Project Planning & Scheduling Specialist

AECOM•New York, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

AECOM is seeking a Project Planning and Scheduling Specialist II to join its NY Metro Team. This is not a telecommute or remote role. The specialist will support project planning, scheduling, and project controls for construction projects across industries that include highways, bridges, railways, aviation, water, energy, and data centers. The role includes schedule development and review, delay analysis, cost and resource loading, schedule progress measurement, baseline development and maintenance, and preparation of schedule reports. The specialist will coordinate with construction teams, participate in planning and scheduling meetings, and communicate schedule status, impacts, and analyses.

Requirements

BA/BS in Civil Engineering or Construction Management, plus 6 years of related experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Ability to read and interpret plans relating to highway, bridge, and rail construction.
Understanding of construction methods for highways, bridges, and railways.
Competency in reviewing construction schedules.
Ability to create schedules to determine contract time.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a similar field.
Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 software.
Excellent communication and writing skills.

Responsibilities

Review and develop construction schedules using Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling software.
Analyze construction delays to determine time impacts, assess schedule delays, and review critical path changes and impacts.
Execute project controls functions, including cost analysis and cost and resource loading of schedules.
Read and interpret construction plans and contract documents for highways, bridges, and railways.
Prepare concise schedule analysis reports and communicate findings verbally with construction teams.
Support schedule development and analyze schedules to identify and investigate project schedule variances.
Collect, update, and produce scheduling reports, and assist with developing and maintaining a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
Gather and assemble data for schedule updates, schedule and network updating, baseline development, and maintenance.
Support measurement of project schedule progress.
Develop basic engineering, procurement, and construction logic using CPM scheduling concepts.
Apply concepts of scope control, change management, and earned value methodology.
Assist with monthly report preparation and participate in planning and scheduling meetings.
Identify mitigation options and analyze schedule and construction status.
Run scheduling meetings and coordinate with construction teams to understand schedule impacts.