Project Planner

Sterling Engineering; Itasca (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sterling Engineering is seeking a Project Planner to coordinate production schedules, resources, and timelines across engineering, production, and vendors. The role emphasizes building detailed project plans and maintaining schedules in Microsoft Project.

You will collaborate with multiple departments in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ensuring on-time delivery and efficient use of resources. This position offers growth within an expanding manufacturing company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• Experience with Microsoft Project is required.
• Experience creating and managing Gantt charts.
• Experience with production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Comfortable working with multiple departments in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules using Microsoft Project.
• Create and manage Gantt charts to keep projects on schedule.
• Coordinate production timelines for equipment assembly projects.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, purchasing, project management, and vendors to ensure materials and resources are available.
• Support resource planning and production capacity planning.
• Monitor project milestones and identify scheduling conflicts or delays.
• Coordinate shipment timing to meet customer deadlines.
• Communicate schedule updates across departments to keep projects moving.

Skills

Gantt charts

Scheduling

Cross-department collaboration

Communication

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Are you the person everyone relies on to keep projects on track?

Growing manufacturer of engineered equipment is seeking a Project Planner to play a key role in coordinating production schedules, resources, and project timelines. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact by ensuring complex projects move efficiently from planning through production and shipment.

If you enjoy solving scheduling challenges, collaborating across departments, and building detailed project plans in Microsoft Project, we'd love to talk.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain production schedules using Microsoft Project
• Create and manage Gantt charts to keep projects on schedule
• Coordinate production timelines for equipment assembly projects
• Work closely with engineering, production, purchasing, project management, and vendors to ensure materials and resources are available when needed
• Support resource planning and production capacity planning
• Monitor project milestones and proactively identify scheduling conflicts or delays
• Coordinate shipment timing to meet customer project deadlines
• Communicate schedule updates across multiple departments to keep projects moving

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field
• Microsoft Project experience is required
• Strong experience creating and managing Gantt charts
• Experience with production planning, scheduling, or manufacturing operations
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Comfortable working with multiple departments in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Be part of projects you can see come to life on the production floor
• Work in a collaborative environment where your planning directly impacts project success
• Opportunity to grow your career with an established, expanding manufacturer
• High visibility role with cross-functional interaction and real ownership