Program Controls Manager

AECOM•Chicago, IL

13h•Onsite

About The Position

AECOM is seeking a Program Controls Manager to support its Water Business Line and a five-year, $3.9 billion Capital Improvement Program (CIP) aimed at enhancing Chicago’s water services. This leadership role involves overseeing a Program Controls team responsible for developing the budget and schedule for the Capital Improvement Plan and managing costs within the Program Management Office (PMO). The position directs the team in creating and maintaining the master schedule, and in acquiring, disbursing, tracking, and reporting on fund usage. The Program Controls Manager will prepare various program reports for client delivery and is responsible for managing, controlling, forecasting, and reporting on cost and schedule performance across the organization's projects. Key services include establishing and managing project controls systems (including Work Breakdown Structure setup), tracking progress and expenditure data, analyzing performance data, forecasting at-completion costs and hours, analyzing project risks (contingency management), managing changes and incorporating scope variations into schedule and cost deliverables, and preparing associated reports.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

15 years or more of relevant large program controls experience
5 years or more of experience in managing other project controls professionals

Responsibilities

Assist Program Manager (PgM) in developing and managing program control delivery responsibilities.
Active collaboration with other program task leadership.
Establish and maintain client relationships.
Lead and manage sub-task managers in delivering program services including capital cost; program services cost; loan and grant funding; scheduling; and program progress/performance reporting.
Continually identify strategic program improvements in resources (staff capacity and skills); change management; standardized work processes; and technical tools and innovations.
Continuously monitor program performance metrics achievements including client satisfaction with fulfillment of agreed scope of services, and overall financial performance of contract to budgets and plans.
Establish task-level key performance indicators, monitor performance against those indicators, and advise operational management on proposed corrective actions where issues within the task execution occur.
Develop a delegation strategy by maintaining functional task teams to deliver the respective program services.
Lead appropriate technology adoption, innovation and quality of task deliverables.
Oversee and coordinate the resolution of issues and actions.
Review task-level functions at set stage gates, conduct root cause analyses; and provide approval or corrective action.
Demonstrated ability to effectively lead the project controls function on a large/complex project.
Possess proven knowledge of scope control and change management.
Oversee the production and maintenance of accurate project schedules.
Expert understanding of schedule resource loading and leveling.
Expertise in scheduling, critical path analysis, resource loading and leveling.
Demonstrated knowledge in using Project Management Information Systems and other applied technologies; ability in reviewing and assessing raw data that comes from project automated systems; and maximizing the resources to deliver Program Controls Manager responsibilities.