Project Controls Consultant

AECO; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in the UK is recruiting a Project Controls Consultant to join our Integrated Programme Controls team, with offices in London, Birmingham, Manchester or Bristol.

You will develop and deliver cost control plans, manage budgets and earned value reporting, and coordinate inputs from project teams and clients.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s Degree and has extensive scheduling, costing and reporting experience, with advanced MS Office, Primavera P6 and Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university.
• Experience leading project controls on projects or programs.
• Strong scheduling, budgeting and cost reporting experience including earned value.
• Experience with cost control plans and procedures and communicating to teams.
• Ability to prepare weekly and monthly project reports and present results to management.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with advanced MS Office skills including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 and Power BI is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop cost control functions for Energy projects and programs.
• Establish and implement detailed project controls plans and procedures.
• Develop and maintain project progress reporting including earned value and cost reporting.
• Prepare project budgets and estimates.
• Coordinate inputs from team members and weekly reports.
• Maintain baseline budgets and cost plans and communicate status to teams and clients.
• Monitor change control including scope, budgets, contracts and schedule.

Skills

Project controls

Scheduling

Budgeting

Cost reporting

Earned value reporting

MS Office

Primavera P6

Power BI

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

MS Office

Job description

Company Description

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• Primary Location: UK - London - Aldgate Tower

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

We are recruiting a Project Controls Consultant to join us in either our flagship London office or at our other fantastic offices, Birmingham, Manchester or Bristol.

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.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• 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

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

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.
• Working experience gained 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.

Benefits

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

We are a Disability‑Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability‑Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Application Information

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