Senior Scheduler

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AECOM is seeking a Senior Scheduler for one of our offices in Sacramento, CA.

Job Summary

This role will develop, maintain, and analyze detailed program and construction schedules for the California High-Speed Rail program. This role provides accurate schedule reporting, evaluates schedule risks and critical paths, and ensures alignment between design progress, construction durations, and program milestones.

Job Requirements

• Provide schedule development, maintenance of schedule data and reporting for California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) schedules
• Identify, develop, and correlate program schedule activities with associated CHSR design plans
• Provide detail for CHSR schedule activities based on CHSR design plans to reflect the duration and the basis of the duration for construction of element activities
• Update schedule data and durations as necessary and as design progresses to identify the basis for construction of element durations
• Provide periodic updates and documentation to the Program/Project Controls.
• Manage progress, schedule duration changes, and duration verification basis
• Provide schedule assumptions and general basis for schedule development. Identify
• key items which may not be included in structure schedules (such as utility relocations, environmental and or seasonal restrictions, or procurements)
• Perform review and analysis of current in-progress CHSR schedules for correlation with future, planned CHSR construction schedules (current construction duration estimates vs. future planned construction duration estimates)
• Perform review and analysis of CHSR schedules for reliability, risk identification, risk review, and risk assessments
• Provide recommendations for increased schedule reliability
• Identify longest path and critical schedule items
• Perform review and reporting tasks as required under direction of the Program Schedule Lead

Minimum Requirement:

• BA/BS + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications:

• Program and project schedule development and management experience
• Knowledge of rail and roadway transportation projects and disciplines
• Scheduling and project controls experience
• Ability to Identify and document associated schedule risks and provide recognizable and understandable work activities and sequences
• Ability to meet required deadlines and deliverable dates
• Proficiency and knowledge of computer Sofware applications including Primavera P6, Microsoft (MS) word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook
• Experience in developing detailed construction schedules from preliminary and/or conceptual plans, develop and document basis of schedule development
• Knowledge of structures, construction means, methods, staging, procurements, and disciplines
• Experience in rail and rail systems construction, rail and roadway tunnel construction, rail and roadway bridge construction, retaining wall systems and other systems and structures associated with the operation of a railway

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