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Project Control Manager (Mining/ Planning/ Cost) Canada

  • ON, Canada

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Experience
of project controls experience, with at least 3–5 years in mining or heavy industrial
Posting language
English
Posted

Original job description

The Project Control Manager is responsible for leading the project controls function for mining capital projects and sustaining operations. This role ensures robust planning, cost management, scheduling, progress measurement, forecasting, risk control, and reporting across the full project lifecycle (study, design, construction, commissioning, and close-out). The manager partners closely with Project Managers, Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Finance, and Site Operations to drive predictable delivery, cost discipline, and transparency in performance.

  • Lead development, validation, and maintenance of integrated project schedules (EPCM, owner team, contractors).
  • Define schedule logic, critical path, float management, and key milestones aligned to mining execution strategies.
  • Build and manage project control budgets, WBS/CBS structures, and cost coding aligned to contracts and ERP systems.
  • Implement and oversee earned value management (EVM) parameters and dashboards.
  • Consolidate monthly performance reviews for schedule, cost, scope, and risk.
  • Lead the change control process: identification, evaluation, approval routing, and baseline updates.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Quantity Surveying, or related field.
  • 8+ years of project controls experience, with at least 3–5 years in mining or heavy industrial projects.
  • Proven experience in large-scale mining projects
  • Strong command of:
    • Scheduling 
    • Cost control, cash flow, forecasting
    • Earned value management
    • Change and risk management
  • High proficiency in Excel and reporting/BI tools (Power BI/Tableau preferred).


More about this job

Responsibilities

The Project Control Manager will lead the planning, cost and scheduling work on mining projects. They build and maintain integrated schedules, budgets and earned value dashboards, and run monthly performance reviews and change control.

Requirements

Candidates need a bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, finance or quantity surveying, plus 8+ years of project controls experience, including large-scale mining projects. Strong skills in scheduling, cost control, forecasting, earned value and Excel are required.

Skills

  • Primavera P6
  • MS Project
  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • ERP cost coding
  • Earned value management
  • Schedule development
  • Critical path analysis
  • Float management
  • Cost control
  • Cash flow forecasting
  • Change control
  • Risk management
  • WBS/CBS structuring
  • Monthly performance reporting
  • Project planning
  • Budget management
  • Contract cost alignment
  • Stakeholder coordination

Categories

  • Engineering
  • Construction
  • Energy
  • Consulting
  • Finance & Accounting

Keywords

  • project controls
  • project control manager
  • mining
  • mining capital projects
  • scheduling
  • cost control
  • earned value management
  • EVM
  • forecasting
  • change management
  • risk management
  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • WBS
  • CBS
  • EPCM
  • critical path
  • cash flow
  • construction

Seniority

Manager

Tools

  • Excel
  • Power BI
  • Tableau

Languages

  • English

Fields of study

  • Engineering
  • Construction Management
  • Finance
  • Quantity Surveying

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