Project Controls Analyst III

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Project Controls Analyst III for our Carolinas Transportation team to be based out of our Greenville, SC office on a hybrid basis.

The following are a list of responsibilities for the role, but not limited to these:

• Works with company financial systems, project controls standards, and document/file management requirements (including naming conventions, version control, approvals, and retention).
• Develops proficiency in the use of company cornerstone systems and project controls tools; produces cost, schedule, and progress data in the formats required to manage and control the work.
• Maintains organized project controls files (budgets, forecasts, trends, change logs, commitments, earned value reports, and supporting backup) and ensures information is traceable, auditable, and stored in the correct project repository.
• Understands financial terminology, metrics, and reporting requirements; recognizes the downstream cost and schedule impacts of project decisions and field actions.
• Assists in analyzing cost, schedule, progress, and productivity data to identify key project issues, variances, and emerging risks.
• Uses drawings, specifications, and scope documents to help establish and validate project baseline data (scope, quantities, budgets, and key assumptions) and maintains backup documentation for baseline integrity.
• Develops knowledge of accounting principles and how they relate to cost coding, accruals, commitments, and revenue/cost recognition (as applicable).
• Assists in assembling inputs for trending and forecasting, ensuring supporting documentation is complete, correctly versioned, and aligned with the current approved baseline.
• Prepares analysis of progress trends, variance explanations, and cost/schedule impacts; supports development of recovery or mitigation actions where required.
• Supports the monthly invoicing effort by coordinating required inputs, validating supporting documentation, tracking invoice status, and maintaining invoice files in accordance with project procedures.
• Supports invoice management and file controls by verifying backup, tracking invoice status, and may participate in reviewing and approving contractor/vendor invoices in accordance with contract terms and project procedures.
• Applies earned value methodology concepts and supports maintenance of EV files (rules of credit, progress measurement, and reconciliation between cost, schedule, and progress).
• Collects and analyzes manpower, labor hour, and labor cost data versus budget limitations; maintains time/phasing backup and supports productivity tracking and reporting.
• Collects and analyzes data for tracking actual costs versus funding limitations; supports funding drawdown/usage reporting and flags potential overrun risks early.
• Assists in tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments, change orders, and expenditures; maintains a commitments log with proper documentation, version history, and approval records.
• Supports scope control and change management by maintaining change registers/logs, tracking change status, capturing cost/schedule impacts, and ensuring all changes are supported by the correct correspondence and approved documentation.
• Assists with creation, update, and control of baseline budgets, including basis-of-estimate files, assumptions, exclusions, and approval records.
• Supports schedule control activities (as assigned) including updating progress, coordinating schedule inputs, and maintaining schedule narrative/backup to support claims avoidance and audit readiness.
• Supports performance management and cost/schedule integration by helping reconcile discrepancies between progress, earned value, schedule status, and cost reports.
• Supports project reporting by compiling inputs, validating data consistency, and ensuring report packages are complete, correctly stored, and distributed using controlled file practices.
• Participates in project cost review meetings by preparing files, presenting variance drivers (as requested), capturing actions, and filing minutes/action logs in the approved repository.
• Gathers data for procedure development and continuous improvement; helps implement standard project controls templates, checklists, and file structures to improve consistency and compliance.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Requirement:

• 8+ years of experience in cost management, cost control, quantity surveying, or project accounting within large infrastructure programs.

• Experience in cost control, financial analysis, risk management and reporting principles and practices in large, complex multibillion-dollar and multi-project construction and infrastructure environments.

• Proficiency in MS Office and other cost management software tools and applications to document and illustrate cost performance.

• Experience in implementing and operating Earned Value Management (EVM) in large infrastructure programs.

• Experience in cost reporting and the integration of cost information from across the program to create consolidated program-level cost reports.

• General understanding of program controls and the interdependencies between cost, schedule, risk, and scope.

Additional Information

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.

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About AECOM 

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. 

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com. 

What makes AECOM a great place to work 

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community—where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.