Senior Site Startup Scheduler/ Planner

Pharmaceutical Company; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pharmaceutical Company seeks an experienced Senior Scheduler to own the Master Integrated Schedule for a large biotech site startup. You will coordinate workstreams, define critical paths, and monitor schedule risks across GMP-regulated environments.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in biotech/pharma scheduling, strong Primavera P6 and Monday.com expertise, and capability to lead complex, cross-functional efforts toward on-time commissioning and CQV outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Construction Management or related field
• 8+ years of professional scheduling experience in biotech/pharma site startup or facility activation
• Strong hands-on experience with Primavera P6
• Experience with Monday.com or similar enterprise scheduling platforms
• Strong understanding of CPM and schedule logic
• Experience with schedule integration, dependency management, variance analysis, and resource leveling
• Experience in GMP/cGMP-regulated environments
• Understanding of facility startup, commissioning, qualification, validation, and CQV activities
• Experience supporting technology transfer and manufacturing readiness activities

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize the Master Integrated Schedule using Primavera P6 and Monday.com
• Integrate workstream schedules into a consolidated master schedule
• Establish milestone logic, activity relationships, dependencies, and critical path ties
• Perform weekly critical path, schedule variance, and look-ahead analyses
• Identify schedule risks, delays, and interdependencies and communicate impacts
• Support capacity planning and resource leveling across site resources
• Coordinate scheduling for commissioning, qualification, validation, and CQV activities
• Integrate schedules for Health Authority inspections and regulatory milestones
• Partner with cross-functional teams to maintain schedule alignment
• Support site startup and execution planning for biotech/pharmaceutical facilities
• Maintain accurate schedule reporting and milestone tracking
• Identify opportunities to optimize sequencing and overall execution

Skills

CPM

Schedule logic

Capacity planning

Resource leveling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Monday.com

MS Project

SAP

MES

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to support a large-scale biotech/pharmaceutical site startup. This role will own the Master Integrated Schedule, coordinate schedules across multiple workstreams, identify critical path activities, and provide visibility into schedule risks, resource constraints, and key milestones.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Primavera P6, Monday.com, critical path analysis, resource planning, and scheduling within GMP-regulated biotech or pharmaceutical environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize the site's Master Integrated Schedule using Primavera P6 and Monday.com.
• Integrate workstream-level schedules into a consolidated master schedule.
• Establish milestone logic, activity relationships, dependencies, and critical path ties across workstreams.
• Perform weekly critical path, schedule variance, and look-ahead analyses.
• Identify schedule risks, delays, and interdependencies and proactively communicate potential impacts.
• Support capacity planning and resource leveling across labor, facilities, equipment, and other site resources.
• Coordinate scheduling for commissioning, qualification, validation, and CQV activities.
• Integrate schedules for Health Authority inspections, internal quality audits, and other regulatory milestones.
• Partner with Engineering, Construction, Quality, Manufacturing, Validation, Tech Transfer, and other cross-functional teams to maintain schedule alignment.
• Support site startup and execution planning for major biotech/pharmaceutical facilities.
• Maintain accurate schedule reporting, milestone tracking, and management-level schedule updates.
• Identify opportunities to optimize sequencing and improve overall project execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Construction Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional scheduling experience, preferably supporting large-scale biotech/pharmaceutical site startup or facility activation projects.
• Strong hands-on experience with Primavera P6.
• Experience with Monday.com or similar enterprise scheduling/project management platforms.
• Strong understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) and schedule logic.
• Experience with schedule integration, dependency management, variance analysis, and resource leveling.
• Experience working in GMP/cGMP-regulated environments.
• Understanding of facility startup, commissioning, qualification, validation, and/or CQV activities.
• Experience supporting technology transfer and manufacturing readiness activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI-SP, Primavera P6 certification, or similar scheduling certification.
• Experience with MS Project, SAP, MES, or other enterprise scheduling systems.
• Experience supporting large capital projects within biotech, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environments.
• Experience coordinating schedules across Engineering, Construction, Quality, Manufacturing, Validation, and Tech Transfer teams.
• Strong understanding of pharma facility startup and Tech Transfer execution timelines.