Pharma Project Scheduler: MS Project & Planning Lead

LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PARTNERS LLC; Caguas (PR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PARTNERS LLC is seeking a Project Scheduler to support capital and facility improvement projects at a pharmaceutical manufacturing site. The role focuses on developing, maintaining and analyzing detailed schedules primarily using Microsoft Project, for engineering, shutdowns and improvements.

The on-site position requires intermediate to advanced MS Project skills and a solid understanding of project controls, critical path, dependencies and schedule risk in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in project scheduling in industrial/pharma/manufacturing.
• Experience creating and managing schedules in MS Project.
• Ability to work on-site and adjust schedule during shutdowns.
• Excellent communication with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, update and maintain integrated project schedules in Microsoft Project for multiple concurrent projects.
• Break down project scope into activities and work packages with durations, logic ties and constraints.
• Identify and manage critical path, near-critical activities, and milestones to support decisions.
• Coordinate with Project Managers and technical leads to reflect realistic execution plans.
• Track schedule progress, update dates, and maintain look-ahead schedules weekly/monthly.
• Analyze variances vs baselines and prepare schedule impact assessments for changes.
• Generate regular schedule reports, charts and dashboards for management and stakeholders.
• Support integration of schedule information with cost and resource data (basic controls).
• Facilitate schedule review meetings with PMs, Engineering, Operations, Quality and contractors.
• Gather input from discipline leads to update activities, constraints and resource assumptions.
• Communicate schedule risks and conflicts between projects or operations.
• Support planning for shutdown windows and high-impact activities to minimize production impact.
• Maintain schedule baselines, revisions and approvals; assist audits and management reviews as needed.

Skills

Spanish-English bilingual

Microsoft Project proficiency

Office 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/PM/Business or related

Tools

Microsoft Project

Office 365

Job description

LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PARTNERS LLC is seeking a Project Scheduler to support capital and facility improvement projects at a pharmaceutical manufacturing site. The role focuses on developing, maintaining and analyzing detailed schedules primarily using Microsoft Project, for engineering, shutdowns and improvements.

The on-site position requires intermediate to advanced MS Project skills and a solid understanding of project controls, critical path, dependencies and schedule risk in a