Senior Project Controls Consultant

AECOM; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is recruiting a Senior Project Controls Consultant to join our Integrated Programme Controls team in Birmingham, Manchester or London. The role focuses on managing project controls, budgets, forecasts and cost reporting across infrastructure programmes.

Applicants should have PMO experience on complex infrastructure projects, strong planning and cost engineering skills, and familiarity with Primavera P6 and Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with multi-discipline project environment experience.
• Demonstrable experience in a client-facing PMO/Project Controls role.
• Strong organizational, coordination and people management skills.
• Advanced planning/scheduling, cost engineering, change control, risk and opportunity management.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain cost control systems and reporting for projects and programmes.
• Manage budgets, cost capture, and variance analysis; track cash flow and cost forecasts.
• Provide dashboards and reports to support project decisions using digital tools.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure accurate cost information and timely deliverables.

Skills

PMO

Cost control

Data analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Job description

At Aecom we are currently recruiting for Senior Project Controls consultants to join us at either our Birmingham, Manchester or London offices.

The role will be part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team and demonstrable experience in the delivery of PMO best practice in a consulting environment on infrastructure projects and programmes will be a key requirement.

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.

Heres what youll do:

Your day to day will include but not be limited to the following tasks and responsibilities;

• Establishing / building on existing AECOM cost control and management systems
• Accountable (Initially) for day-to-day collection of all cost information
• Responsible for the establishment and operation of cost management process
• A key participant in establishing and monitoring Management budgets
• Manage Project budgets - non-manual and manual people job hour and cost control
• Manage Project budgets equipment, plant, material and subcontract cost control
• Responsible for the reporting of costs against activities and to provide metrics and comparisons between actual cost of works performed and budgeted cost of works performed
• In liaison with all parties To be responsible for collation and the management of quantity tracking/ variances
• Prepare / collate inputs into the weekly and monthly reporting on cost flow forecast, cash flow forecast and cost value reporting
• Management of Project defined cost forecasts and all associated reporting, cost capture and allocations
• Delivery of data analysis to support project decisions and delivery of appropriate reporting dashboards and management information using the latest best practice digital tools

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Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of whats possible?

To join us as a Senior Project Controls Consultant heres what were looking for:

As the successful candidate you will have experience working within our primary infrastructure markets along with having the following qualifications and experience.

• Bachelors Degree from a recognised and accredited university.
• Demonstrable experience gained worked in a multi-discipline project environment and consultancy setting with client facing responsibility
• Strong organisational, coordination and people management skills.
• Advanced appreciation of planning and scheduling, cost engineering, change control, risk, and opportunity management.
• Proven experience of a PMO and or can demonstrate a good understanding of what a PMO does.
• Experience in a Project Controls role within large, complex infrastructure or construction projects, preferably with a formal professional Project Management qualification.
• Excellent appreciation of Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis.
• Advanced level proficiency with Primavera P6 and Power BI preferred.
• Great attention to detail with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each persons potential, and well help you reach yours.

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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

ReqID: J10160769

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India