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AECOM

Assistant Project Controls Consultant

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Start here. Grow here.

We are recruiting an Assistant Project Controls Consultant to join us here at Aecom.

The primary function of this role will be to support 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 and to support all aspects of the business and project delivery.

This role will be part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team, where you will utilise PMO best practice in a consulting environment on infrastructure projects and programmes.

As an Assistant Project Controls Consultant, you will be provided with a foundation for learning and working towards a career pathway that encompasses the following tasks and deliverables.

  • Introduced to the company financial and cornerstone systems and processes.
  • Introduced to financial terminology, measures, concepts and principles for analysis of financial data.
  • Exposed to processes that increase recognition of financial impact of various project actions.
  • Exposure to WBS concepts and principles.
  • Exposure to document control processes, including document registration, version control, review and approval workflows, records management, and compliance with project governance requirements.
  • Research data for subsequent use in analysing cost and schedule analysis.
  • Developing knowledge of accounting principles.
  • Developing ability to use drawings and specifications.
  • Exposed to progress/performance data and associated concepts and principles. Assists in the collection of progress data and review of performance trends.
  • Develops knowledge of earned value concepts, principles, and methodology.
  • Collects data and produces an initial analysis on manpower, labour hour, and labour cost requirements versus budget limitations.
  • Collects data and produces an initial analysis for tracking actual cost to funding limitations.
  • Provides support for tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments and expenditures.
  • Exposed to the concepts and principles of project revenue and cost.
  • Develops knowledge of scope control and change management.
  • Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts, and principles.

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!

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

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