Project Controls Analyst

Project Controls Lead Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking an Intermediate Project Controls Analyst to join our team in Markham, Ontario for a new hybrid position.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

Employee Management

·         Lead program/project specific tasks to maintain cost controls, forecasting, scheduling and change management in all levels of reporting.

·         Lead, monitor and assist project controls team for various project assignments.

·         Lead outstanding tasks with team members and update priority list and/or projects and/or clients with any changes.

Functional Responsibilities

·         Conduct review sessions on project status with project management and/or client and highlight adverse schedule and cost variances for corrective actions

·         Lead in the development of all reports set forth in the client business requirements as well as indicated in the corporate reporting procedures

·         Review, approve and submit Trend logs to the Client

·         Review detailed forecasting of all indirect and equipment costs.

·         Review forecast hours at completion by discipline.

·         Review weekly coordination of data. (Cost/Schedule/Trends/Progress)

·         Ensure that all Project Controls activities are in accordance with set Project Procedures and Job Instructions. Includes preparation of schedules, cost reports, cash flow and variance analysis

·         Review and provide feedback on miscellaneous project reports.

·         Provide design and construction teams with forward looking mitigation plans and data

·         Verify integrity of Earned Value Management System.

·         Prepare and/or review contract change notices.

Communications

·         Coordinate with and respond to queries from internal and external clients

·         Attend team meetings to provide assistance in resolving issues, review progress reports and ensure assignment of new tasks.

·         Analyze and provide input to technical and performance criteria on Project Controls systems to the Project Controls Functional leadership.

Working in Teams

·         Provide recommendations and guidance to other Functional groups with regards to processes, monitoring and system requirements.

·         Provide input for various Business Line reporting.

• Works with the company financial and cornerstone systems and processes.  
• Applies financial terminology, measures, financial data analysis concepts and principles in assignments.
• Recognizes processes/project actions that may lead to project financial impact.
• Develops and maintains WBS for small projects. 
• Assists in the use of drawings and specifications in the establishment of project baseline data. 
• Begins basic analysis of cost and schedule variances.
• Develops knowledge of accounting principles.   
• Assists in assembling data for trending and forecasting.
• Understands progress/performance data and associated concepts and principles. Participates in the collection of progress data and review of performance trends.
• Familiar with earned value, scope control and change management concepts, principles and methodologies. 
• Collects data and produces an initial analysis on manpower, labor hour, and labor cost requirements versus budget limitations. 
• Collects and analyzes data for tracking actual cost to funding limitations. 
• Provides support to tracking purchase order and subcontract commitments and expenditures.
• Familiar with the concepts and principles of project revenue and cost.
• Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts and principles.
• Introduced to performance management and cost/schedule integration concepts and principles.
• Develops knowledge of scope control and change management.
• Supports project reporting process as required.  
• May participate in project cost review meetings.