Job description
Role Overview
Project Control Manager at AECOM. Location not specified in source material.
Company Overview
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm and global infrastructure leader. The firm is a Fortune 500 company with revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. AECOM solves complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings through advisory, planning, design, engineering, program and construction management services. The company employs over 50,000 professionals globally.
Role Purpose
Establish and maintain project schedules in compliance with client and authority specifications, monitor progress against approved baselines, coordinate planning activities across all project teams, and provide schedule-related decision support to project leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Schedule Development & Maintenance
- Develop, review, and maintain detailed project schedules including baseline, recovery, and revised programs using Primavera P6 or equivalent planning software.
- Prepare master schedules, look-ahead programs, and weekly/monthly progress reports in coordination with project teams.
- Ensure project schedules comply with RTA specifications, guidelines, and standard work breakdown structures (WBS) for roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects.
Planning Compliance & Authority Coordination
- Coordinate planning activities in line with RTA approval procedures, including interim milestones, traffic staging, and sectional handover requirements.
- Monitor and integrate RTA authority approvals including NOCs, permits, traffic diversion approvals, and utility coordination into the project schedule.
- Track procurement, long-lead items, approvals, and permits to ensure schedule compliance.
- Liaise with clients, consultants, and authorities on all schedule-related matters.
Progress Monitoring & Analysis
- Monitor project progress against the approved baseline and identify delays, risks, and critical path impacts.
- Perform schedule risk analysis, delay analysis, and time impact analysis (TIA) in accordance with contract requirements.
- Review and assess contractors' programs against RTA contractual milestones, key performance indicators (KPIs), and phasing requirements.
Contractor & Submission Review
- Review contractors' planning submissions, method statements, and manpower histograms for compliance with contract specifications.
- Review and assess contractors' programs against RTA contractual milestones, key performance indicators (KPIs), and phasing requirements.
Claims & Recovery Management
- Prepare and evaluate EOT (Extension of Time) claims, substantiating delays with proper planning narratives and evidence.
- Develop recovery and mitigation plans to bring delayed activities back on track.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Coordinate with construction, procurement, design, and commercial teams to ensure alignment between schedule, resources, and deliverables.
- Support the Project Manager/Resident Engineer by providing planning inputs for decision-making and corrective actions.
- Ensure integration of cost, cash flow, and resource-loaded schedules where required.
Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting
- Conduct weekly and monthly planning meetings with stakeholders and issue meeting minutes related to schedule actions.
- Maintain proper documentation and ensure planning records comply with project controls and QA/QC procedures.
Team Support & Project Closure
- Provide mentoring and guidance to junior planning engineers and site planners.
- Support project close-out by preparing as-built programs and final planning reports.
Additional Information
Onboarding
All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
Benefits
AECOM offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, which may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.