Intermediate Project Controls Specialist

About the role

With 20+ years of experience bringing automation to nuclear projects, ATS Industrial Automation is expanding the capabilities of its existing nuclear division into the US. ATS provides world-leading automation tooling to the nuclear energy sector for new reactor builds, refurbishment, operations and maintenance. The Intermediate Project Controls Specialist is responsible for creating and maintaining project schedules, working closely with the Project Manager and Director/Manager/Leads of various departments to assess project progress, identify issues, and liaison between departments to facilitate solutions. The role also involves creating and maintaining a valid master production schedule (MPS) by working closely with shop scheduling, material handling, inventory control, purchasing, department Managers, and Applications, and preparing weekly forecasted activity reports so departments can plan resource allocation to meet all project deliverables.

ATS Industrial Automation is a publicly traded global company with a 40-year history and 600 skilled employees worldwide. We design, build, and service mission-critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear, and specialty automation.

Responsibilities

• Biweekly (or more frequent as per contract) update of Primavera (or designated) project schedule
• Generate schedule changes as required to maintain visibility of work in progress and accurately predict delivery dates
• Utilize Primavera (or designated) system to efficiently automate data collection, manipulation, and distribution of information
• Assess pending CORs for impact to project timing, resources required, and project criticality
• Implement signed CORs into project schedule verifying timing, resources required, and project criticality
• Weekly creation and maintenance of a valid master production schedule (MPS) for departmental review of divisional loading (as overseen by Senior Project Control Specialist)
• Determine purchased and manufacturing material due dates using Project Schedules and information from Sales department and project team
• Provide sufficient information to production control to promote issuing of due-dated work orders to the shop floor
• Coordinate work order issuance and kitting to meet the schedule
• Utilize benchmark labour hours to predict/plan manpower requirements by job classification and identify capacity constraints
• Work with project procurement lead to verify critical material deliveries
• Formally and daily check floor status of deliveries to allow proactive corrective action
• Check with Purchasing to verify critical material deliveries
• Participate in weekly Production Meeting & Loading Meeting, understanding discussion documents, outlining issues, constraints, and promise dates with detailed information for Project Manager to communicate with Customer
• Run/review MRP report and finite schedule with requirements to generate plant schedule and vendor releases
• Communicate any scheduling or cost forecasting shortfalls to the Project Manager
• Ensure all business activities are performed with highest ethical standards and in compliance with ATS Code of Business Conduct
• Adhere to all health and safety rules and procedures

Qualifications

• Education: Post-secondary education, including but not limited to Materials Management or equivalent, with practical working knowledge of MRP, shop floor control, or manufacturing controls systems
• Experience: Three to five years of scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment required
• Experience with computerized database systems required
• Primavera and Planview are an asset; Microsoft Project and Excel are required
• Understanding of common business practices relating to materials management, production control, logistics, and procurement essential
• Desire to learn, ability to adapt to various situations, and high degree of professionalism
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills essential

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules
• Employee events
• Free coffee beverages
• Employee referral program
• Safety shoe programs
• Competitive starting salaries
• Overtime pay eligibility
• Paid vacation
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• Comprehensive health benefits
• 401K matching program
• Employee Incentive Bonus program
• Optional Employee Share Purchase Program
• Tuition reimbursement programs
• Commitment to promoting from within