Senior Project Controls Consultant

AECO; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM is recruiting a Senior Project Controls Consultant to join our teams in Birmingham, Manchester or London. You will manage project controls for infrastructure programmes, delivering cost capture, budgeting, forecasting and dashboards to support decision making.

The role requires PMO experience, strong cost control skills and proficiency with Primavera P6 and Power BI. Hybrid working options are available, with focus on delivering value for major projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university.
• Experience in multi-discipline project environments and client facing roles.
• Strong organisational and people management skills.
• Advanced planning, cost engineering, change control, risk management.
• PMO experience or clear understanding of PMO functions.
• Experience in large infrastructure projects with formal PM qualifications.
• Excellent knowledge of quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Establish and enhance AECOM cost control and management systems.
• Initially collect daily cost information and maintain accuracy.
• Set up and operate cost management processes.
• Participate in establishing and monitoring project budgets.
• Manage project budgets: labor, equipment, materials, subcontract costs.
• Report costs vs. budget and provide cost metrics.
• Collate inputs for weekly/monthly cost flow and cash flow reports.
• Deliver data analysis to support project decisions and dashboards.

Skills

Cost control

Budgeting

PMO

Data analysis

Planning & scheduling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Job description

• Primary Location: UK - Birmingham - Colmore Plaza

Company Description

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

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

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Qualifications

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.
• Demonstrableexperience 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

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About AECOM

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.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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