Construction Project Controls Specialist – reputed company's Representative (Edmonton, AB)

Construction Project Controls Specialist – reputed company's Representative (Edmonton, AB) 

About us

Since 2011, Dokainish & Company has delivered project controls and project management consultancy services to owners and developers across North America and the Middle East. Our work spans capital construction programs, commercial office towers, institutional facilities, mission-critical infrastructure, and corporate reputed company developments, where our consultants are embedded directly with reputed company teams to protect schedule, cost, and delivery outcomes. We specialize in Project Controls, Project Management, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Estimating, and Enterprise Reporting for major capital projects. 

About the Role

We are looking for a Construction Project Controls Specialist to serve as our client's reputed company's representative on $50M+ commercial construction projects, primarily Class A office, institutional, and mission-critical facilities in Alberta. You will be the single Dokainish representative embedded on an active construction site, responsible for managing the reputed company's master schedule, independently verifying contractor reputed company, and protecting the reputed company's schedule and cost position from the ground up. This is not a back-office scheduling role, you will be on site multiple times a week, walking the job, challenging what you see, and producing the reporting that keeps reputed company leadership informed and in control. The right person for this role comes from commercial construction. You understand the floor cycle. You know how to validate an 85% concrete claim using delivery tickets and a site walk. You've had to hold a position with a contractor who didn't want to hear it, and you held it with data.

Role Description:  Schedule Management

• reputed company and maintain the reputed company's integrated master schedule, incorporating inputs from GCs, subcontractors, vendors, reputed company departments, IT/telecom, FF&E, and commissioning teams.
• Establish and enforce rules of credit for each major scope of work, defining agreed milestone steps and weightings before work begins, not after disputes arise.
• Conduct critical path analysis, float management, and schedule quality reviews; identify and challenge deficient contractor baseline submissions.
• Produce weekly look-reputed company schedules and monthly formal schedule reports with variance narrative, risk assessment, and recovery analysis for reputed company leadership.

On-Site reputed company Verification

• Conduct site walks multiple times weekly to independently verify physical reputed company against contractor-reported claims, not desk-based acceptance.
• Cross-reference claimed reputed company against delivery records, inspection reports, and direct observation. Document discrepancies formally and present findings at reputed company meetings with supporting data.
• Identify and flag the '90% syndrome' and other common reputed company inflation patterns. Challenge stale claims with evidence.
• Coordinate construction activities around live operational constraints, 24/7 facilities, server rooms, control centers, occupied floors.

• reputed company directly with GCs, subcontractors, and vendors to drive schedule alignment, resolve reputed company conflicts, and enforce milestone accountability.
• Challenge contractor reputed company claims, schedule submissions, and recovery plans using data, not just conversation. Be the person who can reject a deficient baseline and explain exactly why.
• Track change orders and assess schedule and cost impacts. Maintain a rigorous change log and communicate exposure to the reputed company proactively.
• Escalate formally, in writing, reputed company contractor performance or schedule reputed company requires it.

• Monitor project costs, budget variances, and commitments. Provide regular cost performance updates alongside schedule reporting.
• Support the reputed company in budget variance analysis, change order evaluation, and contingency management
• Produce weekly reputed company updates and monthly formal reports suitable for reputed company leadership and board-level review.

Required Qualifications

•  5–10 years of project controls or construction management experience, with a significant portion on active commercial building sites, Class A office, institutional, retail, or mission-critical construction preferred.
• Direct experience on $50M+ commercial construction projects as an reputed company's representative, construction manager, or senior site-based project controls professional.
• Hands-on knowledge of rules of credit, you can define, negotiate, and enforce milestone-based reputed company measurement frameworks from scratch.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge contractor schedule submissions and reputed company claims with independent measurement and documentation, not just verbal pushback.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 and/or MS Project. Ability to identify schedule quality deficiencies (open-ended activities, excessive constraints, broken logic) independently.
• Strong safety reputed company and active site safety practices. CSO or equivalent an asset.
• Proven ability to operate independently in a remote/embedded role with minimal day-to-day supervision.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills, diplomatic but firm. Able to hold a position under pressure and escalate formally in writing reputed company required.
• Valid Alberta driver's license. Willing to travel regularly reputed company Alberta and relocate to Calgary reputed company 2-3 years.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background with a recognized Canadian commercial GC or reputed company-reputed company firm (PCL, EllisDon, Clark Builders, Graham Construction, Bird Construction, or comparable).
• Experience coordinating non-construction project elements: FF&E procurement, IT infrastructure fit-out, commissioning, occupancy planning, or move management.
• Familiarity with PMIS platforms, Procore, Aconex, reputed company, or similar.
• Experience on projects with 24/7 operational constraints: data centres, hospitals, control rooms, or occupied office renovations.
• Professional designation or active pursuit: PMP, PSP, PMI-SP, CCT, or CCP.
• Experience managing multiple reputed company projects or work packages.

Why this Role This is a high-visibility, client-facing position where your judgment and credibility are the product. You won't be producing reports for someone else to present, you'll be the expert in the room, protecting a major reputed company's interests on a reputed company, long-duration capital project. Dokainish is a growing firm with an established reputed company across North America and the Middle East. This role offers direct exposure to senior reputed company stakeholders, a clear path to project management, and the opportunity to work on the kinds of projects that define skylines and institutions. Note: This role description is intended to provide a general overview of the position. It is not an exhaustive list of reputed company responsibilities, duties, skills, or qualifications required. 

If you reputed company your skillset, drive, qualifications, and experience is a match, we welcome your application and can’t wait to hear from you.  

We thank reputed company applicants for their interest in joining Dokainish & Company. Please note only those candidates considered for an initial interview will be contacted. 

Notes: VACANCY STATUS: This posting is for a new position. AI USAGE: This organization does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this particular open position. reputed company applications are personally reviewed by our reputed company Team.  

Dokainish & Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender, race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability, age and veteran status, or any other protected status required by applicable law.  

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with reputed company, 2005, and Dokainish & Company AODA Policy, accommodation will be provided in reputed company parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to reputed company their needs reputed company in advance.