Program Controls Manager

AECOM•Chicago, IL

3h•$180,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At AECOM, a global infrastructure consulting firm, the Program Controls Manager will support the Water Business Line and a five-year, $3.9 billion Capital Improvement Program (CIP) in Chicago, Illinois, aimed at improving Chicago’s water services. This role involves providing leadership to a Program Controls team within a large, complex water program with multi-billion dollar capital improvements. The manager will lead the team in developing the budget and schedule for the Capital Improvement Plan, managing costs for the Program Management Office (PMO), directing the development and maintenance of the master schedule, and overseeing the acquisition, disbursement, tracking, and reporting of funds. The position also entails preparing various program reports for client delivery. The Program Controls Manager is responsible for managing, controlling, forecasting, and reporting cost and schedule performance for projects across the organization. This includes setting up and managing project controls systems, capturing progress and expenditure data, analyzing performance, forecasting at-completion data, analyzing project risks, managing change, incorporating scope variations, and preparing associated reports.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
8+ years of relevant experience
Proven knowledge of scope control and change management
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
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