Senior Steel Project Planner & Controls Lead

Mesabi Metallics Company LLC; Burlington (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mesabi Metallics Company LLC is seeking a senior Project Scheduler based in the United States to plan, schedule, monitor, and control greenfield and brownfield steel manufacturing projects across Pellet Plant, Beneficiation, DRI, SMS, Rolling Mill, and utilities.

You will drive project execution with Primavera P6, CPM, and EVM, coordinating with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning teams, ensuring milestones and regulatory requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Prepare baseline schedules and establish project milestones.
• Develop engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning schedules.
• Monitor project progress against approved plans and identify schedule deviations.
• Prepare recovery plans for critical activities and delayed milestones.
• Establish project control systems, reporting structures, and dashboards.
• Monitor project KPIs, progress measurement, productivity, and resource utilization.
• Conduct critical path analysis and schedule risk assessments.
• Prepare weekly and monthly MIS reports for senior management.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning teams.
• Track major equipment delivery schedules and start-up planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Prepare baseline schedules and milestones.
• Develop EPC schedules.
• Monitor progress and identify deviations.
• Prepare recovery plans for critical activities, delayed milestones.
• Establish project control systems and dashboards.
• Monitor KPIs, progress, productivity, and utilization.
• Conduct critical path analysis and risk assessments.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning teams.
• Track equipment delivery schedules.

Skills

Primavera P6

MS Project

Project Planning

Project Controls

EPC/EPCM

CPM

Earned Value

Delay Analysis

Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Excel

Power BI

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Civil, Metallurgy, Production or equivalent engineering

Job description

Mesabi Metallics Company LLC is seeking a senior Project Scheduler based in the United States to plan, schedule, monitor, and control greenfield and brownfield steel manufacturing projects across Pellet Plant, Beneficiation, DRI, SMS, Rolling Mill, and utilities.

You will drive project execution with Primavera P6, CPM, and EVM, coordinating with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning teams, ensuring milestones and regulatory requirements are met.