Director, Project Controls

Application Deadline: 12 September 2025

Department: Project Controls

Location: Saskatoon

Description The Director, Project Controls is a leadership role accountable for developing, implementing, and overseeing integrated project controls. This includes cost management, schedule development, change and risk control, progress measurement, reporting, and governance. Serves as a key advisor to senior leadership, ensuring project performance is monitored, reported and managed with transparency, precision, and agility. The Director will lead a team to support the successful delivery of the Rook I Project through construction and into commissioning, ensuring alignment with budget, scope, and schedule. Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Lead the Project Controls function across all facets of the Rook I Project lifecycle (construction, commissioning, and transition to operations).
• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of cost controllers, planners, schedulers, and reporting analysts.
• Champion a culture of performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain robust cost controls, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost risk assessments.
• Oversee the ongoing development and maintenance of an integrated master schedule, including critical path analysis and progress tracking.
• Implement earned value management (EVM) and performance baselining to measure project progress and productivity.
• Establish and enforce effective change management practices and governance to monitor, assess, and control scope, cost, and schedule changes.
• Identify and mitigate schedule and cost risks through quantitative and qualitative risk analysis.
• Support claims management and contract compliance.
• Drive the development of internal and external reporting frameworks, dashboards, and KPIs to ensure clear visibility of project performance.
• Interface regularly with project leadership, finance, engineering, and construction to align cost and schedule forecasts.
• Oversee implementation and integration of project controls systems.
• Support project audits, stage gate reviews, and independent assurance processes.
• Ensure alignment of project controls practices with NexGen’s Integrated Management System and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as a key member of the project leadership team, influencing strategic and operational decision-making.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or a related field. A professional designation (P.Eng., PMP, CPA) is preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in project controls within the mining, energy, or major capital project sector.
• Proven experience overseeing multi-disciplinary teams on large-scale projects (ideally >$1,000M).
• Deep knowledge of project controls methodologies and tools (Primavera P6, SAP, Omega 365, Power BI).
• Experience in Integrated Project Team environments with responsibility for oversight of EPCM and contractor performance.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen with an ability to distill complex data into clear insights.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Experience working in regulated environments or with permitting/licensing agencies (e.g., CNSC) is an asset.

Core CompetenciesCommunication

• Communicates in an open candid and consistent manner with impact to inform, enroll, coach, and inspire.
• Effectively builds rapport and appropriately delivers information (oral and written) in a timely, well-organized, thoughtful, and engaging manner.

Team Effectiveness

• Works collaboratively across functional teams, embracing unique talents and diverse perspectives, to achieve common goals.
• Takes a proactive approach to building relationships by actively participating as a prepared team member, demonstrating flexibility and respect for different work styles.

Work Management

• Plans, manages and follows through to ensure the flow and timely completion of activities to deliver successful work results.
• Maintains quality and safety standards to ensure NexGen's Elite Standards are met across all work streams.
• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability.

Personal Accountability

• Takes responsibility for own actions and outcomes.
• Maintains effective and professional approach, demonstrating resilience and accountability in a fluid fast paced work environment.

Analytical/Critical Thinking

• Able to identify, articulate and problem solve for complex situations with consideration for outcomes.
• Provides clear and informative explanations to support effective decisions in line with company objectives.
• Uses creative, conceptual, and/or inductive reasoning.

Functional & Technical Skills

• Applies specialized knowledge in own area of expertise and openly shares information and knowledge with others.