{"id":5128,"date":"2025-11-05T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expertissolutions.com\/?post_type=awsm_job_openings&p=5128"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:08:01","slug":"senior-project-control-officer","status":"publish","type":"awsm_job_openings","link":"https:\/\/expertissolutions.com\/en\/jobs\/senior-project-control-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Project Control Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Start Date:<\/strong> ASAP
Contract Duration:<\/strong> 1 year
Work schedule:<\/strong> 40 hours per week (8 hours per day)
Work mode:<\/strong> Hybrid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Role and responsibilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Portfolio\/Program Project Control Officer (PCO)<\/strong> is the backbone of successful project execution, ensuring transparency, control, and efficiency across a portfolio. They play a crucial role in ensuring that projects within a portfolio are managed effectively and align with organizational goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Portfolio\/Program Project Control Officer (PCO)<\/strong> plays a dual role by assuming direct PCO responsibilities for select projects within the assigned portfolio, in accordance with the standard PCO roles and responsibilities. In addition to project-level involvement, the incumbent is responsible for driving consistency, quality, and governance at the portfolio\/program level through the following key responsibilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we need your help with<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Ensuring that all projects follow established frameworks, policies, and procedures while maintaining alignment with strategic objectives across all portfolios.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Promote best practices through proactive communication, training, coaching, and audits ensuring integrity of the data provided.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Consolidate financial data across all portfolio projects to provide a comprehensive and transparent view of financial performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Coordinate and verify final Year-End Outlook (YEO) submissions to the Finance Department.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Integrate project-level inputs into central portfolio dashboards and reporting platforms (e.g., On-Time\/On-Budget dashboard, SPMC, Monthly Review forums).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Conduct portfolio-level financial analysis, identify root causes of variances, and propose mitigation strategies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Monitor overall program\/portfolio financial envelopes, including prioritizations, approved budgets, and inter-project or contingency fund transfers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Generate tailored financial and performance reports to meet executive reporting requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Maintain and analyze a portfolio-level risk register to assess risks impacting benefits realization, timelines, and budgets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Collaborate with the Portfolio\/Program PM Manager in development & maintaining the portfolio\/program management plan, ensuring alignment and adherence at the project level.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lead the change management process at the portfolio\/program level, including impact assessments on scope delivery, fund availability, and program reserves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Serve as the primary liaison with the Portfolio\/Program PMO Manager and the Portfolio Owner\/Vice President of Major Programs in prioritization of Capital Projects, evaluation of portfolio management\u2019s health and reporting on performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Monitor and report on other key portfolio indicators such as project initiation, contract awarding and other KPI\u2019s reflecting processus efficiency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Serve as a liaison between project PCOs and executive governance structures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lead implementation of new reporting frameworks like EVM across portfolios.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Support risk assessment, issue tracking, and change management oversight at the portfolio level.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    What we are looking for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Required years of experience: 10 years +<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Experience with Project Costing and Financials<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Proficiency in Excel and Forecasting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Must have manufacturing experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Experience with trains and external third-party vendor contracts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Bilingual in French and English as the candidate will be required to work with resources outside of Quebec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Start Date: ASAPContract Duration: 1 yearWork schedule: 40 hours per week (8 hours per day)Work mode: Hybrid Role and responsibilities The Portfolio\/Program Project Control Officer (PCO) is the backbone of successful project execution, ensuring transparency, control, and efficiency across a portfolio. They play a crucial role in ensuring that projects within a portfolio are managed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"awsm_set_exp_list":"","awsm_job_expiry":"","awsm_exp_list_display":"","awsm_pro_exclude_job":"","awsm_job_filled":"","awsm_job_cc_email_addresses":"","awsm_pro_application_limit":0,"awsm_pro_application_form":{"id":"default"}},"class_list":["post-5128","awsm_job_openings","type-awsm_job_openings","status-publish","hentry","job-category-pco","job-type-contract","job-location-montreal","date-posted-november-05-2025"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertissolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awsm_job_openings\/5128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertissolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awsm_job_openings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertissolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/awsm_job_openings"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expertissolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expertissolutions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}