Top Benefits
About the role
When you care deeply about the work you do, it’s rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.
Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community.
Your Opportunity
We are currently seeking a Cost Controls Lead to join our team. In this role, you will provide the Program Manager, Program Delivery Manager, and Project Managers with viable information to support effective management and cost control across various projects. You will be responsible for implementing robust processes and controls to determine and maintain project budgets, actual costs, and Estimates at Completion (EACs). To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate efficiency, problem-solving skills, and resourcefulness, along with a strong commitment to the goals of the program.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead, support, and collaborate with Program Team members to develop and maintain program and project financials (e.g., cash flows etc.) to support the delivery of the capital infrastructure program.
- Prepare all required budget requests and related reporting (e.g., project justifications and rationale etc.) to ensure uninterrupted funding of program activities.
- Develop and implement financial project control standards and procedures; monitor compliance and initiate corrective measures, as necessary.
- Support the preparation of program budgets; collaborate with program controls and accounting staff to maintain accurate program accounting information in compliance with all funding sources; oversee the tracking and management of expenditures.
- Maintain the assurance program to support compliance with the terms and conditions of interrelated state and federal loans, manage and update a comprehensive inventory of loan requirements to enable program compliance, communicate state and federal loans requirements to interdisciplinary teams that may include design, construction, safety, permitting, land use, real estate acquisition, finance and controls, procurement, and public outreach personnel.
- Establish a procedural framework for preparing and reporting financial updates.
- Manage and enforce adherence to financial project control practices and procedures.
- Understand change management requirements and lead related activities to support successful project delivery.
- Work as part of an integrated consultant-client team.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proven experience leading cost control efforts on large capital infrastructure programs is desired.
- Experience with financial systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, and other business applications.
- Strong analytical, oral, and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-priority assignments and adapt to evolving program needs.
- Work in the client office as required.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or similar discipline
- 8+ years of experience in developing and maintaining program and project budgets for complex capital construction projects and managing contract management information
- 8+ years of experience with developing processes and procedures related to cost and budget management for large capital infrastructure programs
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
Top Benefits
About the role
When you care deeply about the work you do, it’s rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.
Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community.
Your Opportunity
We are currently seeking a Cost Controls Lead to join our team. In this role, you will provide the Program Manager, Program Delivery Manager, and Project Managers with viable information to support effective management and cost control across various projects. You will be responsible for implementing robust processes and controls to determine and maintain project budgets, actual costs, and Estimates at Completion (EACs). To be successful in this role, you must demonstrate efficiency, problem-solving skills, and resourcefulness, along with a strong commitment to the goals of the program.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead, support, and collaborate with Program Team members to develop and maintain program and project financials (e.g., cash flows etc.) to support the delivery of the capital infrastructure program.
- Prepare all required budget requests and related reporting (e.g., project justifications and rationale etc.) to ensure uninterrupted funding of program activities.
- Develop and implement financial project control standards and procedures; monitor compliance and initiate corrective measures, as necessary.
- Support the preparation of program budgets; collaborate with program controls and accounting staff to maintain accurate program accounting information in compliance with all funding sources; oversee the tracking and management of expenditures.
- Maintain the assurance program to support compliance with the terms and conditions of interrelated state and federal loans, manage and update a comprehensive inventory of loan requirements to enable program compliance, communicate state and federal loans requirements to interdisciplinary teams that may include design, construction, safety, permitting, land use, real estate acquisition, finance and controls, procurement, and public outreach personnel.
- Establish a procedural framework for preparing and reporting financial updates.
- Manage and enforce adherence to financial project control practices and procedures.
- Understand change management requirements and lead related activities to support successful project delivery.
- Work as part of an integrated consultant-client team.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proven experience leading cost control efforts on large capital infrastructure programs is desired.
- Experience with financial systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Access, and other business applications.
- Strong analytical, oral, and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-priority assignments and adapt to evolving program needs.
- Work in the client office as required.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, or similar discipline
- 8+ years of experience in developing and maintaining program and project budgets for complex capital construction projects and managing contract management information
- 8+ years of experience with developing processes and procedures related to cost and budget management for large capital infrastructure programs
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.