Detailed Job Description JOIN US IN ENABLING TRADE THROUGH CANADA'S LARGEST PORT.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is an arm’s-length federal agency responsible for the shared stewardship of the lands and waters that make up the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port. Our mandate, as outlined in the Canada Marine Act, is to enable Canada’s trade objectives on behalf of all Canadians, ensuring the safe movement of goods through the Port of Vancouver while protecting the environment and considering local communities.

As an organization with a significant impact on communities and businesses across Canada, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. We strive to create a workplace that mirrors the richness of our community, empowering all employees to achieve their full potential.

The Manager, RBT2 Program Controls is accountable for establishing, leading, and maintaining best-in-class program controls framework across RBT2 (Roberts Bank Terminal 2), a multi-billion-dollar multi-project program. The role ensures disciplined and integrated cost control, forecasting, schedule integration, risk, contingency and opportunity management, change control, and performance reporting across all workstreams.

The RBT2 team have established an environment where there is a focus on delivering at pace, being forward-thinking and ensuring alignment and a positive culture in order to bring the world more Canada, together.

Working within a matrix organization, the position partners closely with program directors, project managers, and workstream leads to ensure consistent, transparent, and auditable information that support informed decision-making and a “no surprises” operating culture through the program lifecycle.





What You Do

Own the integrated program capital and operating cost estimates, ensuring the overall program estimate is cohesive, complete, with clear assumptions and reflects a balanced program forecast. Partner with embedded Project Controls leads and provide direct support for other areas of the program where there is not an embedded Project Controls lead to ensure a consistent approach and a sound consolidated estimate.

Develop and maintain the program Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).

Review, challenge and approve of cost inputs, including in comparison to prior estimates, benchmarking, etc.to support reliable estimates. Ensure alignment with scope, schedule, risk profile, and execution strategy for program level inputs and ensure no duplication or gaps in the consolidated roll up including estimates from project leads.

Establish and maintain controls to ensure timely receipt, validation and integration of estimate updates to maintain early visibility of emerging trends and risks.

Establish and continuously improve program-wide standards, methodologies, and systems for cost estimating, forecasting, reporting, and analysis.

Manage resourcing plans to support workforce planning and cost estimating.

Lead an integrated, auditable change management process, assessing impacts to cost, schedule, scope, risk,



and reputation.

Accountable for the oversight and outcomes of independent third-party reviews to validate cost estimates and cost management practices.

Provide direction to workstream and project leads in developing scope and schedules that support program-level integration and coordination.

Lead the development and maintenance of an integrated program schedule, enabling performance measurement against baseline.

Ensure cross-workstream interfaces and dependencies are identified and managed, with conflicts resolved and opportunities to improve efficiency captured.

Provide oversight of schedule reporting highlighting critical path items, key risks and required actions.

Oversee schedule changes through a structured, auditable change control process.

Lead and support workstream and program-level risk identification, assessment, and mitigation planning summarized in a comprehensive program risk register, including interface, integration, and systemic risks.

Implement industry best practices for contingency development, including quantitative risk assessment (QRA) processes, and escalation calculation.

Ensure cost estimates appropriately reflect risk exposure, escalation, and contingency strategies as the program evolves.

Provide leadership inputs to VFPA corporate risk management processes.

Set program wide structure for cost and performance reviews of key contractors, suppliers, and consultants to ensure cost-effective, high-quality delivery. Lead such reviews for works done at the program level.

Ensure spend authorization submissions and contract approval documentation are transparent, complete and decision ready.

📌 Manager,Program Controls (Winnipeg)
🏢 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
📍 Winnipeg