Senior Life Sciences Planner & Project Leader

TEC Group; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TEC Group is seeking an experienced Lead Planner for Life Sciences / Biopharmaceutical capital projects across the United States. This role provides senior planning leadership across proposal development, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring realistic execution strategies and clear client communications.

The ideal candidate has deep experience in complex facilities, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a proven ability to integrate design, procurement and

Qualifications

• Significant planning and scheduling experience on large, complex capital projects.
• Strong experience within Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical or similarly complex facilities.
• Lead Planner / Lead Scheduler or senior planner/scheduler experience.
• Understanding of project execution across design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6.
• Experience developing integrated project schedules beyond simple updates.
• Knowledge of critical path, schedule logic, interfaces and progress measurement.
• Experience with multidisciplinary engineering and construction teams.
• Ability to relate design deliverables, procurement and construction sequencing.
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling activities for major Life Sciences and Biopharmaceutical projects.
• Develop integrated project schedules covering engineering/design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Develop detailed proposal and preconstruction schedules demonstrating the intended project execution strategy.
• Establish schedule structure, project milestones, execution logic and critical interfaces.
• Integrate design deliverables with procurement and construction requirements.
• Coordinate planning activities across multidisciplinary project teams.
• Translate complex schedule data into concise information for decision-making.
• Identify critical path activities, constraints, interfaces and schedule risks.
• Support forecasting, schedule updates, recovery planning and mitigation strategies.
• Lead and mentor planners/schedulers as project teams expand.

Skills

Lead/planner experience

Primavera P6

Integrated schedules

Critical path methodology

Client-facing communication

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Life Sciences scheduling

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

TEC Group is seeking an experienced Lead Planner for Life Sciences / Biopharmaceutical capital projects across the United States. This role provides senior planning leadership across proposal development, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring realistic execution strategies and clear client communications.

The ideal candidate has deep experience in complex facilities, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and a proven ability to integrate design, procurement and