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We are currently partnered with a leading Oil and Gas producer, seeking a Project Controls Engineer (PCE) on a 5 month contract (opportunity for extension / renewal) . The PCE is responsible for implementing project controls through application of systems and methods for cost control / forecasting, schedule control / forecasting, progress and productivity measurement, and management of change. This includes day-to-day activities for the maintaining, monitoring, controlling, and integrating of project cost and schedule, including establishing the cost and schedule progress and productivity measurement system, verification, and reporting. The PCE strives for timely detection of cost and schedule trends and deviations from the plan, as well as identifies and maintains cost and schedule opportunities and vulnerabilities. The PCE reviews Contractor cost/progress/productivity reports and schedule updates/forecasts for usefulness, logic, level of detail, input sources, timing, and interfaces with other project elements and consistency with the current Cost and Schedule Control Estimate, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and the Project Plan. TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Lead Client project team and/or Contractor to establish cost and schedule control bases, progress and productivity measurement system(s), and project-specific reporting Provide project cost and schedule analysis, progress measurement, change management, reporting, forecasting and budgeting expertise to Project Team(s) and implement same on multiple projects Prepares cost and schedule forecasts, progress/status reports, and monthly/quarterly stewardship deliverables on multiple projects in line with Project Control Plans and Stewardship process(es) Responsible for maintaining cost and schedule change control Detects/identifies cost and schedule opportunities, vulnerabilities, trends, deviations, underruns and overruns, and can make recommendations for corrective actions and recovery plans Work closely with cost estimators, planners and schedulers, and Clients accounting staff Work closely with Clients project manager and team leads for regulated and non-regulated accounting reporting requirements Stewards the Contractor''s project control organization with respect to cost and schedule control and progress measurement Advises the Contractor''s organization with respect to adequacy of project control tools and reporting Assist Project Team in developing/reviewing cost and schedule corrective actions and recovery plans (including those of Contractors), and verifies needed actions/plans are implemented Reviews project changes to evaluate cost and schedule impact; responsible for quantifying and incorporating the effect and impact of approved changes in the cost and schedule stewardship and reporting Reviews cost and schedule bases of Contractor change proposals Reviews and endorses changes with regards to cost and schedule (and progress) impact Supports Project Team with ongoing project cost and schedule progress measurement and analysis, reporting, and forecasting activities Review and, where appropriate, endorse schedule, progress and cost baselines and forecast prepared by Contractors Ensure integration of subcontractors schedules and progress measurement system Monitor Contractor performance vs. approved cost budgets and schedule baselines to assist Project Team(s) in identification of issues and development / implementation of corrective actions or recovery plans Analyze cost and schedule progress, schedule trends, and develop forecasts to support management decision making Supports preparation for Gates Reviews, Advance Commitment, Full Funding or Supplement activities Participate in contract bid evaluations (as required for cost and schedule control system/tool evaluation) SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Bachelors degree in Engineering within discipline or equivalent professional experience 15+ years of experience working on projects Previous upstream (mining and in-situ) experience preferred Strong technical mentoring skills for other Project Controls Engineers Ability to work well with many team members distributed across different sites/time zones May assist with projects across Canada, potential for wide-variety of projects big and small, though focus would be on Upstream projects in Alberta Strong influencing, consulting, mentoring, analytical, and computing skills Advanced level proficiency in Project Controls, and ideally Cost Estimating and Project Planning as well Basic to strong competency in Primavera Project Planner (P6) Strong Influencing, consulting, mentoring, analytical, and computing skills Skills to negotiate and broker successful solutions between Internal Coordination parties above Adaptability to changing priorities Ability to multitask and respond quickly to urgent analysis requests Strong/excellent interpersonal and communication skills Ability to organize, plan, control, coordinate, and effectively manage cross-functional activities