Project Scheduler

Project And Production Scheduler

Your role You are a motivated, detail-oriented professional looking to build or advance your career in project and production scheduling with a leading innovator and manufacturer of turboexpander technology. You possess strong analytical skills and a desire to learn how to solve complex scheduling and capacity constraint challenges across multiple concurrent projects in a dynamic engineer-to-order (ETO) environment. In this role, you will be a key member of the production planning group, coordinating schedules, priorities, and project information across the organization to support efficient resource utilization and on-time, on-budget delivery.

The compensation range for this position is $83,464.06 - $140,756.95 annually. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus. Atlas Copco provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, tuition assistance, referral bonus and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Your day-to-day Project Initiation: You will review the scope and requirements of new project opportunities against the current sales and operations plan, capacity, and existing commitments to propose realistic and achievable delivery lead times. Project Scheduling: You will utilize established standards to configure and schedule new projects composed of work breakdown structures (WBS), networks of activities, and referenced bills of materials (BOMs). You will support further development and refinement of these standards over time as our needs and knowledge evolve. Project Execution / Monitoring: In support of the master production schedule, you will plan and maintain projects composed of networks of activities (durations and relationships), monitor and report status/progress of those networks of activities, anticipate and support resolution of capacity/load constraints, and monitor and report hours/materials budget progress. Project Troubleshooting: When unplanned events affect project execution, you will analyze schedule and resource impacts, evaluate alternatives, and recommend recovery plans that support the master production schedule and customer delivery commitments. Project Changes: You will evaluate and process sales order scope changes, assess their impact on project schedules and resource requirements, and support implementation of the revised plan.

This role reports to the Production Planning Manager and will work and collaborate as an integral part of a tight-knit and dynamic team helping to support cost-effective on-time delivery of goods and equipment. Other extended team members include: master scheduling, material requirements planning, and material handling who support a manufacturing facility of over 160 skilled technicians, welders, and machinists.

What you will learn: How to identify, assess, and resolve scheduling challenges in a concurrent engineering and manufacturing environment. Project planning and scheduling within an engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment. Hands-on experience with SAP ERP/MRP, Enovia PLM, internal documentation systems, including Mediawiki, and other planning tools. Planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting practices used to support complex manufacturing projects.

How Success is measured: Maintaining timely project planning and scheduling activities with minimal process backlog. Maintaining accurate, current visibility of project schedules, milestones, constraints, and priorities. Proactively identifying schedule, capacity, material, and resource risks and supporting timely resolution. Achieving common goals by actively supporting other team members as needed. Maintaining strong working relationships and open communication across manufacturing, engineering, project management, and other business functions. Challenging the status quo, identifying opportunities for improvement, and helping implement practical solutions.

Your skills and experience To succeed, you will need You can build effective working relationships across manufacturing, engineering, project management, supply chain, and other business functions. You are highly proficient with business systems and data analysis tools, including Microsoft Excel, and can quickly learn new software and digital workflows. You have experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems; SAP ECC and Fiori experience is preferred. You have experience working with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems; Dassault Enovia experience is preferred. You are comfortable working with engineering drawings, technical specifications, bills of material, and other design documentation. You have experience working across business functions and understand how customer requirements, engineering, materials, suppliers, and manufacturing activities interact to influence project schedules and delivery commitments. You are detail-oriented and comfortable working with complex information where accuracy and attention to detail are critical to maintaining a reliable plan.

Your job location This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Santa Maria, CA USA. You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.

Why it is great to work with us Your career grows through your skills, your curiosity, and the people you work with. You join a global network where we learn from each other and share knowledge openly. We focus on long‑term development and encourage you to explore new ideas that help us move forward. Innovation is part of how we think and act – we test, improve, and use what we learn to create solutions that matter. You can make a meaningful impact by contributing with your insights and taking ownership of your work, supported by flexible ways of working and leaders who empower you. Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.