Project Controls Sr Manager

Company Description

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Job Description

The Project Controls Sr Manager plays a critical role in ensuring the successful execution of medium to large-scale projects. This position demands a high level of expertise in project management and controls.

• Develop and implement sophisticated commercial strategies, participating in high-stakes negotiations as required.

• Lead the project controls function with utmost proficiency, demonstrating exceptional ability to manage complex projects.

• Conduct thorough documentation of employee performance issues and provide decisive resolution strategies.

• Serve as a key mentor and trainer, identifying and nurturing high-potential employees for organizational growth.

• Execute in-depth root cause analyses to address project challenges and mitigate risks.

• Formulate comprehensive project procedures to ensure optimal project execution.

• Demonstrate mastery in scope control and change management methodologies.

• Apply extensive knowledge of construction contracting, with particular emphasis on how contract types impact project controls systems.

• Conduct rigorous reviews of performance trends, prepare detailed analyses and cost impact reports, and provide authoritative recommendations on contractor invoices.

• Perform critical evaluations of manpower, labor hour, and labor cost requirements against budget constraints.

• Oversee the meticulous production and maintenance of project schedules, employing expert-level understanding of schedule resource loading and leveling.

• Collaborate closely with the Project Manager in developing and managing strategic incentive programs.

• Utilize advanced expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis, and resource optimization.

• Establish and maintain pivotal client relationships to ensure project success and client satisfaction.

• Conduct comprehensive reviews and analyses of project programs, overseeing the production of precise progress and performance reports.

• Perform thorough reviews and assessments of raw data from project automated systems to inform decision-making processes.

• Act as a key representative in high-level client and subcontractor negotiations.

• Contribute significantly to project staffing decisions, ensuring optimal team composition.

• Implement and maintain a robust tracking database to ensure alignment between subcontractor funding, work authorization, and expenditures.

• Develop and manage a comprehensive tracking system to keep the Project Management team fully informed of detailed change order statuses.

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

Required Qualifications

BA/BS in a related field+ 10 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Professional Designation

• Professional designation preferred.

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

• Degree in Engineering, Economics, Business preferred.

• Primavera P6 - Advanced Level

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

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

• Acumen Fuse / Risk

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

c) Experience:

• Experience in Design-Build and Progressive Delivery

• Construction, and Engineering experience preferred. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

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

• Primavera P6

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

• Acumen Fuse / Risk

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

Additional Information

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $150,000.00 - $185,000.00.

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 ~~~ 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.

ReqID: J10121879

Business Line: Geography OH

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Canada

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Canada ULC