Senior Project Controls Consultant

AECOM; Highgate; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Industry-leading technology

Job summary

AECOM is recruiting for Senior Project Controls consultants to join our Integrated Programme Controls team in the UK. The role focuses on managing and delivering project controls for infrastructure clients, including cost collection, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

You will work within a multi-discipline environment, using PMO practices and advanced cost analysis to support project decisions and dashboards. Hybrid/office presence is expected across major UK offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's 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.

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

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cost control

PMO experience

Risk management

Planning & scheduling

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Client facing responsibility

Attention to detail

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. Here's what you'll 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

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Buildings + Places page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see first hand the difference we're making in the industry!

Ready to push the limits of what's possible? To join us as a Senior Project Controls Consultant here's what we're looking for: As the successful candidate you will have experience working within our primary infrastructure markets along with having the following qualifications and experience.

• Bachelor's 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.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

AECOM is the world's 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 you're 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.
• We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.
• Join us, and you'll 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.

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