Vista Projects is an integrated engineering firm who has been solving complex challenges in the energy industry since 1985. We are innovators at our core. We continually find better, smarter ways to design and deliver oil and gas projects, and we are proud to be contributing on some of the most exciting low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments in the North America. For our people, that means meaningful, varied work and a real chance to shape how modern engineering gets done.

We are innovators in the energy industry. We actively find ways to improve how oil and gas projects are designed and delivered, and we are contributing to some remarkable low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments, including electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects.. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

Why We Do It

What Vista Does

Vista Projects is an integrated engineering firm who has been solving complex challenges in the energy industry since 1985. We are innovators at our core. We continually find better, smarter ways to design and deliver oil and gas projects, and we are proud to be contributing on some of the most exciting low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments in the North America. For our people, that means meaningful, varied work and a real chance to shape how contemporary engineering gets done.

We are innovators in the energy industry. We actively find ways to improve how oil and gas projects are designed and delivered, and we are contributing to some remarkable low-carbon and synthetic fuel developments, including electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects.. We are headquartered in Calgary and maintain a satellite office in Houston.

Why We Do It





The world needs energy, and better engineering makes the projects that deliver it safer, more efficient and more sustainable. Our multi-discipline teams have designed some of the most challenging and successful projects in the North American energy sector, from early-stage studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions. We take pride in doing that work well, and just as much pride in continuously improving how we do it.

What You Would Do in This Role

The Project Controls Lead is responsible for managing project controls activities and deliverables across multiple projects, including cost control, scheduling, forecasting, change management, earned value, and project performance reporting. The Lead provides mentoring and training to project controls professionals, including schedulers and project controls analysts, and works closely with clients, project managers, engineering disciplines, and Project Services.

Duties include:

- Leading project controls activities across multiple projects and ensuring the quality and timely delivery of cost control, scheduling, forecasting, change management, and performance reporting deliverables
- Liaising with clients, project managers, Project Services, and engineering disciplines on project controls requirements, performance, risks, and priorities
- Leading cost reporting, forecasting, earned value analysis,



change management, and project performance analysis
- Reviewing project budgets, commitments, actual costs, incurred costs, and Estimate at Completion (EAC) and identifying significant trends and variances
- Assessing forecast risks and identifying potential impacts to project cost and schedule
- Supporting budget development, estimating, cash-flow forecasting, and project setup
- Identifying trends and potential scope changes and ensuring they are communicated and managed through the appropriate Management of Change process
- Leading and participating in interactive planning sessions with project and engineering teams
- Developing and maintaining resource-loaded schedules and supporting resource planning
- Reviewing schedules with project personnel and establishing and maintaining approved baselines
- Progressing and updating schedules at the required reporting frequency with input from project disciplines
- Reviewing schedule logic, progress, resource loading, critical path, float, and schedule variances
- Analyzing schedule changes and reporting impacts, critical areas, risks, and potential mitigation strategies
- Integrating project risk information into schedule and forecast reviews and mitigation planning
- Providing schedule look-aheads and proactively identifying upcoming, delayed, or at-risk deliverables
- Maintaining Primavera P6 templates, layouts, and scheduling standards
- Performing ad hoc cost, schedule, and project performance analysis to support project decision-making
- Periodically reviewing project controls processes, procedures, templates, and standards, identifying areas for improvement and implementing

📌 Project Controls Lead (Calgary)
🏢 Vista Projects
📍 Calgary