Program Controls Manager

AECOM•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. AECOM is seeking a Program Controls Manager to support our Water Business Line and five-year, $3.9 billion Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to improve Chicago’s water services efforts in Chicago, Illinois. In this role you will provide leadership to a Program Controls team within a large, complex water program with multi-billion dollars capital improvements. You will lead the team developing the budget and schedule of the Capital Improvement Plan as well as the cost management of the Program Management Office (PMO). You will be directing the team developing and maintaining the master schedule and acquiring, disbursing, tracking and reporting on the usage of funds. You will be preparing various program reports for the client delivery. You will be responsible for managing, controlling, forecasting and reporting cost and schedule performance for projects throughout the organization. Services include setting up and managing project controls systems (including setup of work breakdown structure), capturing to-date progress and expenditure data, analyzing to-date performance data, forecasting at-completion performance data (EAC costs, hours), analyzing project risks (contingency management), managing change and incorporating scope variations into schedule and cost deliverables, and preparing associated reports.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience
Demonstrated ability to effectively lead the project controls function on a large/complex project
Possesses proven knowledge of scope control and change management
Oversees 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
Maximizing the resources to deliver Program Controls Manager responsibilities

Nice To Haves

15 years or more of relevant large program controls experience
5 years of 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
Establishes and maintains client relationships
Responsible to 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
Overseeing and coordinating the resolution of issues and actions
Review task-level functions at set stage gates, conduct root cause analyses; and providing approval or corrective action