Lead Consultant, Project Controls

4 days ago

Perth, Western Australia Aurecon Group Full time $104,000 - $130,878 per year

Just imagine a future with us...

Aurecon is an engineering and infrastructure advisory company, but not as you know it

Drawing on our deep pool of expertise, we co-create innovative solutions with our clients to some of the world's most complex challenges. And through a range of unique creative processes and skills, we work to re-imagine, shape, and design a better future.

What will you do?

You will be part of the Energy and Industrial (E&I) team delivering capital projects for our platinum clients. The role is a key position within the WA & NT delivery team and is responsible for establishing, implementing, and managing the project controls framework to ensure effective planning, cost control, risk management, and performance reporting across the project lifecycle.

The role requires strong communication and analytical skills and the ability to interface across all functions and levels.

We know the work we do is vital in assisting our world's economic development and, it's the technical expertise and the depth of knowledge of our people that really sets us apart. Here are the key things you will do to 'bring ideas to life'.

  • Establish and manage project budgets, cost control systems, and forecasting processes.

  • Monitor project expenditure against budgets and commitments, ensuring early identification of variances.

  • Provide accurate cost reports, cash flow forecasts, and variance analyses to support decision-making.

  • Oversee the management of project changes, ensuring timely assessment of cost and schedule impacts.

  • Support the identification, analysis, and mitigation of project risks and opportunities.

  • Maintain cost and schedule integration.

  • Maintain Contruent and the project reporting dashboards in Power BI.

  • Provide key stakeholders with analysis and recommendations to support project governance and decision-making.

  • Drive continuous improvement in reporting, data quality, and project controls processes.

  • Process progress claims and reconcile with budgets and contracts.

  • Deliver project controls framework in line with the Capital Delivery standards.

  • Maintain and manage internal project governance

What can you bring to the team?

Firstly, you will share our genuine passion for re-imagining engineering and be someone that actively pursues continuous learning to help shape the future.

Bring with you your knowledge and experience in these areas:

  • Advanced Excel skills and the ability to use them to solve complex reporting issues

  • Experience as a Project Controller / Cost Controller

  • Power BI knowledge

  • Knowledge and exposure to Earned Value Management, claims, variations, variance analysis, project planning, scheduling, and cost analysis

  • Experience with industry standard Project Control software like PRISM G2/Contruent is highly regarded

  • Proven ability to manage multiple aspects of multiple projects with competing deadlines

We value that each of our team members brings something different to Aurecon. We look for people who have had a broad range of experiences throughout their career and can demonstrate how they have worked as part of a team to bring ideas to life.

Does that sound like you? APPLY NOW

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