Scheduler OR Senior Scheduler-Construction/Project Controls

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM Hunt is seeking a highly talented Scheduler OR Senior Scheduler- Construction/Project Controls to join our Hunt Construction group. This position will be supporting our construction projects in the Dallas, Texas area.

Job Summary:

Provides objective analysis and sound judgement with application of principles and techniques to evaluate and report project performance from concept study to construction & startup including practical assessment of schedule completion and expected final cost. Competencies include setup of work breakdown structure, establishing levels of control and detail, planning and scheduling, cost analysis and forecasting, progress measurement, earned value performance, risk analysis and change control.

Responsible for managing, controlling, forecasting and reporting cost and schedule performance for projects throughout the organization. Services include setting up and managing project controls systems (including setup of work breakdown structure), capturing to-date progress and expenditure data, analyzing to-date performance data, forecasting at-completion performance data (EAC costs, hours), analyzing project risks (contingency management), managing change and incorporating scope variations into schedule and cost deliverables, and preparing associated reports.              

The job responsibilities include but are not limited to:  

• Knowledgeable of planning and scheduling concepts and principles including effects on financial performance.

• Familiar with data sources and supports basic schedule development. 

• Supports analysis of schedule, identifies and investigates project schedule variances. 

• Collects and updates data and updates and produces scheduling reports. 

• Assists in the development and maintenance of WBS and support activities to implement applicable coding.  Supports basic schedule development. 

• Supports gathering and assembling data for schedule updating.

• Supports measurement of project schedule progress and gathers and assembles data for schedule and network updating.  

• Gathers data for schedule baseline development and maintenance. 

• Familiar with construction drawings, specifications and construction contracting methods.

• Understands CPM scheduling concepts and principles and able to develop basic engineering, procurement and construction logic. 

• Understands concepts and principles of scope control and change management and earned value methodology.

• Supports monthly report preparation.

• May participate in planning and scheduling meetings to gain insight to planning and scheduling issues.

• Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts and principles.

OR

The job responsibilities include but are not limited to:  

• 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 ensure 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. 

• Abl