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Job Description
We are recruiting a Project Controls Consultant to join us in our flagship London office.
The primary function of this role will be 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. To support the business and project delivery in all aspect.
This role will be part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team and demonstrable experience of the delivery of PMO best practice in a consulting environment on infrastructure projects and programmes is a key requirement of the role.
Specific to this opportunity is a need for the successful applicant to be comfortable working away from home on the South cost up to one night per week, or to be within commuting distance of both London and Brighton.

As the Project Controls Consultant, you will be tasked with:

• Develop cost control functions for Energy projects and programs undertaken by AECOM;
• Establish and implement detailed project controls plans and procedures in accordance with AECOM standards and client project requirements.
• Develop, maintain and manage project progress reporting, including all financial and earned value reporting, in accordance with contract and business requirements.
• Prepare project budgets and estimates.
• Coordinate and compile input from team members and various weekly reports.
• Establish and maintain baseline budgets and cost plans, communicating status on an ongoing basis to project teams, clients and other third parties.
• Implement and monitor and administer change control requirements including changes to project scope, budgets, contracts and schedule.
• Capture and monitor data to ensure accurate and reliable plans, cost, schedule, contract, pricing, and invoicing information are in place and accurately and promptly reported.
• Develop and maintain planned and actual cost and commitment schedules (including “S” curves) and earned value.
• Review, distribute and track invoices and progress payments for AECOM, its sub consultants and other third parties.
• Communicate project control needs and objectives to AECOM line managers and other project personnel.

Qualifications

As the ideal candidate you will have experience working within key infrastructure markets along with having the following qualifications and experience;

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a multi-discipline project environment.
• Experienced in leading project controls on projects or programs.
• Excellent understanding of, and experience in, scheduling, budgeting, cost reporting, progress and earned value reporting, including own organization and others (experience of a variety of project control systems would be an advantage).
• 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 problem-solving skills.
• Advanced level proficiency with all MS Office products, including Outlook; Word; Excel; and PowerPoint; and Projects.
• Advanced level proficiency with Primavera P6 and Power BI preferred.
• 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.

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