Specialist - Business Analyst

Job Title: Specialist, Business Analyst 

Job Code: 46104

Job Location: Onsite - Waterdown, ON

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support Project Engineers in developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) cost forecasts for New Product Introduction (NPI) projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to update project schedules and forecasts, ensuring they accurately reflect current project status.
• Prepare and provide regular schedule status updates, schedule adherence metrics, and related data for reports, presentations, and project reviews.
• Consolidate engineering resource supply and demand data to generate monthly staffing forecasts and profiles.
• Facilitate schedule analysis and risk register reviews with project teams to identify, mitigate, and manage schedule risks while maximizing opportunities to improve schedule certainty.
• Assess and report the schedule impacts associated with potential projects, scope changes, and execution strategy modifications.
• Collect schedule inputs from functional leads and provide consolidated reports to Project Engineers as required.
• Coordinate monthly Estimate to Completion (ETC) reviews with project leads to update labor and non-labor cost forecasts.
• Establish and maintain project records within the ERP system.
• Generate and monitor material demand requirements, tracking procurement and delivery status to support project execution.
• Calculate monthly project accruals and communicate results to Finance as required.
• Prepare and submit monthly project financial forecasts to Finance.
• Support Project Engineers in obtaining approvals for material and service purchases, including the creation of internal purchase orders (POs) and purchase requisitions.
• Process goods and service receipts for purchase orders in accordance with company procedures.

Desired Skills & Knowledge:

• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to handle multiple tasks and effectively balance priorities
• Proven ability to deal directly with internal and external customers
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools with emphasis on MS Project, Excel, and SharePoint
• Advanced knowledge of schedule analysis techniques and ability to establish and interpret metrics
• Advanced knowledge of Earned value techniques, work breakdown structures
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Education &  Experience Requirements:

• Requires proficient knowledge of job area. May have practical knowledge of project management
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience

This posting is for a current vacancy.  In the province of Ontario, Canada, the pay range for this position will be $75500- $125500