The Windfall Project, owned by Gold Fields, is located in northern Québec. By joining our passionate team, committed to creating lasting value beyond mining, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the construction and startup of a world-class mining project, one of the most ambitious in recent decades.
Gold Fields is a globally diversified gold producer with operations in Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Peru, Canada and Chile. At Gold Fields, we are committed to achieving an inclusive workforce and recognise that the diverse talent of our people will ultimately determine our growth, performance and success.
This is a role that offers you the opportunity to lead high-impact initiatives, collaborate with experts, and contribute to our growth in Québec. You will thrive in a dynamic environment where challenges and an exceptional workplace will support your professional growth.
Join the Windfall builder team!
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Reporting to the Deputy Project Controls Director and supporting the Project Controls Director, you will be the focal point for the coordination, consolidation and quality assurance of all project reports issued across the Windfall Project. Working from the Montréal project office, you will integrate inputs from the Owner’s Project Controls Leads (by Area), the ePCM (Engineering Integration, Procurement and Construction Management) and the Engineering Services Providers (ESPs) covering the four project Areas: Process Plant, Underground Mining, Tailings & Stockpile Facilities, and Non-Process Infrastructure (NPI). Will work at the Montreal office on a 5-2 schedule.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Act as the focal point and integrator for all project reporting (daily, weekly and monthly) produced by the Owner’s Project Controls Team, the ePCM and the ESPs across the four project Areas (Process Plant, Underground Mining, Tailings & Stockpile, NPI).
- Own, maintain and publish the Project Reporting Calendar, including cut-off dates, internal review windows, issuance dates and review-meeting cadence (daily KPIs, Weekly Construction Progress Report, Weekly Status Flash Report, Weekly PPSR, Monthly Cost Report, Monthly Progress Report, Exco and Steerco reports).
- Coordinate, schedule and run the recurring report review meetings (weekly progress reviews, monthly project review, Exco and Steerco preparation sessions); record action items and comments, and rigorously track them to close-out with the ePCM, ESPs and Owner’s Area Leads.
- Independently review and challenge ePCM and ESPs reporting deliverables (cost, schedule, progress, change, risk, HSE, procurement, engineering and construction performance) to ensure accuracy, completeness, internal consistency, traceability to source systems and alignment with approved templates, KPIs and contractual requirements.
- Consolidate inputs from all Areas and from all source systems — SAP, Contruent, Primavera P6, Safran Risk Manager, Oracle Aconex, and PPSR/PPR — into the integrated project reports and the project-wide dashboard hosted on the Microsoft Fabric / Power BI single-source-of-truth platform.
- Collect and consolidate comments from the Project Controls Director, the Deputy Project Controls Director, the Owner’s Project Controls Leads, the Cost Lead, Planning Lead, Risk Lead and other functional stakeholders; ensure that all comments are addressed and incorporated into the next report issuance and confirm implementation by the originating reporter.
- Ensure reconciliation between source-system data (SAP, Contruent, P6, Safran) and the published reports; identify, document and escalate discrepancies, and drive corrective action with data owners.
- Develop, maintain and continuously improve project reporting templates, instructions, work procedures and style guides; standardize narratives, KPI definitions and dashboard layouts across Areas and contractors.
- Support the production of executive-level dashboards, briefing packs and ad-hoc reports requested by the Project Director, the Project Controls Director and Gold Fields corporate stakeholders.
- Coordinate inputs from cross-functional stakeholders (Health & Safety, Environment, Procurement, Quality, Construction, Engineering, Risk, Cost, Schedule, Change Management, Operations Readiness, Commissioning) to ensure full content coverage of the MPR and other integrated reports.
- Maintain version control, traceability and audit trail of all reports and supporting data within the Owner’s information management system (Aconex), in compliance with Gold Fields governance and Project Execution Plan (PEP) requirements.
- Monitor reporting performance metrics — on-time issuance, completeness of submissions, quality of data, comment closure rate — and report on adherence by the ePCM and ESPs to the Deputy Project Controls Director.
- Support change management and continuous improvement of the reporting framework; capture lessons learned and contribute to benchmarking with Gold Fields global project network.
- Respect at all times the project’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies and Gold Fields’ core values (Safety, Responsibility, Innovation, Respect, Integrity, Delivery).
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Business Administration or a related discipline; a college diploma (DEC) with strong relevant experience will also be considered.- 5+ years of progressive experience in project controls, project services, reporting or PMO functions on large EPC/EPCM capital projects in the mining, oil & gas, energy or major infrastructure sectors; prior experience on a mega project ($1B+) and within an Owner’s team is highly preferred.
- Demonstrated track record coordinating multi-discipline reporting (cost, schedule, risk, change, HSE, procurement, engineering and construction performance) across Owner / ePCM / ESP / contractor interfaces.
- Solid understanding of project controls fundamentals: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), Earned Value Management (EVM), progress measurement, forecasting (EAC/ETC), variance and trend analysis, and change management.
- Hands-on experience with one or more enterprise project controls systems: Oracle Primavera P6, Contruent (or equivalent cost management platforms such as EcoSys, Prism G2, Cobra, ARES Prism), Safran Risk Manager, SAP, Oracle Aconex.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas, Power Query, data modelling) and PowerPoint; working knowledge of Power BI and exposure to Microsoft Fabric / OneLake architectures is a strong asset.
- Proven ability to drive disciplined reporting calendars, enforce cut-off dates, chair review meetings and close-out comments across multiple senior stakeholders without direct line authority.
- Outstanding attention to detail, data-integrity mindset and analytical rigor — including the ability to identify and challenge inconsistencies in source data.
- Excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills; able to thrive under pressure and consistently deliver to tight reporting deadlines.
- Working knowledge of PMI / AACE International best practices (PMP, PSP, EVP, CCP certifications are an asset).
- Bilingualism (French and English) — written and spoken — is required, as the role interacts daily with francophone and anglophone stakeholders within Gold Fields, the ePCM and the ESPs.
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