Reports to: Project Controls Manager
Department: Project Team
Location: NexGen Rook I, Saskatchewan
Rotation and Schedule: 14/14, 12 hr shifts
Who We Are
Cementation is a leading underground mine contracting and engineering company-we design and build mines, safely. Our team specializes in delivering design-build solutions for technically complex projects, with a strong track record in world-class shaft sinking and mine development.
Collaboration is at the core of everything we do. We foster a culture where respect is foundational, innovation is encouraged, and safety is never compromised.
At Cementation, we value experience and are inspired by potential.
Project Opportunity
Cementation is supporting NexGen's shaft sinking project, a major underground construction undertaking that will require disciplined planning, coordination, and control as the work progresses. This is an opportunity to help build and maintain the project controls systems that keep the team informed about performance, emerging changes, and the work ahead.
As Project Controls Lead, you'll coordinate cost, schedule, change, and reporting activities across the project controls team. You'll support clear handovers, coach team members, and help project leaders get accurate, timely information for decisions.
Purpose of the role
The Project Controls Lead provides day-to-day leadership to the project controls team. The role coordinates cost, schedule, change, and reporting activities; supports continuity between shifts; and reviews control information for accuracy and decision-readiness. Working under the direction of the Project Controls Manager, the Lead raises material issues and supports project leadership with clear analysis and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
Project Controls Coordination
- Support implementation and day-to-day application of the Project Controls Management Plan in alignment with corporate, project, and client standards.
- Lead the following activities to ensure consistent application of project standards for:
- Cost control and forecasting
- Schedule development and progress measurement
- Change management and trend control
- Performance reporting and data governance
- Ensure alignment and integration between project controls systems and:
- Engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities
- Finance, accounting, and commercial functions
- Coordinate with the Project Controls Manager on interfaces with client project controls, assurance, and audit teams, ensuring transparent and consistent support.
- Identify process or data issues that could affect the accuracy, timeliness, or usefulness of project controls information, and raise them with the Project Controls Manager.
- Ensure control systems are scalable, auditable, and fit‑for‑purpose for the size and complexity of the project.
Cost Management & Forecasting Leadership
- Lead cost control activities and provide day-to-day guidance to cost control resources.
- Review cost reports, forecasts, and trend analyses for completeness and accuracy prior to escalation to the Project Controls Manager.
- Support cost variance analysis and ensure timely identification, validation, and escalation of cost risks and opportunities during the assigned rotation.
- Ensure cost forecasts accurately reflect scope changes, productivity performance, schedule impacts, and commercial risks.
- Support cost-related decisions and management reporting with clear analysis.
Schedule Management & Integration
- Provide oversight of schedule updating, logic quality, progress incorporation, and critical path review.
- Help maintain the integrity of the integrated project schedule.
- Coordinate schedule information with cost forecasting, progress measurement, change management, and claims analysis.
- Identify schedule risks, float consumption, and schedule trends; escalate material impacts to the Project Controls Manager and project leadership team.
- Ensure schedule data supports credible forecasting and decision‑making
Change Management & Commercial Controls
- Support consistent application of the project change management process in accordance with contract and client requirements.
- Coordinate identification, evaluation, documentation, and tracking of project changes.
- Maintain oversight of change and trend registers, early warnings, potential claims, and commercial impact assessments.
- Coordinate closely with commercial and project teams to support timely assessment, escalation, and documentation of change impacts.
- Ensure approved and potential changes are reflected consistently in cost forecasts, schedules, risk information, and reports.
Reporting, Performance & Decision Support
- Support maintenance of project reporting frameworks, KPIs, dashboards, and recurring reporting cycles.
- Review assigned deliverables for accuracy, consistency, and completeness prior to submission to the Project Controls Manager.
- Ensure clear linkage between cost, schedule, risk, change, and progress data.
- Prepare concise performance narratives and exception-based updates that support project leadership decisions.
- Ensure reports and supporting records meet client assurance, governance, and audit requirements.
Team Leadership & Capability Development
- Lead, coach, and support project controls personnel across cost, scheduling, change, reporting, and administration functions.
- Set clear priorities and task expectations for team members during the assigned shift or rotation.
- Coordinate daily priorities and shift coverage with the Project Controls Manager to ensure continuity across all project controls functions.
- Provide coaching, task direction, and performance input for assigned team members, escalating formal performance matters to the Project Controls Manager.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the controls function.
Client & Stakeholder Interface
- Support the Project Controls Manager as required in interfaces with client project controls, assurance, and audit representatives.
- Support project leadership during commercial, schedule, and performance discussions by providing accurate supporting data and analysis.
- Ensure timely, professional, and transparent communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Represent the project controls function in management, client, and coordination forums as delegated.
Health, Safety, and Environment
- Provide visible leadership of Cementation's HSE culture
- Ensure project control processes (change control, schedule logic, forecasting) actively support safe and compliant execution of work.
- Support the integration of HSE metrics into project performance dashboards and management reports in alignment with Cementation and client requirements.
- Support HSE assurance activities, audits, and reviews by ensuring accuracy and traceability of control data.
Required
What You'll Bring
- Minimum 5 years of project controls experience on large construction or mining projects.
- Experience supervising, leading, or coordinating project controls personnel.
- Strong understanding of integrated cost, schedule, change, progress, and performance management.
- Experience applying project controls processes and standards on a major project.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn complex information into clear findings and actions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including shift handovers and management-level reporting.
- Ability to coordinate work across functions and build effective working relationships.
Assets
- Experience on an underground construction or shaft-related project.
- Experience working under owner assurance, stage-gate, or external audit requirements.
- Proficiency with project control systems, ERPs, and scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6).
- Experience with Power BI and Power Query.
- Experience working in a site-based or rotational environment.
Candidacy
Please note that to be considered, you must be a Canadian citizen or have written authorization to work in Canada under federal immigration requirements and currently be residing in Canada.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Cementation Americas, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where every employee is treated with dignity and respect. We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our team and drives innovation, and one of our core values is ensuring all employees have the opportunity to succeed. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assess all candidates fairly and without discrimination.
Why Work with Us?
Apply Now If You Want To
- Be engaged in meaningful work
- Share your voice to improve one-of-a-kind operations
- Receive highly competitive compensation and benefit packages are highly competitive.
- Continue your education and training.
Apply Now
Ready to join our team? Start your application today by entering information into the form on the right-hand side of this page. When submitting your resume, be sure to include all relevant qualifications-such as Ontario Common Core certifications-along with any other applicable training or credentials.
Thank you for your interest in working with our teams at Cementation!
