AECOM is seeking a Project Controls – Senior Scheduler who will support the planning, development, maintenance, analysis, review and reporting of design and construction schedules for projects throughout the Boston area. The successful candidate will have strong technical scheduling expertise, excellent communication and relationship-building skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a transparent, client-focused environment.
This position requires extensive knowledge of vertical construction, including institutional and high-rise projects, and demonstrated experience developing and evaluating cost- and resource-loaded schedules using the Critical Path Method (CPM).
- Develop, update, and maintain detailed cost- and resource-loaded design and construction schedules using Primavera P6.
- Review contractor schedule submissions for compliance with contractual requirements and established scheduling standards.
- Perform comprehensive schedule reviews, including evaluations of:
- Schedule logic, sequencing, and constraints
- Activity durations, calendars, and assigned float
- Cost and resource loading
- Earned value and physical percent complete
- Critical, longest, and near-critical paths
- Prepare biweekly and monthly schedule update analyses and progress reports.
- Assess project progress against approved baselines, milestones, and contractual completion dates.
- Investigate schedule impacts and recommend corrective actions to mitigate or avoid cost and schedule overruns.
- Develop look-ahead schedules, mitigation and recovery schedules, and “what-if” schedule scenarios.
- Perform Time Impact Analyses (TIAs) and evaluate proposed schedule changes.
- Assess project delays and review contractor delay analyses, claims, and requests for time extensions.
- Identify schedule-related risks, issues, and opportunities and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
- Conduct regular site visits and field walk-throughs to validate reported progress and physical percent complete.
- Monitor and report project schedule status to the Program Scheduler, project leadership, senior management, and executive management.
- Clearly communicate project status, schedule concerns, and construction progress to the client and other stakeholders.
- Present schedule analyses and project updates during meetings with owners, architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
- Collaborate with project teams to support effective planning, forecasting, decision-making, and project delivery.