Project Control Manager

🌟 Position: Project Controls Manager

📍 Location: Toronto, Canada

💼 Type: Full-time

📅 Start Date: ASAP

💰 Salary: Competitive

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Project Controls Manager to lead and oversee project controls activities across complex projects and programmes. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical expertise across cost management, planning, scheduling, forecasting and earned value management to play a key role in supporting successful project delivery.

About us:

CMR is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. We are a progressive and dynamic consultancy offering tailored project controls services across a range of industries.

Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.

Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

🔹 What's in it for you?

At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.

If you demonstrate the capability, our merit-based system will enable you to develop fast.

We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas.

Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.

We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough.

🔹 You'll

Lead and oversee project controls activities, ensuring effective planning, governance, reporting and performance management across assigned projects or programmes.

Develop, implement and maintain project controls processes, procedures, standards and reporting requirements.

Lead cost management, planning, scheduling, forecasting, change control and earned value management activities.

Establish and maintain effective Earned Value Management System (EVMS) practices, ensuring accurate data, reporting and compliance.

Manage and coordinate project controls resources, providing leadership, setting priorities and overseeing workload and delivery.

Produce and coordinate project controls reports, dashboards, forecasts and executive-level summaries to support informed decision-making.

Analyse cost, schedule, risk and performance data, identifying variances, emerging issues and opportunities for corrective action.

Support project leadership with governance reviews, performance monitoring, issue resolution and stakeholder management.

Ensure project controls deliverables meet company standards, client requirements, audit expectations and governance processes.

Work closely with project management, engineering, construction, procurement, finance and client teams to ensure effective integration across project disciplines.

Drive continuous improvement across project controls systems, processes, reporting and data quality.

🔹 About You

Essential

12+ years' experience in project controls, cost management, planning, scheduling, estimating or programme management.

Proven experience managing project controls across complex projects, programmes or portfolios.

Strong experience developing and managing budgets, cash flows, schedules, forecasts, reporting and Estimate at Completion (EAC) reviews.

Advanced understanding of cost management, scheduling, forecasting, earned value management, change control and performance reporting.

Strong knowledge and practical experience of EVMS processes, reporting and compliance requirements.

Ability to interpret complex cost and schedule data, identify trends and provide actionable recommendations.

Experience managing and coordinating project controls teams and multiple stakeholders.

Strong communication, leadership, stakeholder engagement and presentation skills.

Highly organised, analytical and detail-oriented, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

Desirable

Experience working within the nuclear, energy or wider infrastructure sectors.

Proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, SAP, Oracle, Excel, Power BI and other relevant project controls systems.

Experience supporting project governance reviews, EVMS readiness assessments and audit activities.

🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that have the same beliefs as we do! You can find out more about us here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

📍 Requirements and Location:

Full right to work in Canada.

Location: Toronto, Canada.

Full-time position.

📦 Salary & Benefits

Competitive salary.

Further benefits and package details to be confirmed.

➡️ Next Steps

To apply to our vacancy please submit a copy of your CV for consideration . We look forward to hearing from you!

CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.