Project Controls Director

Job summary

Lead integrated project controls across a major capital infrastructure project, ensuring alignment between clients, delivery partners, and commercial teams. Develop and govern a single integrated project controls framework while providing performance insights to support evidence-based decision-making.

Job details

Job Description Overview AtkinsRéalis is seeking a highly experienced Project Controls Director to lead integrated project controls on a major capital infrastructure project delivered through a collaborative delivery model. As a key member of the integrated project leadership team, you will work alongside clients, delivery partners, designers, contractors, and stakeholders to align scope, schedule, cost, risk, change, commercial performance, and reporting. This role offers the opportunity to shape project outcomes through data-driven decision-making, transparent governance, and collaborative leadership. If you are passionate about delivering complex engineering and infrastructure projects while driving innovation, accountability, and project excellence, we want to hear from you. Your Role Lead integrated project controls across the project leadership team, ensuring alignment between clients, delivery partners, designers, contractors, and commercial teams. Develop and govern a single integrated project controls framework, including baselines, data standards, reporting processes, and accountability structures. Facilitate integrated planning, schedule development, milestone alignment, and forecasting activities across multiple organizations. Lead the management of cost, schedule, risk, opportunity, change, and performance reporting to support project objectives and key performance indicators. Provide performance insights, scenario analysis, and option evaluations to support evidence-based decision-making and project optimization. Develop integrated dashboards, reports, and executive presentations that provide a common source of truth for project teams and governance forums. Lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary project controls teams while driving continuous improvement, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. About You Ability to lead project controls functions on large, complex capital or infrastructure projects with a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in integrated planning and scheduling, cost management, risk and opportunity management, change control, forecasting, performance measurement, and executive reporting. Ability to establish integrated project controls processes, shared data environments, common baselines, and transparent reporting frameworks across multiple organizations. Aptitude for influencing senior stakeholders, facilitating collaborative decision-making, resolving conflicts, and building alignment within complex project environments. Proficiency in project controls systems, PMIS platforms, common data environments, data visualization tools, and reporting software. Rewards & Benefits Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada. Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs. Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life. Be rewarded. Find out more. About AtkinsRéalis We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more. 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What you’ll do

Lead integrated project controls across a major capital infrastructure project, ensuring alignment between clients, delivery partners, and commercial teams. Develop and govern a single integrated project controls framework while providing performance insights to support evidence-based decision-making.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in leading project controls for large, complex capital or infrastructure projects. Candidates must possess strong proficiency in integrated planning, cost management, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders within complex environments.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Employee recognition
• Flexible benefits
• Training and professional development
• Hybrid working culture
• Generous time-off policies

Listed skills

• Data visualization · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Executive Reporting · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred
• Forecasting · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project controls
• Integrated planning
• Scheduling
• Cost management
• Risk management
• Change control
• Forecasting
• Performance measurement
• Executive reporting
• Data visualization
• Stakeholder management
• Scenario analysis
• Governance
• Leadership
• Mentoring
• Strategic planning
• Data Visualization
• Dashboard
• Project Management
• Performance Reporting
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Planning
• Management
• Decision Making
• Innovation
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Accountability
• Energy Systems
• Project Controls
• Reporting Processes
• Cost Management
• Executive Presentations
• Data Sharing
• Scenario Analysis
• Performance Measurement
• Change Control
• Project Management Information Systems

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Engineering
• Construction
• Energy
• Consulting
• Project Controls Manager
• Management and Organization Analysts
• Project Management Specialists

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