Associate Director - Project Planning

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Job Description Start here. Grow here.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, ambitious, and highly motivated Project Director with excellent knowledge of Scheduling Best practice and associated software. We are looking for innovative thinkers who are keen to engage and “Make Complex look Simple”, and as such, get involved in the AI revolution of Project Controls.

As Project Director you will play a crucial role in managing and overseeing various operational aspects within AECOM, contributing to strategic planning, and ensuring the successful implementation of high-level strategies.

The role will support programme leads in the delivery of programme / projects by providing high level planning service for the preparation of project plans, producing baseline scheduled tasks, resource profiles and financial models. The successful person will be involved in improving the consistency, predictability and efficiency of the programmes project delivery capability and will be able to provide leadership in best practices and Continuous Improvement.

The role will ensure that the operational issues of the project controls and PMO are managed, focusing on the project interface with project leaders, project managers, project teams, and interface issues.

Furthermore you will work as part of our Integrated Program Controls Team (IPC), which is composed of Schedule, Risk, Project Controls and Analytics, and as such will lead and drive Team Integration and Collaboration.

Here's what you'll do Promote and ensure overall team integration

Establishes partnerships with external employers to develop recruitment strategies and enhance internal and external relationships.

Implement and lead collaborative planning workshops to ensure buy-in from overall project team Perform impact analysis and monitors schedule variance

Lead application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques and tools.

Good working knowledge of planning/scheduling, EVM, project controls methodologies

Ability to advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.

Able to manage planning/scheduling delivery of medium/high complexity projects / programmes

Ability to play key role in multidisciplinary teams and take lead role in creating plans or analysing trends using numerical and statistical techniques.

Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for staff development.

Mastery in setting up effective planning / schedule management systems & procedures

Expert knowledge of schedule management tools & software

Managing resourcing, growing & developing the team

Able to manage activities with significant uncertainty of solution or outcomes

Support to senior management in deal negotiations, contract development, due diligence & other business development or alliance development projects

Excellent attention to detail & able to validate & check schedule management inputs, recording & reports produced, providing basic commentary & analysis

Looking to future to create a vision and set strategy

Persuading and influencing colleagues

Identifying and analysing business risks

Building and leading a high performing team

Very high political and cultural acuity

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