Owner-Side Project Scheduler — Pharma Expansion (Clayton)

ZP Group; Clayton (NC); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Piper Companies seeks a Project Scheduler to join a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing organization in Clayton, NC, supporting a large-scale capital expansion on an onsite contract. You will oversee the owner’s schedule, collaborate with engineering, construction, and commissioning teams, and drive schedule performance for a $150M+ project with potential extensions through 2028.

The role requires CPM scheduling expertise, familiarity with Primavera P6 or MS Project, and strong communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related technical discipline.
• Experience supporting scheduling activities on large capital construction projects during execution.
• Strong knowledge of CPM scheduling, progress measurement, schedule forecasting, float analysis, and schedule risk management.
• Experience reviewing contractor schedules and challenging assumptions through data-driven analysis and collaboration.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar scheduling platforms.
• Strong communication skills coordinating across contractors, engineering teams, construction management and stakeholders.
• Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, industrial manufacturing or large-scale capital projects preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the owner's integrated project schedule, incorporating contractor activities, owner responsibilities, interfaces, and milestones.
• Review contractor baseline schedules and updates for logic, sequencing, durations, constraints, and milestone alignment.
• Validate reported progress with project management and field teams; assess forecast dates and remaining durations.
• Analyze critical and near-critical paths, float consumption, schedule performance, milestone movement, delays.
• Coordinate schedule interfaces across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup functions.
• Evaluate schedule impacts with changes, constraints, and risks; develop scenario analyses for key decisions.
• Review contractor recovery plans and monitor mitigation strategies to improve schedule performance.
• Prepare executive-level schedule reports, look-ahead schedules, and risk assessments; communicate status and actions.
• Maintain schedule baselines, update records, and documentation for traceability of changes.

Skills

CPM scheduling

Schedule risk management

Data-driven analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Construction Management/PM

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Piper Companies seeks a Project Scheduler to join a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing organization in Clayton, NC, supporting a large-scale capital expansion on an onsite contract. You will oversee the owner’s schedule, collaborate with engineering, construction, and commissioning teams, and drive schedule performance for a $150M+ project with potential extensions through 2028.

The role requires CPM scheduling expertise, familiarity with Primavera P6 or MS Project, and strong communication