Job description
Role Overview
Planning Manager at AECOM. Location not specified in source.
Company Overview
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm and global infrastructure leader. The company partners with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable, and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle in water, environment, energy, transportation, and buildings. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm with revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025 and employs over 50,000 professionals including planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers.
Role Purpose
Develop expertise in planning and scheduling across the project lifecycle, supporting the creation and maintenance of project schedules, baselines, and reporting that drive accurate financial performance and successful project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Schedule Development & Maintenance
- Develop fundamental knowledge of planning and scheduling concepts and principles and their effects on financial performance.
- Develop familiarity with data sources for schedule development.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of work breakdown structures (WBS).
- Develop familiarity with construction drawings, specifications, and construction contracting.
- Possess fundamental understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling.
- Review and understand engineering, procurement, and construction schedule logic.
- Assist in assembling data for schedule updating.
Schedule Monitoring & Analysis
- Identify and investigate project schedule variance.
- Assist in the measurement of project schedule progress.
- Collect data and update and produce scheduling reports.
Baseline & Cost Management
- Develop knowledge of scope control, change management, and earned value methodology.
- Support data gathering and produce initial analysis for schedule baseline development and maintenance data gathering.
- Develop exposure to basic scheduling and cost baseline fundamentals, concepts, and principles.
Additional Information
All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. Benefits depend on employment status.