Senior OT/MES Project Scheduler for Pharma Facilities

NPAworldwide; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance offered

On-site work five days per week

Job summary

NPAworldwide in Colorado is seeking an experienced Project Planner / Scheduler to develop and maintain OT/MES schedules for multiple API facility projects at the Boulder site. This on-site role requires collaboration with CQV, IT, and construction teams to ensure alignment with master project plans.

Responsibilities include building detailed P6 schedules, creating WBS for automation and MES, and maintaining loose coupling between project timelines while meeting validation and CSV requirements

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project scheduling experience with Primavera P6.
• 5+ years scheduling OT/MES implementations in pharma or regulated manufacturing.
• Experience on large multi-scheduler projects.
• Pharma API facility project experience preferred.
• Expert in P6 and schedule integration/loose coupling.
• Knowledge of MES/OT and process automation systems, CSV, and 21 CFR Part 11.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed OT/MES implementation schedules in Primavera P6 for multiple API facility projects.
• Create WBS for automation systems, MES platforms, networks, and process control.
• Maintain loose coupling between OT/MES and master schedules to enable independent tracking.
• Define interface points and milestones between OT/MES scope and other workstreams (construction, equipment, utilities, CQV).
• Work with CQV schedulers to align validation dependencies and testing sequences.
• Coordinate with master schedulers to integrate OT/MES activities into timelines.
• Participate in integrated scheduling reviews and identify cross-discipline dependencies.
• Maintain coding, calendars, and reporting standards across the team.
• Schedule automation design, FAT/SAT activities, and deployment.
• Plan MES implementation phases including build, testing, and cutover.
• Coordinate industrial network installation and commissioning.
• Schedule PLC/DCS, SCADA programming and system integration.
• Plan phased go-lives and production cutover windows with plant operations.
• Account for API containment, environmental controls, and batch processing.
• Coordinate OT/MES activities across multiple API facilities at the Boulder site.
• Manage shared resources across concurrent projects.
• Integrate CSV activities into OT/MES schedules and schedule IQ/OQ/PQ activities.
• Identify OT/MES schedule risks and mitigation strategies.

Skills

OT/MES scheduling

PHARMA project scheduling

Team collaboration

Communication skills

CPM analysis

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

NPAworldwide in Colorado is seeking an experienced Project Planner / Scheduler to develop and maintain OT/MES schedules for multiple API facility projects at the Boulder site. This on-site role requires collaboration with CQV, IT, and construction teams to ensure alignment with master project plans.

Responsibilities include building detailed P6 schedules, creating WBS for automation and MES, and maintaining loose coupling between project timelines while meeting validation and CSV requirements