PURPOSE AND SCOPE

The Project Controls Lead (PCL) works closely with leadership in Business Operations (BusOps), Projects & Construction (P&C), and other functional areas to deliver optimized project controls services for a broad array of projects in construction, operation, maintenance and management of facility assets, infrastructure and systems.

The PCL will lead a cross functional project controls team developing, maintaining, and optimizing systems to manage project schedules, costs, risks, performance, and contract changes. The PCL is the central hub for project controls—ensuring timelines, costs, and forecasts are aligned across teams.

The PCL will possess strong leadership, team management, time management, and resource management capabilities, strong written and verbal communication skills, and tactful negotiation skills.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly and in coordination with project schedulers, develop, maintain, and optimize project schedules across the full project portfolio as well as a centralized master schedule.
Collaborate closely with pricing, finance, subcontracts, and project managers to ensure cohesive project controls
Maintain and update project budgets, forecasts, and Estimates at Completion (EACs) in collaboration with project managers and finance
Monitor project performance metrics and proactively identify risks or
deviations from plan
Provide regular reporting and analysis to stakeholders, including variance analysis and recommendations. Prepare standard weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting as required by leadership or for contract deliverables to the customer.
Facilitate integrated planning sessions with stakeholders on a regular basis and ensure consistent use of project control tools and methodologies
Assist in the preparation of proposals and pricing strategies from a controls perspective
Ensure, promote, and maintain health and safety practices/compliances at site and within the workplace
Any other reasonable duties as requested

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Essential

Proven experience in project controls, ideally within construction or infrastructure projects
Strong proficiency in scheduling tools (e.g., Primavera P6, MS Project) and financial tracking systems
Solid understanding of cost control principles, forecasting, and EAC methodologies
Undergraduate Qualifications or Equivalent Work Experience and Training Field: Business, Management, Engineering,
Construction Management, or Project Management.

Desirable

Post Graduate Qualifications Field: Business, Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or Project Management.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS – Minimum Essential

Minimum Essential

Demonstrated Supervisor/Leadership Experience

Proposal and Project Management Experience

Experience managing project budgets including Incurred Costs, ETCs, and EACs

Experience developing relevant and useful performance metrics and reports for complex workflows

Competent using industry standard scheduling software

Desirable

SharePoint experience · Proposal Planning and Microsoft Project management Experience preparing and managing cost loaded schedules

WORK ENVIRONMENT, PHYSICAL DEMANDS, AND MENTAL DEMANDS

Typical office environment with no unusual hazards, occasional lifting to 10kgs, kneeling, standing and walking, routinely sitting and constant use of speech/hearing abilities for communication, constant mental alertness, and must be able to work under deadlines.

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

It is a condition of employment that employees obtain and retain the appropriate level of security clearance and medical clearance applicable to each role. The employee may require a Negative Vetting L1 (NV-1) Department of Defence Security Clearance (Australian) or Secret (U.S.) clearance.

STATEMENT OF WORK REQUIREMENTS

All personnel assigned shall be:

· At least 18 years of age.

· Able to fluently read, write and speak English

EHS REQUIREMENT

All Amentum personnel are responsible for understanding and complying with all site environmental, health and safety requirements. While Amentum is responsible for providing a safe workplace and is responsible for ensuring compliance with requirements of the EHS Handbook, each person is responsible for:

· Completing work tasks in a safe manner

· Reporting any unsafe acts or conditions to their supervisor and/or PMO/EHS Manager

· Continuous adherence to the environmental, health and safety procedures outlined in the EHS Handbook during the performance of their work

· Red-Carding a Job - Employee right and responsibility to “STOP WORK” if a job is unsafe or possess a danger to the environment

QUALITY REQUIREMENT

Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Program and carry out job activities in compliance with the Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand their Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

PROCEDURE COMPLIANCE

Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to their job.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.

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