Project Planner & Controller (PCO) - Toronto - Candidate Pool

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Welcome to people with an inspiring vision and who seek stimulating challenges. At CIMA+, you’ll find a place where you’ll have many opportunities to learn and develop while working on engaging projects. 

We are a firm 100% owned by its employees and we value a collaborative and entrepreneurial mindset. You will have the flexibility to manage your work on your own terms and define what work-life balance means to you. 

When you join CIMA+, we welcome you to a place that you can call home.  

Mission

CIMA+’s Project Management team is at the forefront of delivering construction projects across a wide range of industries, including institutional and heritage buildings, healthcare, public transportation, energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing. We pride ourselves on creating tailored project management solutions, guiding each project from start to finish. With a collaborative, transparent approach, we deeply understand our clients' vision and provide agile, effective solutions to navigate the complexities and uniqueness of every project. Join us and immerse yourself in a dynamic, innovative, and collaborative environment where you’ll make a real impact. Together, we’ll push boundaries and go above what’s expected of us to meet the challenges of tomorrow and engineer a better world!

Our team of professionals is currently looking for Senior Project Planner & Controller (PCO) with relevant experience in mid-to major size projects in Energy or Transportation. Under supervision of Project expert lead, you will contribute to the execution of many projects for one of CIMA’s major client.

We offer a flexible hybrid work model, enabling you to work from home and in our Toronto office.

Given that this is a candidate pool, please be advised that the process may vary and is open-ended. Our Talent Acquisition team will review each application and contact you at the appropriate time, if applicable.

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and maintain project planning and controls processes, roadmaps, tools and techniques throughout the whole project life cycle. 
• Facilitate the workshops with key stakeholders to identify key project metrics and establish clear and measurable objectives for budget management and invoice tracking frameworks for the whole project life cycle.
• Perform financial project management support activities including project breakdown set up, budgeting, estimating monitoring and forecasting. 
• Prepare cost baseline and cashflow, identify cost risk, monitor cost performance against project budget and report variances 
• Define the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and project detailed schedules in collaboration and coordination with project team. 
• Resource and cost load the schedule baselines considering the project requirements including critical path, dependencies and constraints. 
• Determine and analyze the critical and near critical path, identify schedule issues and propose solutions to the client to optimize schedules
• Develop key project controls requirements to control the major projects, perform earned value analyses and determine the status of key indicators (SPI and CPI).
• Actualize the project cost and schedules and prepare the periodical project control reports to communicate the project progress, EVM status, assumptions, constraints and risks the clients and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with project team to change management and adjust schedule to accommodate risks, scope changes & design changes. Ensure follow-up and integration of all changes in master budget and project framework. 
• Participate in the review process of contractors' schedules and validate key milestones based on contractual requirements and project objectives.
• Work in collaboration with project team and provide project control support from planning phase through implementation phase to closing phase

• University Degree in Engineering, Business or related discipline 
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in controlling and planning large-scale projects in the construction field. Experience in transportation projects and/or energy projects is considered an asset
• Excellent knowledge of planning and scheduling software (Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project) 
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word and Excel) 
• Fluency in spoken and written English 

For more information, please contact Alina Souralay

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At CIMA+, we value diversity of talent and perspective. You think you can add value, but don't meet all the job requirements? We invite you to apply, because everyone has something unique to offer. The outstanding talents that choose to join us at CIMA+ soon realize that we go all out to encourage them to grow. We look forward to hearing how you can contribute to our success. 

Why choose CIMA+? Because we offer you: 

• Comprehensive Group Benefits available from day one for all permanent employees working at least 20 hours per week
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with 4% employer contribution
• As an employee-owned company, an annual opportunity to purchase shares for all employees
• Flexible work schedule in a hybrid work mode
• Work/Life balance policy across Canada
• 3-5 weeks of vacation, based on years of relevant experience
• Tailored training to improve your existing skills

Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA+. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates, regardless of their identity (race, ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socio-economic status or background, etc.).​

In keeping with the principles of employment equity, we encourage all applications, including, but not limited to, those from women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the self-identification form when applying for employment.​

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