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At AECOM, we are currently recruiting for a Programme Controls Lead – Aviation to join our Dublin office.
This is a key leadership role within a major aviation infrastructure programme, providing strategic direction and oversight across cost management, programme scheduling, risk management and performance reporting.
Here’s what you’ll do
As Programme Controls Lead, you will provide leadership, governance and best-practice expertise across the programme controls function. Working closely with the Programme Director, Contracting Entity, design consultants, contractors and wider programme team, you will ensure robust and consistent controls are embedded across the full project lifecycle.
You will provide clear, accurate and timely insight into cost, schedule, risk and overall programme performance, enabling informed strategic decision-making and supporting successful programme delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and best-practice expertise across Programme Controls, incorporating cost management, scheduling, reporting and risk management.
- Establish and maintain consistent programme controls methodologies, standards, processes and governance arrangements across all projects.
- Facilitate programme controls meetings with design consultants, the Contracting Entity and contractors to align expectations, improve performance and drive consistency.
- Monitor and report on projects throughout the programme lifecycle, from project development and promotion through to completion, providing clear insight into cost, time, risk and performance.
- Provide timely and accurate information to the Programme Director and senior leadership team to support strategic decision-making.
- Lead, develop and mentor a high-performing team of Programme Controls professionals, ensuring the appropriate resources and capability are in place to support programme delivery.
- Coordinate programme reporting with the central Programme Controls Office and wider corporate functions.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve programme performance through enhanced systems, processes, data and controls.
- Work closely with the Head of Programme Controls to implement key process improvements, interventions and strategic initiatives across the programme.
Cost Management
- Lead, support and performance-manage the Cost Management team in the implementation and application of the Contracting Entity’s cost management procedures, systems and processes.
- Set the strategic direction and key objectives for the Cost Management function, including processes, procedures, systems, governance and resource requirements.
- Oversee weekly and monthly cost reporting across the programme, ensuring information is accurate, consistent and delivered within agreed timescales.
- Chair Monthly Project Reviews, ensuring major projects are effectively managed from a cost, schedule and risk perspective.
- Provide commercial and cost management expertise to the Contracts and Commercial Manager in relation to contentious claims, disputes and other commercial matters arising from construction and consultancy contracts.
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive database of internal and external cost benchmarks to support cost planning, forecasting and commercial decision-making across the programme.
Schedule Management
- Lead, support and performance-manage the Schedule Lead in the delivery of programme scheduling activities.
- Establish the strategic direction and key objectives for the Project Scheduling function, including processes, procedures, systems and resource requirements.
- Peer review monthly progress reports and provide assurance on programme and project performance.
- Oversee the development of the annual programme of work, including the associated cost and resource loading, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and available capacity.
- Oversee the development, integration and ongoing maintenance of the Master Programme covering all projects within the programme.
- Peer review business-critical project schedules, ensuring proposed timescales are realistic, achievable and appropriately aligned with programme requirements.
- Identify emerging schedule risks and performance issues, ensuring appropriate mitigation and escalation measures are implemented.
Risk Management
- Lead, support and performance-manage the Risk Manager in the delivery of programme risk management activities.
- Establish the strategic direction and key objectives for the Project Risk Management function, including processes, procedures, systems and governance.
- Peer review monthly risk reports and ensure key risks are clearly communicated to programme leadership.
- Oversee the development, maintenance and consistent adoption of fit-for-purpose project risk registers across the programme.
- Conduct formal monthly reviews of key risks across all major projects, ensuring appropriate ownership, mitigation and escalation.
- Support the Risk Lead in delivering Quantified Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis (QCRA/QSRA) for key projects.
- Chair risk workshops where required, ensuring risks are identified, assessed and actively managed.
- Take direct responsibility for developing and maintaining schedule risk-adjusted budgets for each financial year.
- Oversee the maintenance, updating and reporting of corporate risks to the Corporate Risk Manager’s office.
- Act as the key interface between the programme and the Corporate Risk Manager, ensuring programme-level risks are appropriately identified, communicated and managed.