Production Scheduler

Powell Industries; Northlake (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Powell Industries in Northlake, IL seeks a Master Scheduler to forecast, plan, and drive the production schedule across engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly and ship activities.

You will maintain master schedules, analyze critical paths, report progress, and collaborate across departments; strong Primavera P6/P3 and MS Office skills are required; sponsorship not available.

Qualifications

• BS/BA Degree with minimum 3 years relevant work experience
• In lieu of BS/BA, minimum 7 years relevant progressive work experience required
• Minimum of 3 years Project Controls experience
• Proficiency in Primavera Planner (P3) required
• Experience with Primavera P6, v5.0 or v6.0 v8.2 required

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain master schedules
• Control and monitor project schedules by effectively communicating across various engineering groups and departments
• Update, track and report on progress and POC revenue
• Complete, update and maintain detailed project schedules, including activities required for each task with durations/constraints
• Provide weekly status reports to Department Managers, Group Directors and others as needed
• Assist in facilitating interactive planning process
• Review/analyze activity durations and logic sequences; perform critical path analyses to identify potential problems and prompt pro-active correction of situations
• Review staffing/resource needs and implement process improvements based on input from project management and manufacturing
• Conduct a full analysis of each project to highlight and identify specific scheduling problem areas
• Act as a liaison between all departments to ensure all customer commitments are met
• Attend required in house and outside training sessions
• Perform other related duties as assigned with no direct supervision required

Skills

Project Controls

Multi-tasking

Communication

Education

BS/BA Degree

Tools

Primavera P3

Primavera P6

MS Office

Oracle

Job description

This position's purpose is to Forecast, Percentage of Completion (POC), Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Assembly and Ship schedule management. Utilize a variety of industry and proprietary software tools under the guidance of the Master Scheduler to effectively manage the production schedule. Sponsorship and relocation support is not available.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain master schedules
• Control and monitor project schedules by effectively communicating across various engineering groups and departments.
• Update, track and report on progress and POC revenue.
• Complete, update and maintain detailed project schedules, including activities required for each task with durations/constraints.
• Provide weekly status reports to Department Managers, Group Directors and others as needed
• Assist in facilitating interactive planning process.
• Review/analyze activity durations and logic sequences; perform critical path analyses to identify potential problems and prompt pro-active correction of situations.
• Review staffing/resource needs and implement process improvements based on input from project management and manufacturing.
• Conduct a full analysis of each project to highlight and identify specific scheduling problem areas.
• Act as a liaison between all departments to ensure all customer commitments are met.
• Attend required in house and outside training sessions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned with no direct supervision required.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BA Degree with minimum 3 years relevant work experience
• In lieu of BS/BA, minimum 7 years relevant progressive work experience required
• Minimum of 3 years Project Controls experience
• Proficiency in Primavera Planner (P3) required
• Experience with Primavera P6, v5.0 or v6.0 v8.2 required

Skills, Abilities & Other Requirements

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Projects and Oracle; proven ability to learn new software programs
• Able to manage multiple priorities with no direct supervision required
• Learn policies and procedures, work instruction, ISO policies, Safety Rules and Regulations, and vendor products

This job description outlines the essential functions of the job and does not contain a comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties.

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