Senior Project Controls Consultant (Data Centres)

At Aecom we are currently recruiting for Senior Project Controls consultants to join us in the UK. In this exciting opportunity you will be involved in Data Centre projects. Your experience within the sector could include hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise-level data centre construction and infrastructure development projects and programmes.

Part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team, within this role you will demonstrate experience in the delivery of PMO best practice in a consulting environment on infrastructure projects and programmes.

The primary function of this role will be the management and delivery of Project and programme controls for clients, addressing actual budget and forecast costs in order to effectively capture the business and Project status.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Establishing / building on existing AECOM cost control and management systems

• Accountable (Initially) for day-to-day collection of all cost information

• Responsible for the establishment and operation of cost management process

• A key participant in establishing and monitoring Management budgets

• Manage Project budgets – non-manual and manual people job hour and cost control

• Manage Project budgets – equipment, plant, material and subcontract cost control

• Responsible for the reporting of costs against activities and to provide metrics and comparisons between actual cost of works performed and budgeted cost of works performed

• In liaison with all parties – To be responsible for collation and the management of quantity tracking/ variances

• Prepare / collate inputs into the weekly and monthly reporting on cost flow forecast, cash flow forecast and cost value reporting

• Management of Project defined cost forecasts and all associated reporting, cost capture and allocations

• Delivery of data analysis to support project decisions and delivery of appropriate reporting dashboards and management information using the latest best practice digital tools

Come grow with us.

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

As the successful candidate you will have experience working on Data Centre projects along with having the following qualfications and experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university.

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a multi-discipline project environment.

• Strong organisational, coordination and people management skills.

• Advanced appreciation of planning and scheduling, cost engineering, change control, risk, and opportunity management.

• Proven experience of a PMO and or can demonstrate a good understanding of what a PMO does.

• Experience in a Project Controls role within large, complex infrastructure or construction projects, preferably with a formal professional Project Management qualification.

• Excellent appreciation of Quantitative Schedule and Cost Risk Analysis.

• Advanced level proficiency with Primavera P6 and Power BI preferred.

• Great attention to detail with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone’s unique contributions and perspectives.