Project Planning & Scheduling Specialist

Job Description

AECOM is seeking to hire a Project Planning & Scheduling Specialist to support our projects in and around the New York City Metro area.

This role is available immediately.

Monitors development and maintenance of Contractor CPM Construction Schedule in adherence with applicable DEP SOPs and PMIS guidance.

Verifies Contractor compliance with Contract schedule requirements.

Participates in Construction Status Meetings.

Participates in all Job Progress Meetings, I&T Meeting, CPM Meetings, and other meetings as requested by Resident Engineers.

Actively engages with the Contractor(s) and the CM staff and perform independent site walks to verify progress to ensure that a realistic Schedule Analysis Report is provided to the client.

Generates the Schedule Analysis Report; the Schedule Analysis Reports (SAR's) must have actual analysis and explanations of CM concerns or disagreement with logic sequencing or durations, and actualization of physical work items.

Provides a shadow schedule, ensuring that the SARs are uploaded to PMIS (E-Builder) in the correct folders for only DEP’s access after period of review by the Resident Engineer and Assistant Resident Engineers.

Provides an agenda for all CPM meetings with the Contractor(s). Agendas can take input from Contractor or Design, but must be controlled by CM.

Leads all CPM meetings with the Contractor(s), with support from the CM / DCM & RE’S as required.

Reviews Contractor CPM Schedule submissions such as Baseline, Revisions, Updates; and reports results to the CM and RE at the site.

Prepares presentations for Project reporting to DEP.

Prepares and distributes all CM scheduling correspondence to the Client and Contractor(s). (Subject to review by the CM / DCM and RE’s)

Prepares and modifies documentation for delay analyses.

Maintains and reports on Independent CM Schedule (Shadow Schedule); your Comments should include suggested resequencing or advancement of tasks to recover the project schedule and should call out logic that differs from actual work sequencing based on field observations and input from Resident Engineers

Prepares preliminary and final extension of time reports

Prepares Bonus / Liquidated Damages Analysis as required at the completion of the construction contracts.

Assists the CM / DCM with tracking and responses to all contractor submitted delay claim notices submitted to DEP

Ensures Contractor schedule impacts are incorporated into all Change Orders. Performing Leverage Analysis of the construction contracts at the appropriate stages.

Assists the CM / RE in determining if the performance of the contractor’s work will achieve the timely completion of the project in accordance with the schedule.

Assists the CM / DCM in preparation of responses to contractor’s delay letters.

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.

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.

Other tasks as assigned.