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Status

FTE: 1.000

Position Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Infrastructure and Business Management, the Project Control Officer provides project governance, financial control, reporting, and administrative oversight for projects within Integrated Infrastructure Services and Infrastructure Supports and Operations.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

- Oversee the end to end project set up workflow, ensuring the accurate set up of project profiles and financial coding.
- Develop and maintain a centralized project dashboard.
- Analyze and manipulate complex project data and transfers financials, where applicable.
- Review project stage gate information for completeness and compliance with department standards.
- Flag at risk projects for further review and provides related information to Managers.
- Determine the project accounting set up for each project




- Evaluate infrastructure project requests and determines the capital or expense classification for each project.
- Perform variance analysis comparing baseline budgets against actual expenditures to identify cost overruns and improve forecasting accuracy, reporting key findings to management for strategic decision-making.
- Resolves issues with process gaps, estimating errors, communication and administrative follow up with stakeholders.
- Review and approval of project transfers.
- Responsible for the review and approval of project completion certificates (PCC) for foreperson led projects.
- Reconciliation and summarization of capital projects
- Track and enters inventory data, supports routine cycle counts, and reconciles shop discrepancies.
- Regularly advises, guides, and supports Project Leads, Forepersons, Strategic Planning Managers, and Leadership on project budgets, expenses, system solutions, and compliance.
- Assist Managers with the development and maintenance of annual and 3-5 year project plans.
- Makes recommendations on process improvements to the Manager and supports the Manager in additional project-related tasks.
- Assign duties, schedule priorities, and set deadlines for the Project Clerk.
- Establish protocols, assign and monitoring work, reviewing performance of project administrative staff.
- Train,



coach and monitor the progress of staff on a regular and proactive basis.

Education/Qualifications

- Diploma in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
- minimum 6 years experience in a related field
- experience in project accounting, construction/project management administration, inventory and project controls
- strong knowledge of project governance, financial and cost controls, budget management, variance analysis, and data analytics
- functional expertise to establish standardized processes, protocols, and provide guidance on end-to-end project controls
- proficiency with complex project accounting systems (such as Archibus and Oracle) and maintaining centralized project dashboards
- solid communication and interpersonal skills to advise, guide, support, and collaborate with project leads, forepersons, financial staff, and division leadership
- leadership and supervisory skills to assign duties, set goals, manage performance, and coach project administrative staff
- strong organizational skills and attention to detail to analyze data, interpret information, and manage competing priorities and deadlines proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets

Rate of Pay $44.70 - $57.08 per hour

Nature of Work

Closing

Occasional local site-to-site travel within the Division is required.

Contact: Brooklyn Nowicki, Manager Infrastructure Business Management - Infrastructure Supports and Operations

Closing date for this competition is October 18, 2026

Only those applicants being considered will be contacted. The Terms and Conditions of employment for Exempt staff may be viewed at www.epsb.ca/ourdistrict/careers/exempt/#HP1

📌 Project Control Officer (Edmonton)
🏢 Edmonton Public Schools
📍 Edmonton