Senior Life Sciences Scheduling & Project Controls Lead

Jobtailor; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Scheduling Lead to oversee planning and scheduling for major life sciences capital projects in the United States. You will align objectives, milestones, and execution strategies across engineering, procurement, construction, equipment delivery, commissioning, and startup.

You will provide forecast and what-if analyses, perform critical path analysis, track milestones, and lead QA/QC reviews of schedules and forecasting deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Admin or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Certification preferred.
• Ten+ years of progressive planning and scheduling experience.
• At least two years of leadership or management responsibility.
• Experience on large-scale pharmaceutical/biotech/advanced manufacturing capital projects.
• Experience on projects >$1B Total Installed Cost preferred.
• Advanced expertise in schedule development, CPM, forecasting, and recovery planning.
• Experience leading integrated schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and vendors.
• Strong client management, consulting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and related tools.
• Knowledge of commissioning, PQ, startup, and operational readiness in regulated life sciences environments.
• Excellent communication, organizational and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling for major life sciences capital projects.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives, milestones and execution strategies.
• Oversee development, maintenance and analysis of integrated schedules across disciplines.
• Provide schedule forecasting, critical path analysis, milestone tracking and what-if modeling.
• Conduct QA/QC reviews of schedules, progress updates and forecasts.
• Coordinate schedule integration across owners, EPCM, contractors, vendors and stakeholders.
• Monitor schedule performance, risks and trends; develop mitigation strategies.
• Mentor scheduling professionals and support staffing and resource planning.

Skills

Schedule Development

Critical Path Methodology

Primavera P6

Client Management

Leadership Experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree Preferred

Certification Preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Scheduling Tools

Analytics Tools

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior Scheduling Lead to oversee planning and scheduling for major life sciences capital projects in the United States. You will align objectives, milestones, and execution strategies across engineering, procurement, construction, equipment delivery, commissioning, and startup.

You will provide forecast and what-if analyses, perform critical path analysis, track milestones, and lead QA/QC reviews of schedules and forecasting deliverables.