Senior Project Scheduler

Bollinger-Shipyards; Lockport (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. in Lockport, LA seeks a Senior Project Scheduler to develop and maintain production workflows for heavy marine fabrication.

You will plan fabrication, assembly, installation and commissioning sequences, and prepare status reports for leadership. The role requires 5+ years in shipbuilding or heavy industrial manufacturing, advanced Primavera P6 skills, and the ability to align schedules with MRP timelines while communicating clearly with supervisors, managers and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in shipbuilding or heavy industrial manufacturing scheduling.
• Advanced Primavera P6 skills with strong CP analysis capabilities.
• Experience aligning schedules with MRP and production plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production schedules for fabrication, assembly and installation.
• Lead planning of sequences and lead times; prepare status reports.
• Confer with supervisors to determine project status and recovery plans.
• Provide schedule dates for MRP and track progress across workstations.
• Report progress and projections to production supervision and management.

Skills

Scheduling proficiency

Primavera P6

Critical path analysis

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Excel

Job description

Job Title: Senior Project Scheduler

Location: Lockport, LA

Position Overview:

The Senior Project Scheduler is responsible for development and maintaining the workflow for departments and operations according to established manufacturing sequences and lead times. This role involves leading in planning sequences for fabrication, assembly, and installation, and commissioning, as well as preparing status reports.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage workflow for departments and operations based on established manufacturing sequences and lead times.
• Assist in planning fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations to guide production workers.
• Confer with department supervisors to determine the status of assigned projects.
• Prepare production reports and update customers' quarterly reviews.
• Develop vessel build strategies with production and project management teams.
• Provide schedule dates for the MRP process to ensure timely material procurement.
• Track the physical progress of project activities and area workstation process results.
• Plan and review daily station activities with supervisors.
• Report progress, tracking results, and schedule projections to production supervision.
• Develop recovery plans as needed in collaboration with production supervision.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience developing and maintaining production schedules within heavy industrial manufacturing, marine fabrication, or shipbuilding environments.
• Advanced, hands‑on proficiency with Primavera P6 scheduling software is required.
• Solid understanding or direct experience Ship Building strategies, sequence of construction, and major machinery required to construct/build ships.
• Prior background working specifically within the maritime or shipbuilding sector, navigating complex asset manufacturing sequences.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to map out complex fabrication, assembly, and installation workflows to guide active production workflows.
• Proficiency in identifying critical path deviations and proactively developing logical recovery plans alongside construction supervisors.
• Skilled at measuring physical progress metrics across multiple localized workstations to generate accurate structural schedule projections.
• Ability to align specific scheduling dates with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) timelines to support procurement operations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to regularly interface with department supervisors, project managers, and subcontractors.
• Aptitude for synthesizing data into clear, consumable project review reports and metrics summaries for upper management.

Bollinger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, and without regard to sexual orientation and gender identity.