Project Management Advisor

Project Controls Advisor II

Location: Calgary,AB

Contract Length: 12 months

Start Date: November 2, 2026

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week

Employment Type: Contract

About this role

Brunel is currently seeking an experienced Project Controls Advisor II to support a major industrial project in Alberta.

This position will primarily focus on project planning and scheduling, including developing and maintaining owner schedules, integrating contractor schedules, analyzing critical paths and schedule interfaces, and providing meaningful schedule and progress insights to the project team.

The successful candidate will also provide secondary support across cost control, forecasting, progress measurement, change management, accruals, commitments and project reporting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the owner schedule basis for assigned project scopes.
• Review and integrate contractor schedules into overall project schedules.
• Perform critical path, float and schedule interface analysis.
• Identify schedule risks, trends, variances and potential impacts to project execution.
• Support schedule reserve and recovery analysis.
• Produce schedule and progress reporting to provide clear insight to project stakeholders.
• Coordinate project cost control activities in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Develop and maintain project controls systems supporting contracting strategies and contract administration.
• Perform detailed cost, forecast, progress, change and reporting analysis for assigned scopes.
• Review and appropriately challenge contractor schedule, cost and progress information.
• Reconcile WBS, CBS and AFE information.
• Manage project bookings, work in progress, accruals and commitments for assigned scopes.
• Maintain appropriate audit trails and support financial closeout activities.
• Support the development of Project Controls Plans and project procedures.
• Support the development and review of Class 3 cost estimates.
• Prepare high-quality appropriation request packages and decision-support documentation.
• Identify emerging project trends and support the development of corrective actions.
• Provide project controls expertise and support to project teams as required.
• Assist with mentoring and supporting less experienced project controls team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in Project Controls, Project Services and Planning & Scheduling.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining schedules for large capital projects.
• Strong understanding of critical path methodology, schedule float, interfaces and schedule recovery.
• Experience reviewing and integrating contractor schedules.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, forecasting, progress measurement and change management.
• Experience with WBS/CBS structures, AFE data, accruals, commitments and project financial reporting.
• Knowledge of project management best practices and key project execution processes.
• Experience with cost estimating, contracting strategy and contract administration.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence, consult and collaborate with project stakeholders and contractors.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary project environment.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous supervisory, leadership or mentoring experience.
• Experience supporting major oil & gas, SAGD, energy or heavy industrial capital projects.
• Owner/operator project experience is considered an asset.
• Experience working on international project assignments.
• Knowledge of EMCAPS (ExxonMobil Capital Project Management System) is considered an asset.
• Advanced experience across multiple project management disciplines, including project controls, execution planning, cost estimating, planning and scheduling, contracting strategy and contract administration.

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