AECOM

Program / Project Scheduler

AECOM • $95K — $115K *
Los Angeles, CA 90011In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BA/BS in a relevant field plus 6 years of experience or equivalent education/experience.
  • Strong familiarity with planning and scheduling concepts, especially their financial impacts.
  • Understanding of CPM scheduling concepts and multidisciplinary project flows.
  • Ability to interpret construction drawings and specifications.
  • Strong communication, organizational, and planning skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain complex project schedules for capital improvement programs.
  • Analyze project schedules to identify risks, variances, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Collect and synthesize data for schedule updates and reporting.
  • Support the creation of WBS and coding systems for project management purposes.
  • Collaborate with project teams to ensure timely schedule updates and quality assurance on data received.
  • Prepare ad-hoc reports and analyses for management as needed.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale, high-visibility projects.
  • Engage with a variety of stakeholders including contractors and clients.
  • Involvement in strategic program objectives and decision-making process while ensuring successful project delivery.
  • Potential for professional development in a dynamic project environment.
Full Job Description
Job Description

AECOM is seeking a highly skilled Program / Project Scheduler to be based in Los Angeles, CA. In this role, you will play a critical part in the successful planning and delivery of complex capital improvement and construction programs by developing, maintaining, and analyzing project schedules that drive informed decision-making. Working closely with project managers, design teams, contractors, and client stakeholders, you will provide schedule oversight, identify risks and opportunities, evaluate project performance, and support the execution of projects from planning through completion. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to large-scale, high-visibility programs while helping ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with strategic program objectives.

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.
  • Develops and maintains program schedules identifying relationships, logic, milestones, and constraints for construction projects of various types
  • Monitors and actively participates in project and program scheduling issues while administering best practices and standards
  • Obtains accurate and timely program schedule updates from project teams and performs QA/QC on information received
  • Creates and develops conceptual what-if schedules for multiple project types including large complex multi-year projects
  • Prepares ad-hoc reports and analyses as directed by management


Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
  • BA/BS + 6 Years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications
  • Ability to build efficient working relationships with project teams and department staff
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Superior organizational and planning skills


Additional Information
  • Sponsorship is not offered now or in the future for this role


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About AECOM

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. With approximately 45,000 employees around the world, AECOM is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural, and social environments. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM serves clients in more than 150 countries and had revenue of $8.0 billion during the 12 months ended March 31, 2014.

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Learn more about AECOM
Size
51,000 employees
Market Cap
$11.8 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
-$200.8 million
Founded
1990
5 Year Trend
-6.3%
Revenue
$13.3 billion
NASDAQ
ACM
* Ladders Estimates

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