What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scheduler position at Blackfield Associates?
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules for pharmaceutical facility construction projects.
- Coordinate with project managers, engineering, construction, commissioning, and validation teams to establish project timelines and milestones.
- Monitor project progress, analyze schedule performance, and identify potential delays or risks.
- Prepare look-ahead schedules, critical path analyses, and recovery plans as required.
- Support project controls activities, including progress measurement, forecasting, and reporting.
- Facilitate schedule review meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure schedules align with project execution plans, regulatory requirements, and client expectations.
- Generate weekly and monthly progress reports and management dashboards.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in project scheduling/planning, with proven experience supporting pharmaceutical, life sciences, biotech, or GMP-regulated facility projects.
- Strong understanding of construction planning, commissioning, qualification, and validation activities within pharmaceutical environments.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
- Experience performing critical path analysis, resource loading, and schedule risk assessments.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working on greenfield or brownfield pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.
- Knowledge of GMP requirements and pharmaceutical project lifecycles.
- Familiarity with project controls, earned value management (EVM), and schedule performance reporting.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, PSP, or equivalent are advantageous.