Associate Director - Project Planning & Scheduling

at  AECOM

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Job Description
We are seeking enthusiastic, ambitious, and highly motivated Associate Directors with excellent knowledge of Scheduling best practice and associated software.
We are looking for innovative thinkers who are keen to engage and “Make Complex look Simple”, and as such, get involved in the AI revolution of Project Controls.
As an Associate Director you will play a crucial role in managing and overseeing various operational aspects within AECOM, contributing to strategic planning, and ensuring the successful implementation of high-level strategies.
The role will support programme leads in the delivery of programme / projects by providing high level planning service for the preparation of project plans, producing baseline scheduled tasks, resource profiles and financial models. The successful person will be involved in improving the consistency, predictability and efficiency of the programmes project delivery capability and will be able to provide leadership in best practices and Continuous Improvement.
As Associate Director, you will remain highly customer-focused - outward and upward and will consistently seek to exceed customer expectations. The role will ensure that the operational issues of the project controls and PMO are managed, focusing on the project interface with project leaders, project managers, project teams, and interface issues.
The Associate Director will work as part of our Integrated Program Controls Team (IPC), which is composed of Schedule, Risk, Project Controls and Analytics, and as such will lead and drive Team Integration and Collaboration.

EXPERIENCE

The AECOM Planning Associate Director role is a mid-level management position responsible for overseeing and managing various aspects of an organisation’s operations, such as finances, HR, and marketing. The successful candidate will have already gained experience in:

• Managing daily team operations, including developing team policies and procedures, conducting team assessment and evaluation, and participating in strategic team planning.
• Overseeing specific programme areas, such as recruiting, experiential learning, and employer relations.
• Establishing partnerships with external employers to develop recruitment strategies and enhance internal and external relationships.
• Devising strategies for growth in profit and customer satisfaction, implementing policies and standards, evaluating the workforce, and setting goals in terms of budget and billable work.
• Conducting Peer Reviews and Quality Audits supported by concise report writing

Demonstrable experience in the following tools is also required:

• Oracle Primavera
• MS Project
• Asta Power Project
• Power BI
• Excel
• Acumen Fuse

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deputising for Senior Leadership Team
• Promotes and ensures overall team integration
• Establishes partnerships with external employers to develop recruitment strategies and enhance internal and external relationships.
• Implements and leads collaborative planning workshops to ensure buy-in from overall project team
• Performs impact analysis and monitors schedule variance
• Leads application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques and tools.
• Excellent working knowledge of planning/scheduling, EVM, project controls methodologies
• Ability to advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.
• Able to manage planning/scheduling delivery of medium/high complexity projects / programmes
• Ability to play key role in multidisciplinary teams and take lead role in creating plans or analysing trends using numerical and statistical techniques.
• Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for staff development.
• Mastery in setting up effective planning / schedule management systems & procedures
• Expert knowledge of schedule management tools & software
• Managing resourcing, growing & developing the team
• Able to manage activities with significant uncertainty of solution or outcomes
• Support to senior management in deal negotiations, contract development, due diligence & other business development or alliance development projects
• Excellent attention to detail & able to validate & check schedule management inputs, recording & reports produced, providing basic commentary & analysis
• Looking to future to create a vision and set strategy
• Persuading and influencing colleagues
• Identifying and analysing business risks
• Building and leading a high performing team
• Very high political and cultural acuity
• Creating and delivering persuasive and engaging presentations to wide range of audiences in our industry
• Spotting, developing and coaching talented individuals
• Selling and promoting the business and winning work
  Qualifications
  Applicants will ideally be degree educated, with previous industry & sector experience being essential.

Demonstrable experience in the following tools is also required:

• Oracle Primavera
• MS Project
• Asta Power Project
• Power BI
• Excel
• Acumen Fuse.

Additional Information

The AECOM Planning Associate Director role is a mid-level management position responsible for overseeing and managing various aspects of an organisation’s operations, such as finances, HR, and marketing. The successful candidate will have already gained experience in:

• Managing daily team operations, including developing team policies and procedures, conducting team assessment and evaluation, and participating in strategic team planning.
• Overseeing specific programme areas, such as recruiting, experiential learning, and employer relations.
• Establishing partnerships with external employers to develop recruitment strategies and enhance internal and external relationships.
• Devising strategies for growth in profit and customer satisfaction, implementing policies and standards, evaluating the workforce, and setting goals in terms of budget and billable work.
• Conducting Peer Reviews and Quality Audits supported by concise report writin