Project Scheduler

Job Title: Project Scheduler



Industry: Manufacturing



Location: Wilmington, NC



Shift: Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, onsite, overtime as needed

Client Overview

This is a large, publicly traded materials science company, tens of thousands of employees worldwide, well over 15 billion dollars in annual revenue, with a 170 plus year history of inventing new glass, ceramic, and optical technologies. Operates across five major segments spanning optical communications, specialty materials, display technologies, environmental technologies, and life sciences. The company's work shows up in products most people use every day, from consumer electronics to automotive to medical devices. This role sits within one of their U.S. manufacturing or engineering operations.

Top 3 Skills

• CPM scheduling: building and updating project schedules, setting baselines, forecasting completion dates
• Working proficiency in a dedicated project scheduling platform
• Schedule performance reporting and dashboard development

What You'll Do

• Build, update, and analyze integrated schedules across multiple active capital projects
• Set project baselines and run critical path analysis
• Evaluate schedule impacts and put together recovery plans
• Work with project leaders, engineers, and contractors to track progress and forecast completion dates
• Identify and log schedule risks and constraints
• Support Last Planner System activities including pull planning, look ahead planning, and weekly work planning
• Track and report schedule performance metrics including Percent Plan Complete
• Prepare portfolio level dashboards and status reports for leadership
• Support project reviews and governance meetings
• Travel occasionally to other manufacturing sites in North Carolina

What We Need From You

• Two plus years of scheduling, project controls, or project coordination experience
• Hands on experience building and maintaining CPM schedules in a dedicated scheduling platform
• Working understanding of critical path, schedule forecasting, and resource planning
• Experience in a manufacturing or construction environment
• AAS degree or higher in construction management, project management, or a related field, or equivalent hands on scheduling experience

Preferred / Bonus

• Primavera P6
• Microsoft Project or comparable scheduling software
• Last Planner System and Lean Construction planning experience
• PMP, PMI-SP, or Lean Construction certification
• Advanced reporting and dashboard building from schedule data
• Experience sequencing construction activities and field execution

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