PRIMARY PURPOSE
Provides enterprise-scale leadership of Project Controls within the Engineering Division, ensuring standardized, integrated, and risk-informed project controls practices across TransLink’s $13B+ Capital Program.
The role is accountable for the establishment, governance, and continuous evolution of the Project Controls Framework, systems, and digital platforms that enable portfolio-wide assurance, data integrity, and executive- and Board-level decision confidence. Working in close collaboration with Engineering leadership, delivery groups, operating companies, and corporate partners, the role ensures consistent application of project controls standards and provides independent assurance that proactively identifies, quantifies and mitigate strategic and high-risk exposures across the capital portfolio.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Project Controls Strategy and Framework
Owns portfolio-wide risk identification, quantification, aggregation, and escalation practices, ensuring material risks are proactively managed and transparently reported.
Leads the establishment, approval, and continuous evolution of Engineering’s division-wide Project Controls Framework, incorporating industry-leading standards and lessons.
Ensures alignment of project controls practices with Engineering objectives, the Investment Plan, and capital governance stage-gates (Feasibility, AiP, SPA, PCA).
Establishes mandatory enterprise standards for Earned Value Management (EVM), quantitative schedule and risk analysis (QSRA), forecasting methodologies, and variance analysis, ensuring consistency and confidence across the Capital Program.
Enterprise Integration and Digital Enablement
Overseas the governance and integrity of enterprise project controls systems and digital platforms (e.g., PMIS, analytic environments), ensuring a single source of truth for portfolio performance.
Establishes portfolio-wide assurance protocols, including quality reviews, escalation thresholds, and controls compliance monitoring.
Drives integrate cost, schedule, risk and performance analytics across Engineering delivery groups and operating companies.
Governance, Assurance and Risk Management
Defines and governs baseline control, change management, and reforecast approval protocols across the Capital Program, aligned to contract models and delivery approaches
Executive and Board Decision Support
Provides independent, expert insight to the VP, CEO, Board, and governance committees on portfolio health, risk exposure, forecast confidence, and investment performance.
Translates complex project controls information into credible, risk-adjusted, decision-ready insights to support informed executive and Board decision-making.
Where differing view exist, presents independent, evidence-based perspectives alongside Portfolio Management recommendations to ensure balanced executive consideration.
Capability Building and Functional Leadership
Builds and leads a centralized, multidisciplinary Project Controls function across Engineering, including cost, schedule, risk, and performance specialists.
Establishes clear standards, professional expectations, and accountabilities for project controls practitioners.
Reduces reliance on external vendors for foundational controls capability and strengthens internal maturity.
Provides leadership, coaching, mentoring, and talent development to grow sustainable divisional expertise, capability and succession planning.
Stakeholder & External Interface
Represents Engineering in external audits, peer reviews, and government oversight, and independent assurance engagements.
Participates in cross-enterprise forums and steering committees to foster alignment, transparency and shared accountability for capital performance.
Defines, enforces, and assures project controls requirements for consultants and contractors, including compliance with cost, schedule, risk, and reporting standards.
Organizational Structure and Context
The role leads a centralized Project Controls team and includes direct reports, including a Senior Program Manager – Project Controls, with specialized controllers responsible for schedule, cost, scope, and risk.
This centralized structure positions Project Controls as a core enterprise service within Engineering, scalable across the broader TransLink capital portfolio and enterprise.
The role supports Engineering’s stewardship responsibility to TransLink, Executive Leadership, and the Board.
