AECOM | Project Controls Manager

As Project Controls Manager, you will play a key role in establishing, leading and maintaining the project controls function across a large and complex project workplace.

Working closely with Project Directors, Project Managers, commercial teams, delivery partners, clients and subcontractors, you will provide the controls, analysis and insight required to support informed project decision‑making and successful delivery.

You will be responsible for ensuring robust project controls systems, processes and reporting are in place across schedule, cost, change, scope, progress and performance.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the project controls function across large and complex projects.
- Oversee the development and maintenance of accurate project schedules, including critical path analysis, resource loading and resource levelling.
- Monitor project performance and provide meaningful analysis, reporting and insights to Project Management and senior stakeholders.
- Lead and support scope control and change management processes, ensuring changes are appropriately identified, assessed, tracked and communicated.
- Conduct root cause analysis and identify opportunities to improve project performance.
- Develop and maintain tracking systems to monitor subcontractor funding, work authorisations and expenditure.
- Maintain detailed change order tracking and ensure the Project Management team has clear visibility of change status.
- Review and analyse project data, including information generated through automated project systems, to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
- Support project budgeting and the management of incentive programmes.




- Develop strong relationships with clients, subcontractors and key project stakeholders.
- Participate in client and subcontractor negotiations, providing project controls and commercial insight.
- Contribute to project staffing decisions and broader organisational planning.
- Provide leadership, guidance and mentoring to project controls professionals.
- Support the identification and resolution of performance issues and drive a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to the development of commercial strategies and participate in commercial negotiations as required.

Qualifications

- 10-15 years of experience in project controls, ideally within major infrastructure, construction, engineering or complex capital programmes.
- Demonstrated experience leading project controls across large or complex projects.
- Strong expertise across planning and scheduling, cost control, change management, scope control and project reporting.
- Advanced understanding of critical path analysis, resource loading and resource levelling.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability, including experience conducting root cause analysis.
- Experience developing and implementing project controls procedures and systems.
- Strong commercial awareness and experience contributing to negotiations.




- Ability to interpret project data and translate it into clear, actionable insights.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships with clients, delivery partners and subcontractors.
- Strong leadership capability and the confidence to influence project teams and senior stakeholders.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑profile programme environment.

Additional Information

- Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, job‑sharing and hybrid work options.
- Purchase up to 6 weeks of additional annual leave per year.
- Volunteer and representation leave.
- Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better.

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

Why Work With Us

At AECOM, we are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. We are a Fortune 500 global infrastructure consulting firm that partners with clients to solve their most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. We provide a wide array of compensation and benefits programmes to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families, and a robust global well‑being programme.

Business & Location

Business Line: PgM & R+I

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid

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