Project Scheduler III

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Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Project Scheduler III for immediate employment in Arlington, VA. The successful candidate will be part of the PPM Project Controls Group, supporting various Project Control Managers and staff mainly with scheduling and risk-related tasks, and cost estimation as needed.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to

• Reviewing and analyzing monthly schedule Updates and Baselines (resource loaded if required) using the CPM method in Primavera P6
• Performing schedule layouts and filters of schedules as requested by the project PMs and Owners
• Supporting the development schedules from RFP, engineering drawings and specifications
• Assisting and development discipline meeting reviews for the creation of large transportation projects
• Updating and producing scheduling management reports
• Identifying schedule issues, opportunities, and corrective actions to mitigate potential project delays
• Representing company and/or project in meetings with owner, A/E representatives and other contractors as required
• Explaining schedule and positions in a formal meeting, presentation, or negotiation
• Resource load schedule and perform schedule risk analysis
• Assisting in developing and maintaining WBS and help ensure that project coding is effectively assigned per contract documents and project scheduling requirements
• Developing construction sequencing for schedules from project scopes.
• Understand construction contracting and the scheduling implications of contract terms
• Identifying and assisting in analysis of project schedule variances. Identifies and analyzes schedule variances and recommends associated corrective action
• Assisting and developing schedule durations for proposal manhours
• Coordination and assembling of data for schedule updates
• Assume responsibility for some elements of baseline schedule and associated maintenance
• Basic cost analysis and forecasting related to planning and scheduling
• Conducts or assists in performance measurement and associated schedule trends
• Supporting various levels of project reporting
• Participating in and at times, leading project planning and scheduling review meetings 
• Assisting in procedure development and implementation of project control procedures
• Performing cost comparison analyses between in-house estimates, contractor estimates and schedule concurrence
• Working with Progressive Design Build, Design Build, and DoD 
• Work on Microsoft Office products, such as Word, Excel,  PowerPoint software, Procore, e-Bulder, and other similar programs
• Concentrating on one or more detailed tasks and multiple projects
• Respond to demands of projects from Owners, Clients and Internal managers while communicating status and progress
• Multitask and meet project demands and deliverable dates
• Will work on the scope control and change management and will incorporate direct changes into schedule baseline
• Earned value methodology

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS + 8 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Must have construction means, methods, and sequences
• Must have Primavera P6 scheduling software
• Must have Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling experience and analyzing schedules to determine duration and logic issues
• Field project engineering experience in transportation, building, and DoD

Preferred Requirements

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Additional Information

Additional Details

• Sponsorship is not available for this