Project Information Specialist

Project Information Specialist Full-time State/Province: South Carolina Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc Business Line: Transportation Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: Americas Primary Location: US - Greenville, SC - 10 Patewood Dr Compensation: USD 85000 - USD 112000 - yearly Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

AECOM is seeking a Project Information Specialist for our Carolinas Transportation team to be based out of our Greenville, SC office on a hybrid basis. This role will act in a Project Management Assistant capacity. The following are a list of responsibilities for the role, but not limited to these: • Works with company financial systems and document/file management requirements (including naming conventions, version control, approvals, and retention). • Develops proficiency in the use of company cornerstone systems and financial tools; produces cost, schedule, and progress data in the formats required to manage and control the work. • Maintains organized project management files (budgets, forecasts, trends, change logs, commitments, earned value reports, and supporting backup) and ensures information is traceable, auditable, and stored in the correct project repository. • Understands financial terminology, metrics, and reporting requirements; recognizes the downstream cost and schedule impacts of project decisions and field actions. • Assists in analyzing cost, schedule, progress, and productivity data to identify key project issues, variances, and emerging risks. • • Develops knowledge of accounting principles and how they relate to cost coding, accruals, commitments, and revenue/cost recognition (as applicable). • Assists in assembling inputs for trending and forecasting, ensuring supporting documentation is complete, correctly versioned, and aligned with the current approved baseline. • Prepares analysis of progress trends, variance explanations, and cost/schedule impacts; supports development of recovery or mitigation actions where required. • Supports the monthly invoicing effort by coordinating required inputs, validating supporting documentation, tracking invoice status, and maintaining invoice files in accordance with project procedures. • Supports invoice management and file controls by verifying backup, tracking invoice status, and may participate in reviewing and approving contractor/vendor invoices in accordance with contract terms and project procedures. • Applies earned value methodology concepts and supports maintenance of EV files (rules of credit, progress measurement, and reconciliation between cost, schedule, and progress). • Collects and analyzes manpower, labor hour, and labor cost data versus budget limitations; maintains time/phasing backup and supports productivity tracking and reporting. • Collects and analyzes data for tracking actual costs versus funding limitations; supports funding drawdown/usage reporting and flags potential overrun risks early. • Assists in tracking purchase orders and