Project Controls Manager

$95,656 - $176,964/Yr

AECOM - Fresno, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Fresno, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Project Controls Manager at AECOM is responsible for overseeing and managing the project controls functions within the assigned region. This role involves reviewing and verifying scope, schedule, cost, and risk elements against the client's program baseline, assessing monthly progress, and ensuring that projects are delivered in accordance with established standards. The position requires collaboration with various branches and delivery pillars, supporting program management scheduling, claims, and forensic delay analyses.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical analysis, recommendations, risk assessment, and other key factors to support the project control functions in an assigned region
• Review and assess schedule updates, determine, and identify schedule variance
• Assess delivery pillar performance against the program baseline
• Guarantee the accuracy and quality of all performance management reporting from the assigned region
• Review and assess change notices, potential change orders, or other change notifications for impacts against the Baseline Schedules
• Perform forensic delay analyses and develop summary of findings
• Develop delay causation reports documenting the chronology of events related to project delays/cost impacts
• Train and manage other scheduling team members on forensic schedule analysis and causation analysis development
• Provide recommendations on how to improve the schedule review and tracking process
• Provide recommendations for increased schedule reliability and identify longest path and critical schedule activities
• Perform review and analysis of the construction schedule for risk identification, risk review, and risk assessments including providing recommendations on appropriate actions
• Prepare and maintain regional schedules to accurately report the regional schedule data
• Develop what-if scenario schedules and scenario analysis providing reasonable and realistic schedule forecasts
• Review contractors' claims and assist with responses and potential rebuttals

Requirements

• BA/BS + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or construction science/management or relevant discipline
• 10+ years of progressive experience in civil construction or relevant field with increasing responsibility
• Knowledge of principles and practices of project controls and management of project control teams for a large-scale civil construction project
• Ability to carry out cost, schedule, and risk analysis
• Proven accuracy, reliability, and completeness in job accomplishment
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of schedule analysis and proficiency in Primavera P6 software
• Expertise in delay analyses principles and expert report development for complex civil construction projects
• Proven written project reporting skills
• Ability to interface with a variety of people with different technical levels and educational backgrounds
• Ability to produce accurate and timely results
• Degree focused on civil construction management, or Engineering preferred
• Proficiency and knowledge of computer software applications
• Familiarity with transportation projects and disciplines
• Professional certification as scheduling professional and/or engineer is preferable
• Work experience on large programs with proven track record
• Experience and subject matter expertise in delay analysis methodologies

Nice-to-haves

• Professional certification as scheduling professional and/or engineer
• Experience with large-scale civil construction projects
• Familiarity with transportation projects and disciplines

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits
• Paid time off
• Leaves of absences
• Voluntary benefits
• Perks and well-being resources
• Employee assistance program
• Business travel insurance
• Service recognition awards
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee stock purchase plan