Program Controls Lead

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

By connecting our expertise across services, markets, and geographies, we manage outcome-driven projects that deliver social, economic and environmental value. These include programs of critical national importance in defense, transport, water, clean energy, environmental clean-up, international development and disaster recovery, as well as the shaping of many of the world’s major cities.

Program Controls, consists of the people, processes and tools required not only to control the traditional aspects of project delivery (scope, schedule, cost, risk and documents) but also the integration of inputs from the wider aspects of program delivery such as Stakeholder Engagement, Government legislation, Benefits and Outcomes management, Financing and all other areas effecting the successful delivery of [Program or location name].

As Program Controls Lead at AECOM, you will be the right-hand person for the Program Manager, the ‘go to person’ for any information on the state of the delivery of a program and a critical member of the program leadership team.

Your initial program will involve working on a key strategic program based in Miami, Florida.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and manage program controls on a large-scale, complex program
• Establish and maintains a Program Controls system monitoring and reporting Scope, Schedule, Cost, Risk and Documentation progress against an agreed Baseline.
• Manage and oversees the Change Management process (controlling updates to the Baseline) in concert with appropriate governance and interfaces with all other areas of the program esp. technical changes from engineering and commercial changes from procurement and contracting.
• Ensure the timely operation of the required reporting systems both client facing and for AECOM operational management.
• Advise the Program Manager on the status of program delivery, proposing any actions required both in terms of improvements required and best practice that can be applied elsewhere or more widely in the program.
• Manage the Program Controls team fulfilling Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost, Risk, Document Controls and Reporting functions.
• Collaborate with the AECOM Controls community of practice comprised of professionals across the firm experienced in and engaged in Controls services.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• BA/BS in Engineering, Business, Construction Management or Quantity Surveying plus 10 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership experience.
• Possesses proven knowledge and expertise in Project and Program Controls Management
• Experience delivering program controls on large scale projects or programs of work
• Excellent cl