Project Planning & Scheduling Specialist II

AECOM•Los Angeles, CA

6h•Onsite

About The Position

AECOM is hiring for a Project Planning & Scheduling Specialist II in Los Angeles, CA. This role involves knowledge of planning and scheduling concepts and principles, including their effects on financial performance. The specialist will support basic schedule development, analyze schedules, identify and investigate project schedule variances, and collect and update data for scheduling reports. They will also assist in developing and maintaining Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and implementing applicable coding. The role requires familiarity with construction drawings, specifications, and contracting methods, as well as an understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling, scope control, change management, and earned value methodology. The specialist will support monthly report preparation and may participate in planning and scheduling meetings. Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals is expected.

Requirements

BA/BS + 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Experience in Oracle Primavera P6.
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.
Exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts and principles.
United States Citizenship is required for US work authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience with schedule management on infrastructure construction programs.
Experience with schedule evolution from estimating through design - construction - closeout including changes.

Responsibilities

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 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.
Supports monthly report preparation.
May participate in planning and scheduling meetings to gain insight to planning and scheduling issues.