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Job Description
We are recruiting an Assistant Project Controls Consultant to join us in our flagship London office.
The primary function of this role will be to support the management and delivery of Project and programme controls for clients, addressing actual budget and forecast costs in order to effectively capture the business and project status and to support all aspects of the business and project delivery.
This role will be part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team, where you will utilise PMO best practice in a consulting environment on infrastructure projects and programmes.

As an Assistant Project Controls Consultant, you will be provided with a foundation for learning and working towards a career pathway that encompasses the following tasks and deliverables.

• Introduced to the company financial and cornerstone systems and processes.
• Introduced to financial terminology, measures, concepts and principles for analysis of financial data.
• Exposed to processes that increase recognition of financial impact of various project actions.
• Exposure to WBS concepts and principles.
• Research data for subsequent use in analysing cost and schedule analysis.
• Developing knowledge of accounting principles.
• Developing ability to use drawings and specifications.
• Exposed to progress/performance data and associated concepts and principles. Assists in the collection of progress data and review of performance trends.
• Develops knowledge of earned value concepts, principles, and methodology.
• Collects data and produces an initial analysis on manpower, labour hour, and labour cost requirements versus budget limitations.
• Collects data and produces an initial analysis for tracking actual cost to funding limitations.
• Provides support for tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments and expenditures.
• Exposed to the concepts and principles of project revenue and cost.
• Develops knowledge of scope control and change management.
• Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts, and principles.

Qualifications

As the ideal candidate you will have gained an introduction to infrastructure markets within a construction, financial or supply chain setting, and will possess the following qualifications and experience.

• A Master’s Degree or a Bachelor’s Degree as a minimum from a recognised and accredited university, with a focus on construction, project, or financial management,
• An understanding of, and experience in, scheduling, budgeting, cost reporting, progress and earned value reporting.
• Experienced in the preparation of cost control plans and procedures, and communication of such to project teams.
• Experienced in the timely and accurate preparation of project weekly and monthly reports, and presentation of results and recommendations to senior management, often working to tight timescales.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• A high attention to detail and a fundamental desire for always delivering the best possible product, including the ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately.
• Prior use of Primavera P6 and Power BI is desirable but not essential.

Additional Information

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• Introduced to the company financial and cornerstone systems and processes.
• Introduced to financial terminology, measures, concepts and principles for analysis of financial data.
• Exposed to processes that increase recognition of financial impact of various project actions.
• Exposure to WBS concepts and principles.
• Research data for subsequent use in analysing cost and schedule analysis.
• Developing knowledge of accounting principles.
• Developing ability to use drawings and specifications.
• Exposed to progress/performance data and associated concepts and principles. Assists in the collection of progress data and review of performance trends.
• Develops knowledge of earned value concepts, principles, and methodology.
• Collects data and produces an initial analysis on manpower, labour hour, and labour cost requirements versus budget limitations.
• Collects data and produces an initial analysis for tracking actual cost to funding limitations.
• Provides support for tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments and expenditures.
• Exposed to the concepts and principles of project revenue and cost.
• Develops knowledge of scope control and change management.
• Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts, and principles