Senior Project Controls Consultant

Overview

As a Senior Project Controls Consultant in AECOM’s Integrated Programme Controls team, you lead cost control and reporting for infrastructure projects, ensuring budgets and forecasts are accurately tracked. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and operate cost management processes, monitor budgets, and deliver timely dashboards and analyses to guide project decisions. This role links financial discipline with digital tools to support large, complex programmes and deliver tangible community impact. You will be at the heart of turning bold ideas into deliverable outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• competitive compensation
• well-being programs
• diverse and inclusive workplace
• Disability Confident Employer
• Day 1 onboarding

Responsibilities

• Establish and enhance cost control systems used by AECOM
• Own day-to-day collection of cost information
• Set up and operate cost management processes
• Participate in establishing and monitoring project budgets
• Manage project budgets for people, equipment, materials, and subcontract costs
• Report costs against activities and provide cost variance insights
• Collaborate to collate quantity tracking and variances
• Prepare inputs for weekly/monthly cost flow, cash flow, and cost value reporting
• Manage cost forecasts and associated reporting, cost capture and allocations
• Deliver data analyses to support project decisions and produce dashboards and management information using digital tools

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised university
• Experience in a multi-discipline consultancy with client-facing responsibilities
• Strong organisational, coordination and people management skills
• Advanced planning and scheduling, cost engineering, change control, risk and opportunity management
• Proven PMO experience or strong understanding of PMO functions
• Experience in large, complex infrastructure or construction projects
• Excellent appreciation of Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and Power BI
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• client facing communication
• stakeholder management
• cross-functional collaboration
• Primavera P6
• Power BI
• PMO concepts

…