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Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Project Planning and Scheduling Specialist to join our Coral Gables Team.
This person will be responsible for but not limited to the following:
- Provides analysis of schedule data to identify key project issues.
- Supports the development of plans and schedules for proposals.
- May assist in leading junior staff through assignment tasks.
- Assists in tracking corrective actions.
- Assists in coordination of schedule input from all parts of the organization.
- Able to identify and assist in analysis of project schedule variances. Identifies and analyzes schedule variances and recommends associated corrective action.
- Updates and produces scheduling management reports.
- Assists in the development and maintenance of WBS and helps insure that project coding is effectively used for all cornerstone applications.
- Able to use drawings and specifications for schedule development.
- Expert ability to develop CPM schedule logic for engineering, procurement and construction as well as command of cornerstone scheduling system.
- Able to resource load schedule and perform remedial schedule risk analysis.
- Responsible for assembling data for schedule updating.
- Familiar with construction contracting and the scheduling implications of contract terms.
- Measures progress and reviews invoices of contractors.
- Reviews purchase orders and subcontract schedule status and provides management with input on subcontract performance.
- Knowledgeable of scope control and change management and has demonstrated ability to incorporate directed changes into schedule baseline. Knowledgeable in earned value methodology.
- Assumes responsibility for some elements of baseline schedule and associated maintenance.
- Familiar with basic cost analysis and forecasting as it relates to planning and scheduling.
- Conducts or assists in performance measurement and associated schedule trends.
- Supports various levels of project reporting.
- Participates in and at times leads project planning and scheduling review meetings.
- Assists in procedure development and implementation.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- BA/BS in Civil Engineering, Construction Management plus eight years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Preferred Requirements
- Master's in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or similar.
- Experience in Oracle Primavera P6 software.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Capability to read and interpret plans relating to highway, bridge, and rail construction.
- Ability to create schedules to determine contract time.
- Understanding of construction methods for highways, bridges, and rails.
- Competency in reviewing construction schedules.
Additional Information
- Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
- Relocation is not available for this position.
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