Gerente de Planejamento e Controle de Projetos - Água e Saneamento
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Expert
Bachelor's
São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
HybridFrequent travel to ACCIONA Água projects across Brazil is required.
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management
About the job
Requirements
- A degree in Civil Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, Production Engineering, Administration, Business Administration, or a related field is required.
- Postgraduate education or an MBA in Project Management, Business Management, Finance, Infrastructure, or a related field is required.
- At least 10 years of experience in project planning, control, and performance management for infrastructure projects, preferably in water and sanitation.
- Experience monitoring performance indicators and working with planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and results analysis is required.
- Experience interacting with directors, project managers, and other leaders in matrixed organizations is required.
- Experience consolidating information and preparing executive reports for senior leadership to support strategic decision-making is required.
- Experience consolidating and analyzing project portfolios and corporate indicators is required.
- Frequent travel to project sites is required.
- Fluent Portuguese is required.
- Intermediate Spanish and/or English is required.
- Knowledge of project planning and control, portfolio management, project performance, cost control, budgeting, forecasting, performance indicators, results analysis, risk management, project governance, and financial and operational contract planning is required.
- Knowledge of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, advanced Excel, Power BI, and preparation of reports, dashboards, and executive presentations is required.
- PMP certification or equivalent is considered an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Support the Country Manager Brazil - Water in monitoring project execution and performance by providing analyses and recommendations for decision-making.
- Consolidate, monitor, and analyze physical, operational, financial, and contractual project indicators; ensure reported information is reliable and continuously improve performance monitoring and control mechanisms.
- Coordinate contract planning, control, budgeting, and forecasting processes in alignment with business objectives and corporate guidelines.
- Critically analyze project results, forecasts, and action plans to identify risks, deviations, and performance improvement opportunities.
- Visit projects periodically to assess activity execution, results achieved, and implementation of improvement actions.
- Work with Project Directors, Project Managers, Finance, Controllership, and support teams to promote alignment and focus on results.
- Identify opportunities to optimize costs, increase productivity, and improve operational efficiency, supporting improvement initiatives across projects.
- Consolidate contract results forecasts, risks, and performance trends; anticipate business impacts and propose mitigating measures.
- Support the assessment and monitoring of project investments, contributing to appropriate resource allocation and adherence to approved plans.
- Prepare executive presentations, analyses, and reports for local directors and ACCIONA corporate structures.
- Standardize planning and control methodologies, processes, tools, and best practices across the project portfolio.
- Periodically consolidate and present an integrated view of project portfolio performance, risks, and opportunities to the Water Brazil leadership.
- Serve as the corporate reference for planning and control methodologies, processes, and tools, promoting governance and alignment across projects.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in sanitation projects, concessions, or public-private partnerships.
- Experience in multinational companies or large infrastructure projects.
- Knowledge of the sanitation regulatory framework.
- Experience implementing project management and governance methodologies.
- Advanced Power BI knowledge and indicator automation experience.
About the company
Acciona builds and operates infrastructure and develops renewable energy assets worldwide. It covers the full project life cycle, from engineering, procurement, and construction to owning, operating, and maintaining power plants and related infrastructure. It differentiates itself through vertical integration and a long history of shifting from general construction to a pure-play renewable and sustainable infrastructure group with a large, globally diversified portfolio. Its goal is to be a leading global developer and operator of sustainable infrastructure, expanding clean-energy capacity and reducing carbon emissions.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
Founded
1861
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- H1 2026 revenue rose 9.9% to €10.142 billion, showing momentum.
- ACCIONA closed a £125 million green loan and US$340 million private placement in 2026.
- Kwinana waste-to-energy and Vertical Earth should lift Infrastructure and Concessions earnings through 2027.
What critics are saying
- Australia's ACCC probe on East Rockingham threatens a blocked waste-to-energy acquisition in 2026.
- Silence burned €62 million plus €40 million in 2026 after 2024 production halts.
- ACCIONA carries €8.243 billion net financial debt, pressuring returns if project execution slips.
What makes ACCIONA unique
- ACCIONA combines infrastructure contracting with renewables, unlike pure-play peers like Ferrovial.
- The 2026 Sustainable Impact Financing Framework unifies green, blue, and sustainability-linked funding.
- Vertical Earth expands ACCIONA's self-execution in Georgia and Florida, strengthening U.S. delivery.
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Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible Work Hours