Performance Management Lead

AECOM • Sacramento, CA

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About The Position

AECOM is seeking a Performance Management Lead for one of our offices in Sacramento, CA. This role will be supporting and working in partnership with the leads over Cost, Schedule, and Risk Units to effectively collate, monitor, and report performance against the baseline. They are responsible for developing, maintaining, and reviewing project controls data including budget, cost forecast, schedule and risk information and providing accurate and timely reporting of the program's performance and variance analysis.

Requirements

• BA/BS + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business Management, Project Management, or related technical field and 10 years experience in related fields of transit and or program controls.
• Expertise in the principles and practices of project management, data management and cost control; project cost planning and reporting techniques; construction project phases and disciplines.
• Use analytical techniques to provide cost analysis and provide solutions; research and compile data and maintain accurate and complete project records.
• Experience of managing and motivating controls teams on major programs.
• Significant experience with the liaison, coordination, and negotiation with departmental and external stakeholders to elicit timely and consistent responses to program controls requirements.
• Experience in leading and developing reporting, controls and baseline management methodology, procedures and presentation.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Proficient in desktop publishing software, Visio and professional graphics software.
• Proficient with Data Analytics tools such as PowerBI, and a working knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various personnel, including dealing with people effectively and tactfully in difficult and stressful situations.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to work under time pressure.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management, data analytics, technical writing and presentational skill.

Responsibilities

• Key PMO resource in charge of the Capital Baseline, including the technical supporting documents, systems, and data underlying the baseline.
• Responsible for integration of the baseline across functions and branches via coordination with PMO Cost Control team.
• Supports definition of how progress is measured against the Capital Baseline.
• Controls against changes to the Capital Baseline per Governance processes.
• Assess estimates, costs, risks, and schedule updates across the program for adherence to the Capital Baseline.
• Support with the development of annual budgets for specialist sections of the program, taking ownership of articulating and tabulating year on year movements and the multi-year forecasts.
• Compare and analyze trends and risks against the original cost estimates and budgets within the Capital Baseline.
• Identify opportunities to bring costs trends to prompt mitigations to bring cost trend in line with estimates and budgets.
• Drive process, procedure and systems related improvement across the Risk Management Office working with the wider business to fully integrate these requirements.
• Work with the wider Controls team, to build out a scalable Work Break-Down Structure, Asset Break-Down Structure, and other necessary project specific data structures required to better enable rolled up reporting across the organization.
• Work in partnership with the Reporting function to provide strategic direction to the monthly and annual reporting requirements.
• Operate as the big picture expert on the Capital Baseline to ensure consistency and robustness of data and reporting.
• Continually review the existing baseline processes, structures, and data to provide any recommendations for improvements.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits.
• Paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits.
• Flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program.
• Business travel insurance, service recognition awards.
• Retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees