and budget.
• Maintain accurate cost control records by completing project commitments and actual payment data entry, administrating project and corporate invoices and performing general cost control and reconciliation tasks.
• Prepare change notices and maintain change logs.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the Planning and Project Controls Management Framework to deliver best practice solutions by applying knowledge of industry developments and experience of past trends or difference situations.
• Comply with relevant policies and procedures and work within legal and regulatory frameworks.

Requirements

• Five or more years' experience in multi-disciplinary project environment, with exposure to cost control, planning and scheduling, change management and progress measurement in the field of engineering and construction.
• A talent for quantitative data analysis and picking up new software applications.
• The ability to effectively communicate verbal and written positions and conclusions regarding project and business interests.
• An awareness and understanding of the fundamentals of project management.
• A can-do attitude; an appetite for learning; an interest in efficient business systems; a drive to find a better way.
• Above-average ability to operate standard MS Office
• Experience in using Primavera P6

Essential skills and knowledge

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