Assistant Project Controls Consultant in London

Company Description

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Job Description

We are recruiting an Assistant Project Controls Consultant to join us in either our flagship London office or at one of our other fantastic offices including, Birmingham, Manchester or Bristol. The primary function of this role will be to support the management and delivery of Project and programme controls for clients, addressing actual budget and forecast costs to effectively capture the business and Project status. To support the business and project delivery in all aspects.

Working as part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team, you will support the delivery of PMO best practice within a consulting environment, gaining experience across cost, reporting, data management and controlled document processes on a live project.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Support the development of project controls plans and procedures in accordance with AECOM standards and client project requirements.
• Develop, maintain and manage project progress reporting, including all financial and earned value reporting, in accordance with contract and business requirements.
• Prepare project budgets and estimates.
• Coordinate and compile input from team members and various weekly reports.
• Establish and maintain baseline budgets and cost plans, communicating status on an ongoing basis to project teams, clients and other third parties.
• Implement and monitor and administer change control requirements including changes to project scope, budgets, contracts and schedule.
• Capture and monitor data to ensure accurate and reliable plans, cost, schedule, contract, pricing, and invoicing information are in place and accurately and promptly reported.
• Develop and maintain planned and actual cost and commitment schedules (including “S” curves) and earned value.
• Review, distribute and track invoices and progress payments.
• Maintain project document registers, ensuring records are complete, accurate and up to date.
• Control the receipt, issue, filing and archiving of project documentation.
• Ensure correct version control, naming conventions and approval status are applied.
• Support document reviews, transmittals and distribution to internal and client teams.
• Assist with audit readiness by maintaining clear document trails and records.
• Act as a point of contact for basic document queries from the project team.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, and curious about how controls deliver project success, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university, preferably in Maths, Finance, Project Management, or related similar disciplines.
• Working experience gained in a multi-discipline project environment.
• Experience in delivering project controls on projects or programs.
• Awareness of scheduling, budgeting, cost reporting, progress and earned value reporting. (experience of a variety of project control systems would be an advantage).
• Experience in preparation of cost control outputs.
• Experience in the timely and accurate preparation of project weekly and monthly reports, and presentation of results and recommendations often working to tight timescales.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level proficiency with all MS Office products, including Outlook; Word; Excel; and PowerPoint.
• Desirable: Proficiency with Power BI is preferred.
• A high attention to detail and a fundamental desire for always seeking ways to deliver the best possible product, including the ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately.
• Awareness of Primavera P6 and ARM is desirable.

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have 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 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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.