Project Controls Specialist

At BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. (BWXT NEC) we are committed to excellence in every business initiative. With over 500 workers across locations in Peterborough, Toronto, and Arnprior, BWXT NEC supplies nuclear fuel and fuel channel components, services, equipment and parts for the CANDU nuclear power industry.

The Project Controls Specialist (PCS) is responsible for the governance, procedures, tools, and best practices to be employed by the Project Management Organization (PMO), including creation, maintenance, enforcement, auditing and reporting of such methods. The PCS collaborates with the Project Manager or is delegated to support various project or change initiation aspects such as scheduling, budgeting and administrative organization.

Onsite in Peterborough, Ontario.

• Maintain and control the effective use and administration of the scheduling system(s).
• Advise and support project organization during planning phases of assigned projects, especially with respect to established governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
• Execute and support project and change initiation activities in collaboration with the Project Managers.
• Advise project teams and support all elements of project execution.
• Create and maintain governance, procedures, tools, and best practices to be employed by Project Management Organization.
• Audit and enforce the established governance, procedures, tools and best practices through routine and periodic checks, tests, interviews, etc.
• Report compliance and deviations from established governance, procedures, tools and best practices to the affected Project Manager and other leaders.
• Ensure integrity of project and portfolio data across the various systems (scheduling, ERP, other databases).
• Create, maintain, and utilize training materials for the scheduling system(s) and Project Management Organization governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
• Support and, in some cases, deputize Project Managers as mutually agreed.
• Suggest and raise opportunities to improve departmental governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.
• Support and sometimes lead continuous improvement of departmental governance, procedures, tools, and best practices.

• Completion of post‑secondary education in a field such as engineering, mathematics, or business.
• Five years of related project controls experience in a project‑based organization.
• Mastery of scheduling practices and concepts.
• Mastery of Oracle Primavera P6.
• Mastery of Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrative understanding of project management fundamentals such as scheduling, earned‑value management, budgeting, controls, and change management.
• Demonstrative experience with visual analytic software.
• Demonstrative strength in organizing, analyzing, and presenting large and diverse data sets.
• Professional competency of English, in written and verbal forms.

• Experience in the nuclear energy production industry.
• Project Management Professional certification.

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and disability coverage.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan and optional company‑matched retirement savings plans (RRSP/TFSA/EPSP).
• Flexible hybrid schedules and compressed workweek option available.
• Generous referral bonuses ($1,500 and $3,000).
• Up to CAD 5,250 USD per year through Educational Refund Plan.
• Access to training, certifications, and growth opportunities.
• Gym membership discounts and mental health support programs.
• Diverse, inclusive, supportive workplace culture.
• Team‑building activities organized by Social Committee.

Base salary range: $76,000 to $118,000 per year. Compensation may include an annual cash incentive and a full range of medical, retirement, and other benefits.

BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. embraces diversity of thought, values individuality, and provides equal opportunity in employment for all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability, a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or a record suspended, or any other category protected by federal law.

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