Excellence Leaves a Lasting Impression: Bring Your Vision to shape a better world.
At Arup, our innovative spirit compels us to express our ingenuity in unique ways — engineering, planning, designing, and consulting on many of the most renowned projects in the built environment.
We aim to deliver technical excellence, innovation, and value to clients, while maintaining our core mission of shaping a better world. Since its founding in 1946, members of Arup have developed transformative ways of working.
Adapting to the ever changing environment, our work is focused on ambitiously reimagining a sustainable and resilient future for cities.
Arup is rising to these new challenges: by bringing together broad-minded individuals from a wide range of disciplines, investing in research, innovating and creating better solutions for clients and the wider world.
We are currently seeking a Project Controls Specialist to join our team to work on various projects in the Los Angeles office, particularly large design-build and P3 infrastructure projects.
The focus of this role is to provide strong commercial support to project managers, directors and business administrators.
In particular in the areas of financial management, general commercial support, contract administration, sub consultant management and bid support.
Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:
- Assist the Commercial Manager and Project Manager in implementation of project specific cost control processes to ensure project profitability and other commercial goals are met
- Assist in budget estimation and resource planning
- Assist in preparation of a WBS, understand how schedule is integrated with WBS and budgets
- Utilize financial system to monitor financial performance, project costs and other performance parameters.
- Assist in preparing and updating project schedules, using P6.
- Track actuals against budgets, conduct variance analyses, carry out reporting of project financials and respond to queries from project teams on performance issues.
- Assist in monitoring and managing scope changes; maintaining change and risk registers, preparing fee proposals and contract change orders.
- Assist in preparation and issuing of monthly client invoices and monitoring accounts receivable
- Assist in collection, collation and review of timesheets of project team members
- Assist in preparation of various monthly client reports.
- Assist with commercial management of subs including preparation of sub agreements, tracking costs, and reviewing invoices and payments
The Qualified professional will have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in engineering design or construction industries.
- Advanced knowledge of Excel, data manipulation and spreadsheet design to communicate results.
- Experience in PowerBI for report preparation desirable
- General knowledge of commercial management and experience in contractual matters preferred
- Ability to prioritize effectively and manage deadlines; highly organized
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills essential for team-based working
- Proactive ; a team player but able to perform independently.
- Design-Build and experience of working with or for major Contractors preferred
- Experience in preparing schedules using Primavera P6 is preferred.
Share your passion and experience in a global culture that believes your potential to achieve is endless.
Benefits that Work
– At Arup, we have a comprehensive and valuable benefits program that works for our employees and their families while keeping costs low.
These benefits provide health and welfare security for you as well as paid time off for rest and renewal.
Our Global Profit Share Plan (paid bi-annually) provides an opportunity for you to share in the success of the Firm.
As a valued employee of Arup, you can also choose to participate in our 401(k) plan with up to 10% company match to help you save for your future.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
– Arup requires all new employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Arup is an equal opportunity employer and consistent with federal, state, and local requirements, will consider requests for reasonable accommodation based on disability or sincerely held religious beliefs where it is able to do so without undue hardship to Arup.
Flexible Working
– We believe that flexible arrangements create a more inclusive way of working that supports our diversity and the wellbeing of our people.
Options for alternative schedules and the ability to work outside of the office for a portion of your workweek are available.
Arup is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
We consider all qualified candidates regardless of minority, veteran, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or other status protected by law.
If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact us at americasbenefits@arup.com .
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