Posted 24 days ago
Project Controls Specialist
@ Denison Mines
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Overview
Denison Mines is hiring a Project Controls Specialist to maintain the owner-side cost picture from approved budget through final completion. The role reconciles actual expenditure, commitments and remaining work, and reports emerging cost exposures. Candidates need a Bachelor's degree and 5-8 years of cost control experience on major construction, mining or process projects.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain control budget and cost coding structure
- Reconcile POs, invoices, accruals and commitments
- Maintain forecast to complete and estimate at completion
- Separate approved changes from unapproved trends and claims
- Prepare variance explanations, cash-flow forecasts and reports
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering or related field
- 5-8 years of cost control experience on major projects
- Strong command of earned value and change tracking
- Advanced spreadsheet and project cost-system skills
- Solid understanding of AACE and/or PMI concepts
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-13
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-14
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Finance & accounting |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Finance, Accounting, Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan |
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Denison Mines
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On the path to becoming the next Canadian uranium producer.
Full company description
Denison is a uranium exploration and development company with interests focused in the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan – including its 60% owned Wheeler River project, which hosts the high grade Phoenix and Gryphon uranium deposits. Denison also owns a 22.5% interest in the McClean Lake uranium mill, which is currently processing ore from the Cigar Lake mine under a toll milling agreement, and is the manager of Uranium Participation Corp., a publicly traded company which invests in uranium oxide and uranium hexafluoride. Denison is a member of the Lundin Group of Companies and is listed on the TSX Exchange under the symbol DML and on the NYSE MKT under the symbol DNN.
- LinkedIn followers
- 11,467
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 129
- Reported office locations
- 40 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5J 1T1, CA
- Business categories
- Natural Resources
- Mining
- Mineral
- Mining & Metals
- Energy, mining, utilities
- Other recorded names
- Denison Mines
- Denison Mines Corp.
- Specialties
- Uranium Exploration
- Athabasca Basin
- Uranium Company
- and Uranium Mining
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- No
- Reported total investment
- 628,491,670
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Denison is a uranium exploration and development company with interests focused in the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan – including its 60% owned Wheeler River project, which hosts the high grade Phoenix and Gryphon uranium deposits. Denison also owns a 22.5% interest in the McClean Lake uranium mill, which is currently processing ore from the Cigar Lake mine under a toll milling agreement, and is…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mining |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, ON |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Specialties | Uranium ExplorationAthabasca BasinUranium Companyand Uranium Mining |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 18 |
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The Project Controls Specialist is responsible for maintaining a reliable owner-side cost picture from the approved budget through final completion. The role will reconcile actual expenditure, contractual commitments, and remaining work to provide clear visibility into emerging cost exposures.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- • Set up or validate the control budget and cost coding structure, aligned with scope, contracts and schedule activities.
- • Reconcile purchase orders, invoices, accruals, commitments and approved changes with finance and procurement records.
- • Maintain forecast to complete and estimate at completion by contract, discipline and cost account.
- • Separate approved budget transfers and changes from unapproved trends, potential claims and contingency drawdown.
- • Challenge contractor forecasts with the Estimator, Planner and site team using quantities, productivity and remaining work.
- • Prepare monthly variance explanations, cash-flow forecasts and a clear account of remaining contingency.
- • Support decisions with a traceable cost history and timely notice of material exposure.
- • Design and preparation of reports using the available information to best reflect status of major projects to a variety of internal audiences including project management, finance, and leadership.
You are a detail-oriented cost control professional with experience supporting significant construction, mining, or process-facility projects. You bring strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work across finance, procurement, project controls, and site teams. In addition, you have:
- • A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related discipline
- • 5-8 years of cost control experience on significant construction, mining, or process-facility projects.
- • Strong command of commitments, accruals, forecasting, earned value, change tracking and cost breakdown structures.
- • Advanced spreadsheet and project cost-system skills, with the ability to reconcile different source systems.
- • Good judgment when reported progress, contract values and expenditure tell different stories.
- • Solid understanding of core AACE and/or PMI concepts and practices
All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada. Denison offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including health and dental coverage, and a retirement savings plan.
OUR COMMITMENT:
Denison is dedicated to creating employment opportunities for Indigenous individuals and residents of the communities in which we operate. We encourage Indigenous applicants and those from these communities to apply and to voluntarily provide relevant information in their application. Preference will be given to qualified Indigenous candidates.
At Denison, we place a high value on diversity of backgrounds and experience. We strive to create an inclusive workforce that reflects a wide range of cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Our team members are empowered to excel based on their personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. Reasonable accommodation during the hiring process is available upon request.
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