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Job Description

AECOM is currently seeking a detail-oriented Program Controls Manager to work on an exciting multi-year program in our Atlanta, GA office area. The program focuses on various capital improvement projects, such as safety and security upgrades, technology enhancements, renovations, and new construction. This team aims to deliver quality, and value in facilities, prioritizing sustainable innovations and learning principles to promote excellence.

This person will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Skilled in the use of company cornerstone systems and able to represent cost data formats necessary to control the project

• Understands financial terminology and measures and recognizes the financial impact of various project actions

• Participates in analyzing and using financial data to identify key project issues

• May assist in leading junior staff through assignment tasks

• Participates in tracking action items

• Able to use drawings and specifications in the establishment of project baseline data

• Knowledgeable of accounting principles with extensive understanding of the manner in which the company establishes and documents the financial position

• Prepares revised cost forecast for select accounts

• Prepares analysis of progress trends and cost impact. May participate in reviewing and approving contractor invoices

• Works hands on with earned value monitoring

• Evaluates manpower, labor hour, and labor cost requirements versus budget limitations including preparation of variance analysis

• Compares actual cost to funding limitations. Prepares expenditure forecasts to identify critical points in project funding

• Reviews purchase order and subcontract commitments and expenditures. Maintains tracking database to insure that contractor funding is aligned with work authorization and expenditures

• Possesses the knowledge of scope control and change management. Involved in the tracking system to insure that project management is fully aware of detailed change order status

• Creates and assists with cost/schedule baseline budgets

• Familiar with basic cost/schedule integration and basic critical path analysis and other rescheduling concepts

• Conducts or assists in performance measurement and associated cost trending

• Prepares and assists in various levels of project reporting

• Participates in and may lead project cost review meetings

• Assists in procedure development and implementation

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS in engineering, architecture, or construction management + 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

• Must have an understanding of construction means, methods, and processes

• Must have certification of ‘Expert’ level of proficiency issued by Kahua

• Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling knowledge/experience and the ability to analyze schedules to determine duration and logic issues

Preferred Requirements

• Proven experience as a Program Controls Manager (PCM) on a (public entity) Capital Improvement Program that is utilizing Kahua strongly preferred

• Education Sector experience is preferred.15+ years of experience of progressive Construction Project Management experience, which includes a minimum of 5 years of program/project controls management

• Understanding of construction means, methods, and processes

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Office products - Project, Word, and Excel

• Minimum 'Advanced or Expert' status using Primavera P6 and/or MS-Project scheduling software

• Experience in reviewing, developing, and negotiating Time Impact Analyses

• Prior field project engineering, construction management, or project controls experience in K-12 and/or Higher Education projects

• Experience leading efforts managing budgets, financial commitments, cash flows and cost related data on complex programs

• Able to lead and manage a Controls teams through all phases of planning, mobilization, execution, and closeout consistent with established delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget, quality and other specified requirements

Additional Information

• Sponsorship is not available for this position

• Relocation is not available for this position

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Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $83,179.00 - $153,881.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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: J10112151

Business Line: PPM

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: On-Site

Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc