Project Planning and Control Engineer (telework possible)

At GCM Consultants, you CHOOSE! Remote, hybrid or office? Contribute to ambitious projects We are all passionate about contributing to a variety of projects that resonate in our industry and impact our society. Every mandate is a new challenge, every solution an innovation. Why choose GCM Consultants?

• Teleworking: In person is encouraged, but not imposed!
• Flexible working hours.
• Floating days offered upon hiring for personal reasons or illness, and redeemable if not used.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Telemedicine.
• Flexible support program (for sports activities, professional dues, home internet, etc.).
• Deferred profit-sharing program with RRSP contribution options.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan.

Who is GCM Consultants? We are a local engineering firm that has been helping customers in all industries with engineering, operations and maintenance since 1994. We measure our success by the continuity of our work with all our customers. We are always on the lookout for new projects that push the boundaries of creativity. On a daily basis you will have to:

• Develop the project monitoring structure with the Project Manager.
• Develop the project realization strategy - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with the Project Manager.
• Develop the project baseline schedule with the Project Manager and Project Team (activities to perform in each phase, trends and duration).
• Updating and monitoring project schedules, identifying variances and risks of overruns, and making recommendations for optimization and adjustments as required.
• Analyze the scheduling variances and identify trends: Sequence, duration, margins, risk and implementation strategies.
• Prepare resource curves according to the schedule, monitor and follow-up (identify human resources and estimate efforts for each activity).
• Maintain an overview of all resources to identify potential conflicts between project activities, queries and support requests.
• Manage project changes that are linked to the schedule in coordination with the Project Manager.
• Monitoring costs and budgets, identifying variances and risks of overruns, and making recommendations for optimization and adjustments as required.
• Follow up with those responsible for each discipline and obtain responses to variance present.
• Analyze variances and explain discrepancies to the project manager.
• Coordinate and prepare periodic progress reports for the project.
• Promote the use of internal project management tools and continually improve project control practices.
• Supporting Directors and Project Managers in the monitoring and control of projects by regularly updating project documentation, monitoring tables and registers and ensuring their integrity.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 to 10 years of experience developing and updating schedules.
• Minimum 5 years experience in consulting engineering.
• Proficient in MS Project and Primavera
• Knowledge of the PMBOK concept (project life cycle, knowledge domains, SPI, CPI, etc.)
• Experience in the industrial sector (refining, petrochemicals, mining and metals, etc.).
• Excellent communication and integration capacity
• Resourcefulness, good organization and thoroughness
• Autonomy, leadership and sense of priorities
• Hardworking, sense of initiative and proactive
• Fluency in French and English required occasionally since the person will collaborate with colleagues and clients outside of Quebec, both written and oral.

Assets

• Experience in planning plant shutdowns
• PMP Certification
• Member of the "Association for the advancement of Cost Engineering" (AACE)
• Experience in consulting engineering
• Willingness to travel

You want to develop ambitious projects with us? Send us your resume and let's talk. Type : Permanent full time Available offices : Montreal or Lévis