Master Project Scheduler

MacTaggart Scott; Loanhead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4- or 5-day week

Flexible hours 07:00–19:00 core 09:30–

Annual leave & parental leave

Wellbeing programme

Onsite nurse

Canteen and free parking

Pension plan

Life insurance

Job summary

MacTaggart Scott is seeking a Master Project Scheduler to join the Project Management Department at our Loanhead site. You will own the Master Project Schedule, manage RCCP, and coordinate schedules across multiple engineering projects to provide a clear view of milestones and resource demand.

As a senior planning role, you will guide Project Planners, PMO, and Bid teams, support bids, and ensure data quality while driving improvements in planning processes and tools.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing and maintaining schedules for multiple engineering projects, including dependencies and milestones.
• Practical experience maintaining RCCP or capacity plans and mapping workload to resource demand.
• Experience developing project schedules for bids and tenders and assessing delivery dates.
• Strong working knowledge of project scheduling software, baselines, constraints and updates.
• Strong Excel skills for analysing project workload and capacity data.
• Ability to identify schedule conflicts and impacts of changes across projects.
• Experience scheduling through an engineering lifecycle.
• Ability to review and challenge project schedules and planning assumptions.
• Experience working with Project Managers, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations and Bids.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Master Project Schedule, providing a single, integrated view of live, planned and potential projects.
• Manage the Site Rough-Cut Capacity Plan (RCCP), identifying capacity constraints and conflicts.
• Lead cross-project schedule coordination, identifying dependencies and risks.
• Provide senior planning support for bids and tenders; review schedules and propose delivery dates.
• Support decision-making with forward-looking milestones, workload, capacity and risks.
• Monitor schedule performance and risk, including critical paths and float erosion.
• Ensure high-quality planning data and ERP/DOP information.
• Prepare and present planning information for PMO, Senior Management and Board reviews.
• Collaborate across Business, Projects and Operations to align priorities and plans.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes and tools, mentoring junior planners.

Skills

Schedule & planning

Stakeholder collaboration

Attention to detail

Risk assessment

Tools

Scheduling software

Excel

Job description

Location: On site- Loanhead, Edinburgh

Flexible Working Options: 4- or 5-day week

Contract Type: Permanent

About Us

MacTaggart Scott primarily supports the Naval Defence industry, providing complete solutions to customer needs from analysis of initial customer requirements, to design and manufacture, and right through to commissioning and through life support.

Established in 1898, we are proud of our history and tradition but believe that sustainable competitive advantage can only be achieved through continuous improvement, investment, and a commitment to business excellence at every level within the company.

Role Overview:

MacTaggart Scott are looking to recruit a Master Project Scheduler to work with their Project Management Department. The Master Scheduler plays a key role in providing a clear, integrated view of the business’s project portfolio, bringing together project schedules, milestones, dependencies and resource requirements.

Working closely with Project Managers, Project Planners, the PMO and Bids team, you’ll identify conflicts, assess the impact of changing priorities and support effective project and resource planning. You’ll also own the site Rough-Cut Capacity Plan (RCCP) and DOP Load, providing forward-looking insight into demand, capacity and potential delivery constraints.

As a senior planning role, you’ll help shape planning decisions across the business while providing guidance, support and cover to Project Planners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the Master Project Schedule, providing a single, integrated view of live, planned and potential projects across the business.
• Manage the Site Rough-Cut Capacity Plan (RCCP), identifying capacity constraints, resource pressures and potential conflicts across projects and functions.
• Lead cross-project schedule coordination, identifying dependencies, clashes, risks and the wider impact of changes to project priorities and delivery dates.
• Provide senior planning support for bids and tenders, reviewing schedules, challenging assumptions and assessing proposed delivery dates against existing commitments and capacity.
• Support project and business decision-making by providing clear forward-looking insight into milestones, workload, capacity, schedule risks and resource requirements.
• Monitor schedule performance and risk, including critical paths, key variances, float erosion and potential impacts to wider project commitments.
• Ensure high-quality, consistent planning data, maintaining scheduling standards, templates, tools and ERP/DOP information that underpin effective capacity and project planning.
• Prepare and present planning information for PMO, Project, Senior Management and Board reviews.
• Work collaboratively across Business, Projects and Operations, facilitating planning reviews and ensuring alignment on priorities, assumptions, dependencies and delivery plans.
• Drive continuous improvement within the planning function, improving processes, reporting and tools while supporting and developing junior planners.
• Customer Interface, support Project Managers in customer meetings where project dates and delivery plans are being discussed, providing schedule information and assess the effect of changes being requested by the customer.
• Working with others, working with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations and other teams involved in project delivery. This role is a senior stakeholder and work in conjunction with the PMO Manager.
• Continuous Improvement, working to improve how project schedules and the RCCP are maintained and utilized.

Essential/Required

• Proven experience of developing and maintaining schedules for multiple engineering projects, including activities, dependencies, milestones, critical path and delivery dates.
• Practical experience of maintaining RCCP or capacity plans, converting project workload into resource demand and comparing this against available site capacity.
• Experience of developing project schedules for bids and tenders and assessing whether proposed delivery dates are achievable.
• Strong working knowledge of project scheduling software, including schedule logic, baselines, constraints and progress updates.
• Strong Excel skills for analysing project, workload and capacity data.
• Ability to identify schedule conflicts, resource constraints and the impact of changes across multiple projects.
• Experience of scheduling through an engineering project lifecycle, including design, procurement, manufacture, assembly, test and delivery.
• Ability to review and challenge project schedules, durations, resource requirements and planning assumptions.
• Experience of working directly with Project Managers, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations and Bids.

Desirable

• Proven experience of developing and maintaining schedules for multiple engineering projects, including activities, dependencies, milestones, critical path and delivery dates.
• Practical experience of maintaining RCCP or capacity plans, converting project workload into resource demand and comparing this against available site capacity.
• Experience of developing project schedules for bids and tenders and assessing whether proposed delivery dates are achievable.
• Strong working knowledge of project scheduling software, including schedule logic, baselines, constraints and progress updates.
• Strong Excel skills for analysing project, workload and capacity data.
• Ability to identify schedule conflicts, resource constraints and the impact of changes across multiple projects.
• Experience of scheduling through an engineering project lifecycle, including design, procurement, manufacture, assembly, test and delivery.
• Ability to review and challenge project schedules, durations, resource requirements and planning assumptions.
• Experience of working directly with Project Managers, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations and Bids.

Your future at MacTaggart Scott - What we offer:

• As part of our Healthy Work-Life Balance, employees can choose between a 4- or 5-day working week
• Flexible working hours between 07:00 and 19:00, with core hours of 09:30 - 15:30
• A comprehensive leave policy including annual leave, paid parental leave, and military reservist leave
• A supportive and engaging environment with opportunities to grow your career
• Access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme, Employee Assistance Programme, and onsite nurse
• Onsite canteen, free parking, and cycle-to-work scheme
• Generous company pension plan, employee discounts, and free flu vaccinations
• Life insurance, sick pay, and a strong focus on health and wellbeing