Reporting Engineer-Rail projects

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Job Description

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At AECOM, we are seeking a Reporting Engineer – Rail Projects to join our team in our Dublin office.

The Reporting Engineer will support the Performance Reporting Lead in developing, implementing, and continuously improving the programme’s performance and reporting framework. The role will contribute to establishing effective processes, procedures, systems, controls, and reporting templates that enable accurate, consistent, and timely reporting across the project.

Working closely with project teams and key stakeholders, the Reporting Engineer will help ensure that reporting requirements are understood and consistently applied across the programme. The role will also support the production of high-quality performance reports and analysis, providing clear and reliable information to support effective project management and decision-making.

Key responsibilities will include supporting the development and maintenance of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), coordinating the collection and validation of programme data, monitoring project performance, and assisting with the preparation of regular performance reports. The successful candidate will play an important role in promoting consistent reporting practices, data quality, and continuous improvement across the project.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Support the coordination and monitoring of project activities, working closely with project teams and key stakeholders to ensure tasks and deliverables remain on schedule.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and performance against agreed plans, identifying and escalating issues, risks, and deviations to the Performance Reporting Lead.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, including progress reports, status updates, meeting records, performance dashboards, and supporting analysis.
• Maintain and update project management systems, schedules, databases, and reporting tools to ensure information remains accurate, current, and readily accessible.
• Support the development, implementation, monitoring, and communication of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across the programme.
• Coordinate the collection, validation, and consolidation of project data from multiple teams and sources, ensuring consistency and data integrity.
• Assist in analysing programme performance and identifying trends, variances, and areas requiring management attention.
• Support clear and effective communication between project stakeholders, including engineers, contractors, consultants, programme teams, and regulatory bodies.
• Contribute to the identification and monitoring of project risks, issues, and opportunities, supporting the development and implementation of appropriate mitigation actions.
• Help ensure project activities and reporting processes comply with relevant safety, quality, governance, and project management requirements.
• Promote consistent reporting standards and contribute to the continuous improvement of project reporting processes, systems, and best-practice approaches.
• Provide general support to the Performance Reporting Lead and wider project team as required.
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the role as assigned.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? 

Here’s what we’re looking for: 

As the successful candidate, you will have experience working within our primary infrastructure market along with having the following qualfications and experience:

Specialising in project performance reporting, with a demonstrated ability to deliver reporting activities on major infrastructure programmes or projects of comparable scale and complexity.

Experience should include strong capability with key reporting tools and applications such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Business Intelligence platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), cost management systems, financial management systems, and recognised industry publishing tools. Substantial proficiency in data visualisation and analytical techniques is also essential for producing clear, insightful, and actionable reporting outputs.

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan

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About AECOM

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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.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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