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Job Title
Senior Project Planner
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Job Description
Skilled in the use of company cornerstone systems and able to represent cost data formats necessary to control the project.
Understands financial terminology and measures and recognizes the financial impact of various project actions.
Participates in analyzing and using financial data to identify key project issues.
May assist in leading junior staff through assignment tasks.
Participates in tracking action items.
Able to use drawings and specifications in the establishment of project baseline data.
Knowledgeable of accounting principles with extensive understanding of the manner in which the company establishes and documents the financial position.
Prepares revised cost forecast for select accounts.
Prepares analysis of progress trends and cost impact. May participate in reviewing and approving contractor invoices.
Works hands on with earned value monitoring.
Evaluates manpower, labor hour, and labor cost requirements versus budget limitations including preparation of variance analysis.
Compares actual cost to funding limitations. Prepares expenditure forecasts to identify critical points in project funding.
Reviews purchase order and subcontract commitments and expenditures. Maintains tracking database to insure that subcontractor funding is aligned with work authorization and expenditures.
Understands the manner in which profits on projects are budgeted and the extent to which the budget value is achieved.
Possesses the knowledge of scope control and change management. Involved in the tracking system to insure that project management is fully aware of detailed change order status.
Creates and assists with cost/schedule baseline budgets.
Familiar with basic cost/schedule integration and basic critical path analysis and other rescheduling concepts.
Conducts or assists in performance measurement and associated cost trending.
Prepares and assists in various levels of project reporting.
Participates in and may lead project cost review meetings.
Assists in procedure development and implementation.
Qualifications
Engineering background
Proactive mindset
Confident in leading meetings
Comfortable being a right hand person to a Project Manager
Additional Information
About AECOM: AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑ and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity: You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
Career Details
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Project Management and Information Technology
Industries: Architecture and Planning, Civil Engineering, and Construction
Benefits
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking, transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.
EEO Statement
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID
J10142263
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