> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/3397538-project-information-specialist](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/3397538-project-information-specialist). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Project Information Specialist - **Company:** AECOM - **Location:** Birmingham, AL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $85,000.0 - $112,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Office, Software Tools, Software Version Control - **Published:** September 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/0BC76BE6D8A14CB5980FAC5BC9DCCDA9/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education. Preferred Requirement: * 8+ years of experience in cost management, cost control, quantity surveying, or project accounting within large infrastructure programs. * Experience in cost control, financial analysis, risk management and reporting principles and practices in large, complex multibillion-dollar and multi-project construction and infrastructure environments. * Proficiency in MS Office and other cost management software tools and applications to document and illustrate cost performance. * Experience in implementing and operating Earned Value Management (EVM) in large infrastructure programs. * Experience in cost reporting and the integration of cost information from across the program to create consolidated program-level cost reports. * General understanding of program controls and the interdependencies between cost, schedule, risk, and scope. ## Description 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 subcontract commitments, change orders, and expenditures; maintains a commitments log with proper documentation, version history, and approval records. * Supports scope control and change management by maintaining change registers/logs, tracking change status, capturing cost/schedule impacts, and ensuring all changes are supported by the correct correspondence and approved documentation. * Assists with creation, update, and control of baseline budgets, including basis-of-estimate files, assumptions, exclusions, and approval records. * Supports schedule control activities (as assigned) including updating progress, coordinating schedule inputs, and maintaining schedule narrative/backup to support claims avoidance and audit readiness. * Supports performance management and cost/schedule integration by helping reconcile discrepancies between progress, earned value, schedule status, and cost reports. * Supports project reporting by compiling inputs, validating data consistency, and ensuring report packages are complete, correctly stored, and distributed using controlled file practices. * Participates in project cost review meetings by preparing files, presenting variance drivers (as requested), capturing actions, and filing minutes/action logs in the approved repository. * Gathers data for procedure development and continuous improvement; 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