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AECOM is seeking a Jr. Project Controls Analyst to be based out of our Markham office.

Major Responsibilities

• Be involved in review sessions on project status with project management and/or client and highlight adverse schedule variances for corrective actions
• Assist in the development of all reports set forth in the client business requirements as well as indicated in the corporate reporting procedures
• Review weekly coordination of data. (Cost/Schedule/Trends/Progress)
• Ensure you are doing all Project Controls activities in accordance with set Project Procedures and Job Instructions. Includes preparation of schedules, 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
• Knowledgeable of planning and scheduling concepts and principles including effects on financial performance.
• Familiar with data sources and supports basic schedule development.
• Supports analysis of schedule, identifies and investigates project schedule variances.
• Collects and updates data and updates and produces scheduling reports.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of WBS and support activities to implement applicable coding. Supports basic schedule development.
• Supports gathering and assembling data for schedule updating.
• Supports measurement of project schedule progress and gathers and assembles data for schedule and network updating.
• Gathers data for schedule baseline development and maintenance.
• Familiar with engineering work flows and basis construction methodology
• Understands CPM scheduling concepts and principles and able to develop basic engineering, procurement and construction logic.
• Understands concepts and principles of scope control and change management and earned value methodology.
• 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.
• 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.
• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Primavera P6, MS Project, Prism.

Minimum Requirements:

University education in Engineering, Business, Finance or Economics or related field of study.

Preferred Requirements:

All of the below are an asset:

• Exposed to the concepts and principles of project revenue and cost.
• Develops knowledge of scope control and change management.
• Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts and principles.
• Knowledge of basic Project Management principles would be preferred.
• Infrastructure or Industrial construction experience preferred.
• Introduced to the company financial and cornerstone systems and processes.
• Introduced to financial terminology, measures, concepts and principles for analysis of financial data.
• Exposed to processes that increase recognition of financial impact of various project actions.
• Exposure to WBS concepts and principles.
• Researches data for subsequent use in analyzing cost and schedule analysis.
• Developing knowledge of accounting principles.
• Developing ability to use drawings and specifications.
• Exposed to progress/performance data and associated concepts and principles. Assists in the collection of progress data and review of performance trends.
• Develops knowledge of earned value concepts, principles and methodology.
• Collects data and produces an initial analysis on manpower, labor hour, and labor cost requirements versus budget limitations.
• Collects data and produces an initial analysis for tracking actual cost to funding limitations.
• Provides support for tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments and expenditures.

• No sponsorship offered for this role.

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