Production Scheduler

Powell Industries, Inc.Illinois, United StatesOn-siteFull-timeMid level, 2–5 yearsListed 6 hours ago

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About this role

This position's purpose is to Forecast, Percentage of Completion (POC), Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Assembly and Ship schedule management. Utilize a variety of industry and proprietary software tools under the guidance of the Master Scheduler to effectively manage the production schedule. Sponsorship and relocation support is not available.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain master schedules

• Control and monitor project schedules by effectively communicating across various engineering groups and departments. • Update, track and report on progress and POC revenue.

• Complete, update and maintain detailed project schedules, including activities required for each task with durations/constraints.

• Provide weekly status reports to Department Managers, Group Directors and others as needed • Assist in facilitating interactive planning process.

• Review/analyze activity durations and logic sequences; perform critical path analyses to identify potential problems and prompt pro-active correction of situations.

• Review staffing/resource needs and implement process improvements based on input from project management and manufacturing.

• Conduct a full analysis of each project to highlight and identify specific scheduling problem areas.

• Act as a liaison between all departments to ensure all customer commitments are met.

• Attend required in house and outside training sessions.

• Perform other related duties as assigned with no direct supervision required.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BA Degree with minimum 3 years relevant work experience

• In lieu of BS/BA, minimum 7 years relevant progressive work experience required

• Minimum of 3 years Project Controls experience

• Proficiency in Primavera Planner (P3) required

• Experience with Primavera P6, v5.0 or v6.0 v8.2 required

Skills, Abilities & Other Requirements

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Projects and Oracle; proven ability to learn new software programs

• Able to manage multiple priorities with no direct supervision required

• Learn policies and procedures, work instruction, ISO policies, Safety Rules and Regulations, and vendor products

This job description outlines the essential functions of the job and does not contain a comprehensive list of all possible responsibilities, tasks, and duties.

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