Project Planner and Controller

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ABB's Measurement & Analytics division is among the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of smart instrumentation and analyzers. With thousands of experts around the world and high-performance digital technology, ABB's team is dedicated to making measurement easy for its industrial and energy customers to let them operate more efficiently and profitably. In this role, you will act as project planner and controller within a multidisciplinary R&D team. This team is responsible for analyzing, designing, implementing and integrating solutions for customers such as the Canadian Space Agency, as well as for our analysis and measurement products (https://new.abb.com/products/measurement-products).

Your responsibilities

• Develop project schedules, including preparation of work packages, task dependencies and duration, setting milestones, defining critical paths and resource optimization.
• Gather the data necessary to progress and update project schedules. Control deadlines and project timelines and optimize project schedules based on gathered data.
• Monitor project budget costs. Compare budgets approved in SAP against costs entered in Primavera.
• Analyze project progress and deviations from the approved reference and analyze the effects of possible delays. Suggest corrective actions and adjust schedules accordingly.
• Identify potential project resource allocation conflicts and suggest an optimal use of resources.
• Maintain and track scope changes and consolidate and analyze project indicators.
• Prepare and analyze long term, mid-term and short-term budget revenues and expenses forecasts.
• Support project managers and teams in strategic and detailed project planning.
• Support Time Sheets entries.
• Contribute to the improvement of our Project Management process and tools.

Your background

• College degree in administration with pertinent experience.
• Five (5) years of experience in project planning (MS-Project or Primavera and cost control.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Office).
• SAP knowledge is an asset. Contractual terms knowledge is also an asset.
• Care for order and quality, attention to detail.
• Good at managing time and workload.
• Autonomy, ease of adaptation/versatility.
• Bilingualism (French/English).

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Healthcare plan
• Accident insurance
• Wellbeing program

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the 8th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, Canada’s Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and supported. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage applicants to self-identify in the application process. ABB's Military Reservist Policy offers Canada's Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation's defense forces.