Project Controls Lead

Company Description

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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.

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Project Controls Lead to join our team in Mississauga, Ontario.

At AECOM, we are 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 are one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Project Controls Lead Job Description

Employee Management

• Supervises Project specific PC team in effort to maintain schedules, cost controls, forecasting and Change management in all level reporting.

• Coach, monitor and assist project controls team for various project assignments.

• Review outstanding tasks with team members and update priority list and/or projects and/or clients with any changes.

Functional Responsibilities

• In-office 5 days a week.

• Conduct review sessions on project status with project management and/or client and highlight adverse schedule and cost variances for corrective actions

• Lead in the development of all reports set forth in the client business requirements as well as indicated in the corporate reporting procedures

• Review, approve and submit Trend logs to the Client

• Review detailed forecasting of all indirect and equipment costs.

• Review forecast hours at completion by discipline.

• Review weekly coordination of data. (Cost/Schedule/Trends/Progress)

• Ensure that all Project Controls activities are in accordance with set Project Procedures and Job Instructions. Includes preparation of schedules, cost reports, cash flow and variance analysis

• Review and provide feedback on miscellaneous project reports.

• Provide design and construction teams with forward looking mitigation plans and data

• Verify integrity of Earned Value Management System.

• Prepare and/or review contract change notices.

Communications

• Coordinate with and respond to queries from internal and external clients

• Attend team meetings to provide assistance in resolving issues, review progress reports and ensure assignment of new tasks.

• Analyze and provide input to technical and performance criteria on Project Controls systems to the Project Controls Functional leadership.

Working in Teams

• Provide recommendations and guidance to other Functional groups with regards to processes, monitoring and system requirements.

• Provide input for various Business Line reporting.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree with 6 years of related construction experience or

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerBI, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

• Primavera P6

• Cost Engineering Software (e.g. Prism, Ecosys, ePM)

• Acumen Fuse / Risk

• Monte Carlo Simulation (e.g. @Risk, Crystal ball)

Education and Experience:

a) Formal Education:

• Minimum of Bachelors Degree/Certification required

• University education with applicable further development in Project Management would be preferred.

b) Professional Designation:

• Professional designation preferred.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or AACE Certification preferred.

• Degree in Engineering preferred.

c) Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience strongly preferred.

• Industrial construction experience preferred.

• P6 Administration capabilities preferred.

• 1 to 2 years of supervisory experience will also be required to qualify.

Additional Information

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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.

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