What you will do

Project Controls Implementation

• Implement and maintain project controls processes, systems, and procedures in compliance with corporate standards
• Ensure alignment with project scope, contractual requirements, milestones, and priorities
• Support Gate package development
• Develop and maintain project controls plans, procedures, and governance processes
• Partner with Finance and project teams to establish and manage the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), cost coding, and reporting structure

Cost & Schedule Management

• Lead cost and schedule planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and change management activities
• Monitor project performance against approved baselines, analyze variances and trends, and recommend corrective actions
• Track expenditures, commitments, staffing costs, and accruals across Capital, Expense, and OPEX accounts
• Manage purchase orders, contracts, and subcontracts to ensure accurate cost control and forecasting
• Administer and oversee the project change management process, including impact assessment and communication

Contractor Management & Oversight

• Serve as the project controls interface with EPC contractors, ensuring compliance with project objectives and contractual requirements
• Review and validate contractor estimates, schedules, forecasts, progress reports, and change requests
• Monitor contractor performance, identify risks and issues, and support development of recovery and mitigation plans
• Review bid evaluations, contract awards, and proposed contract changes

Reporting & Stakeholder Communication

• Prepare and present monthly project controls reports covering cost, schedule, progress, forecasts, and key risks
• Communicate project performance and forecasts to leadership, affiliates, and project stakeholders
• Support project funding decisions, stage-gate reviews, and project closeout activities

Capital Efficiency & Risk Management

• Identify opportunities to improve capital efficiency and project value
• Assess project risks and opportunities, developing strategies to minimize cost and schedule impacts
• Support financial closeout, final reporting, and lessons learned activities

About You

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or Construction Management from a recognized university
• Minimum 5-10 years of overall capital Project Management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Good command of English both written and spoken
• Strong MS Excel and presentation skills.
• Strong influencing without authority, consulting, mentoring, analytical, and computing skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to clearly and concisely convey recommendations to management / leadership
• Willingness and flexibility to travel as per business needs

Preferred Qualifications / Experience

• Direct project controls experience focused on cost control, estimating, planning, and schedule control
• Experience in working on large-scale earthworks projects in Brownfield oil and gas environment
• Experience in working on large Upstream projects and in Brownfield oil and gaws envirionment
• Experience using analytical tools such as EcoSys, Power BI, and Power Query or equivalent
• Ability to multitask and respond quickly to urgent analysis requests
• Experience working in client role on oil and gas projects

Your Benefits

An Imperial career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. Imperial Oil has been recognized as one of Canada’s and Alberta’s top employers (2024) as recognized by Mediacorp Canada Inc.’s 24th annual competition.

We offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Training and mentorship
• Relocation assistance as required
• Flexible work hours
• Gym facility, café and marketplace located on campus
• Employee resource groups (ERG’s) – opportunity to participate in volunteer groups that support furthering the company’s inclusion objectives

Please note benefits may be changed, suspended or terminated from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.