Reports to: Project Controls Manager Department: Project Team Location: NexGen Rook I, Saskatchewan Rotation and Schedule:14/14, 12 hr shifts

Cementation is a leading underground mine contracting and engineering company-we design and build mines, safely. Our team specializes in delivering design-build solutions for technically complex projects, with a strong track record in world-class shaft sinking and mine development.

Collaboration is at the core of everything we do. We foster a culture where respect is foundational, innovation is encouraged, and safety is never compromised.

At Cementation, we value experience and are inspired by potential.

Project Opportunity Cementation is supporting NexGen's shaft sinking project, a major underground construction undertaking that will require disciplined planning, coordination, and control as the work progresses. This is an opportunity to help build and maintain the project controls systems that keep the team informed about performance, emerging changes, and the work ahead.

As Project Controls Lead, you'll coordinate cost, schedule, change, and reporting activities across the project controls team. You'll support explicit handovers, coach team members, and help project leaders get accurate, timely information for decisions.

Purpose of the role The Project Controls Lead provides day-to-day leadership to the project controls team. The role coordinates cost, schedule, change, and reporting activities; supports continuity between shifts; and reviews control information for accuracy and decision-readiness. Working under the direction of the Project Controls Manager, the Lead raises material issues and supports project leadership with clear analysis and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:





Support implementation and day-to-day application of the Project Controls Management Plan in alignment with corporate, project, and client standards.

Lead the following activities to ensure consistent application of project standards for:

Cost control and forecasting

Schedule development and progress measurement

Change management and trend control

Performance reporting and data governance

Ensure alignment and integration between project controls systems and:

Engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities

Finance, accounting, and commercial functions

Coordinate with the Project Controls Manager on interfaces with client project controls, assurance, and audit teams, ensuring transparent and consistent support.

Identify process or data issues that could affect the accuracy, timeliness, or usefulness of project controls information, and raise them with the Project Controls Manager.

Ensure control systems are scalable, auditable, and fit-for-purpose for the size and complexity of the project.

Cost Management & Forecasting Leadership

Lead cost control activities and provide day-to-day guidance to cost control resources.

Review cost reports, forecasts, and trend analyses for completeness and accuracy prior to escalation to the Project Controls Manager.





Support cost variance analysis and ensure timely identification, validation, and escalation of cost risks and opportunities during the assigned rotation.

Ensure cost forecasts accurately reflect scope changes, productivity performance, schedule impacts, and commercial risks.

Support cost-related decisions and management reporting with clear analysis.

Schedule Management & Integration

Provide oversight of schedule updating, logic quality, progress incorporation, and critical path review.

Help maintain the integrity of the integrated project schedule.

Coordinate schedule information with cost forecasting, progress measurement, change management, and claims analysis.

Identify schedule risks, float consumption, and schedule trends; elevate material impacts to the Project Controls Manager and project leadership team.

Ensure schedule data supports credible forecasting and decision-making

Change Management & Commercial Controls

Support consistent application of the project change management process in accordance with contract and client requirements.

Coordinate identification, evaluation, documentation, and tracking of project changes.

Maintain oversight of change and trend registers, early warnings, potential claims, and commercial impact assessments.

Coordinate closely with commercial and project teams to support timely assessment, escalation, and documentation of change impacts.

Ensure approved and potential changes are reflected consistently in cost forecasts, schedules, risk information, and reports.

Reporting, Performance & Decision Support

Support maintenance of project reporting framewor

📌 Project Controls Lead (Battleford)
🏢 Cementation Canada
📍 Battleford