Job Description

This role is responsible for leading and managing team members in the Manila Project Controls Team. The role will be supporting the manager and coordinating with stakeholders and team members in executing assigned projects to ensure that expectations and defined quality and performance metrics are met or exceeded. The role will ensure effective staff utilization to meet business and project needs. The role will support team members as needed by providing coaching and training, ensuring team members are engaged and motivated, and fostering a collaborative culture.

Responsibilities & Duties

Responsible for supporting the building and deploying of the Manila Project Controls Team.Manage team workload and assignments and recommend adjustments to the staffing model if necessary to most effectively utilize staff and meet the objectives of the projects, regions, and business lines.Develop strong stakeholder relationships by proactively communicating staffing activities and articulating the capabilities of the Manila Project Controls Team across various North American Regions, Business Lines, levels of company management, and cross-functional staff.Manage team performance, provide coaching and mentoring, document performance reviews, and identify career development opportunities relevant to the team.Ensure adherence to quality and performance metrics by assessing and evaluating the quality of work effort of the staff and providing advice on approach and/or corrective actions.Participate in business development, proposal efforts, and project startups as needed.Lead the dissemination of corporate expectations regarding company policy and cascade of project controls procedural and best practice information and existing and emerging project controls methods.Identify and analyze complex issues and recommend solutions or alternatives.Act as a first-level escalation point for questions and issue resolutions ensuring issues are addressed in a timely manner. Responsible for escalating the issues further as and when necessary.Provide regular performance and operational progress reports to manager and stakeholders to ensure issues are being flagged in a timely manner and ensure performance/operational gaps are addressed.Responsible for the implementation of the team’s business continuity plan.Ensure team compliance and delivery based on service level agreements, policies, and procedures as agreed with the stakeholders.

 

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business management, or other associated degreeAt least 12 years of relevant experience in construction project managementAbility to read and interpret drawings, specifications, Requests-for Proposals and contractsMust understand construction means, methods, and sequencesPossesses working knowledge about the contracts related to procurement, engineering, construction, and project management

Attributes: 

Ability to supervise and manage the day-to-day work assignments, deliverables, and operational requirements aligned with the functional goals and objectives (Operational Management)Ability to clearly define objectives and set targets for the team that are consistent with and compliant to service delivery agreements, key performance indicators, and polices (Planning and Organizing)Ability to maintain a high level of collaboration among multiple internal and external stakeholders to effectively arrive at solutions and develop initiatives (Collaboration)Ability to identify and resolve varied and complex issues by applying best practices and technical expertise and can recommend solutions for recurring and unique scenarios (Problem-Solving)Ability to gather, integrate, validate, and analyze relevant data to develop resolutions, findings, and recommendations (Analytical Thinking)Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with various internal and external customers globally. Ability to use tact and discretion in delivering critical and sensitive information to peers, stakeholders, and direct reports. (Communication)Ability to monitor and measure progress and effectively drive individual and team results that supports the overall goal of the team. Ability to provide regular feedback, guidance, and support to direct reports to achieve desired performance and output. (Results Oriented)

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

 

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.