Senior Project Scheduler

LED FastStart•Lockport, LA

About The Position

The Senior Project Scheduler develops and maintains workflow for departments and operations according to established manufacturing sequences and lead times. The role leads planning for fabrication, assembly, installation, and commissioning, and prepares status reports. The scheduler works with production and project management teams to develop vessel build strategies, coordinates schedule dates with the MRP process to support timely material procurement, tracks physical progress and workstation results, and reports progress and schedule projections to production supervision.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience developing and maintaining production schedules in heavy industrial manufacturing, marine fabrication, or shipbuilding environments.
Advanced, hands-on proficiency with Primavera P6 scheduling software.
Solid understanding of or direct experience with shipbuilding strategies, construction sequences, and major machinery required to build ships.
Prior experience in the maritime or shipbuilding sector, including navigating complex asset manufacturing sequences.
Ability to map complex fabrication, assembly, and installation workflows to guide active production workflows.
Ability to identify critical path deviations and develop logical recovery plans with construction supervisors.
Skill in measuring physical progress across multiple localized workstations to generate accurate schedule projections.
Ability to align scheduling dates with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) timelines to support procurement.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills for interfacing with department supervisors, project managers, and subcontractors.
Ability to synthesize data into clear project review reports and metrics summaries for upper management.

Responsibilities

Manage department and operations workflows based on established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
Assist in planning fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations to guide production workers.
Confer with department supervisors to determine the status of assigned projects.
Prepare production reports and update customers' quarterly reviews.
Develop vessel build strategies with production and project management teams.
Provide schedule dates for the MRP process to support timely material procurement.
Track physical progress of project activities and area workstation process results.
Plan and review daily station activities with supervisors.
Report progress, tracking results, and schedule projections to production supervision.
Develop recovery plans as needed in collaboration with production supervision.