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GHD

Catalyzes regional engineering and construction innovation

Project Controls Advisor - Project Controls, Regional PMO

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's
Montreal, QC, Canada
In PersonMay be based at offices in Place Ville Marie, Ville Saint-Laurent, Brossard, or Laval.
Project & Program ManagementProject Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A university degree in engineering, project management, administration, or a related field.
  • A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in project controls, project management, or a related discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience in team leadership and talent development.
  • Experience working in complex, multidisciplinary project environments.
  • Excellent knowledge of planning, cost control, forecasting, risk management, and change management practices.
  • Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to influence and mobilize stakeholders at all organizational levels.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead change and promote continuous improvement.
  • Experience with project planning and controls software such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power BI, or equivalent tools.
Responsibilities
  • Lead, coach, and develop the regional project-controls team.
  • Develop the technical and professional capabilities of project-controls coordinators.
  • Monitor and ensure the allocation of project controllers across regional projects and the completion of required activities, including billing, progress tracking, and reporting.
  • Implement mentoring, coaching, and knowledge-transfer initiatives.
  • Promote the sharing of best practices and lessons learned across the region.
  • Participate in recruitment, onboarding, succession planning, and talent retention, and create a collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with the regional PMO to develop and deploy project-controls standards, processes, tools, and governance frameworks.
  • Support the harmonization of practices among business groups and offices across Eastern Canada.
  • Promote consistent application of best practices and corporate requirements.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement, process simplification, and process automation.
  • Participate in tracking and developing performance indicators, dashboards, and project-monitoring mechanisms.
  • Provide specialized project-controls expertise to project teams.
  • Ensure appropriate project-controller support for projects that require it.
  • Advise project managers and project directors on planning, cost control, forecasting, risk management, and change management.
  • Participate in strategic project reviews and reviews of projects with performance issues.
  • Contribute to identifying risks, performance variances, and improvement opportunities.
  • Support the development and monitoring of action or recovery plans when required.
  • Supervise the quality, integrity, and consistency of project-controls data.
  • Analyze project trends, risks, and opportunities.
  • Support the production of management reports and dashboards for leadership.
  • Contribute to portfolio performance improvement using project margins, work in progress, accounts receivable, financial forecasts, risks and opportunities, and profitability and performance indicators.
  • Formulate recommendations to improve the financial and operational performance of projects.
  • Collaborate on regional capacity planning for project controls.
  • Optimize resource allocation according to operational needs.
  • Identify future resource and capability needs.
  • Contribute to the regional project-controls capability-development strategy.
  • Conduct complex cost analyses to identify variances, suggest efficiencies, and increase profitability.
  • Prepare and analyze cost estimates for construction, maintenance, or improvement works, including materials, quantities, and labor time.
  • Develop optimization models and intelligence for cost pricing and project estimation using historical data, market data, and commercial-team input.
  • Review costs, generate cost-reduction ideas, and contribute to cost-saving initiatives.
  • Organize and prepare complex documents using standard office software and gather and summarize data for special reports.
  • Identify team-level noncompliance with organizational policies, procedures, regulatory codes, or codes of conduct; report and escalate issues as appropriate.
  • Draft elements of project-review reports and presentations to support the review process.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in governance, continuous improvement, or practice transformation.
  • Experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Power BI, or equivalent project-planning and project-controls tools.

About the company

ECRi Hub is a collaboration platform by GHD and the Queensland Government that connects engineers, construction and resources startups, researchers, and businesses to develop and commercialize new technologies. It provides space and programs, including the Business Mentoring for Innovation, to guide regional innovators through product development and market entry. It differentiates itself through GHD’s industry expertise, government support, and a clear focus on accelerating commercialization within its sector. Its goal is to boost innovation and drive economic growth and competitiveness for Queensland and Australia by turning ideas into market-ready solutions.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$300K

Headquarters

Mittagong, Australia

Founded

1927

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What believers are saying

  • GHD won 2026 recognition for hydrogen blending, dam removal, smart roundabouts, and Indigenous projects.
  • Headcount reached about 17,197 in March 2026, and 2026 job postings rose 59.7 percent.
  • Queensland's ECRi Hub partnership keeps GHD embedded with government-funded innovation and regional commercialization pipelines.

What critics are saying

  • GHD UK flagged 2025 cuts near 10 percent, hitting environment, contamination, geotechnical, and waste teams.
  • Integration risk is immediate after Bowman Engineering's May 2026 acquisition; client churn can follow overlapping cultures.
  • The strongest existential threat is margin compression across commoditized consulting, forcing deeper layoffs and retreat from weaker markets.

What makes GHD unique

  • Employee-owned GHD bought Bowman Engineering in Texas on May 20, 2026, deepening local transport expertise.
  • GHD's 165 offices across five continents give it cross-border delivery scale rivals struggle to match.
  • Its WA100 rank rose from 42 to 39 in 2026, signaling design-market credibility.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

401(k) Company Match

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