Job Title: Project Scheduler/Planner

Location: Alexandria, LA

Role/Job Description:

• MS Project experience must (Expert)

• Lead Project management activities

• CPS development and management in Microsoft Project

• Understand the project scope blocks & develop and Manage the project schedule via

Microsoft Project (with minimal supervision), ensuring durations, sequencing, and resources of tasks. This is to be done for a complex capacity expansion project. The schedule needs to be something which is progressively growing from a feasibility grade (50% confidence level) to an 80% confidence level in next months’ time

o In addition, the schedule should be logically set sound such that options/ sub options and its impacts can be shared in a timely manner (Vs needing to develop something from scratch again). Say for ex: in a position to answer a question – what will be schedule impact if “say I delay the procurement of one equipment by 2 weeks / “say if chose to eliminate one scope block from the project. Or is it worth investing money in expediting certain OEM items / split shipments etc..

o Multiple resource staffing options and its impact (say 6 day 8 hr shifts, 5 day 8 hrs shift, 5 day 24 hr shift etc..)

o Back-ward planning / Pull planning to arrive at last responsible moment for any tasks (which helps to prioritize things.

o Prepare schedule summaries for leadership meetings

o Analyze the schedule to come up with schedule acceleration ideas/thoughts.

• Manage the level 2 project schedule via Microsoft Project, ensuring durations, sequencing, and resources of tasks are correctly populated.

• Lead the development of a specific piece of equipment, unit operation, process or supply general technical expertise.

• Works closely with team leaders to build, evaluate and optimize project schedules.

• Regularly review critical path, cost loading, schedule content, use of relationships and lag, constraints, and milestones.

• Facilitate the weekly project schedule reviews.

• Provide schedule analysis & metrics to key stakeholders on a regular basis.

• Check offline as required with resources to understand on/off track status for tasks and flag risks to project manager.

• Assist or lead in the creation of comprehensive schedule submissions using the Project Success Method, resource, and cost loading as necessary.

• Manage the Equipment Status Memorandum (ESM) with design firms, and equipment vendors and other stake holders ensure equipment’s deliveries and in‐line with project needs. Communicate any risk on a weekly basis on what is changing, and its impact are correctly populated.

• Deliver equipment or process as a part of a Project Delivery Team

• EWP (Engineering Work Processes) familiarity and documentation generation abilities

• Sourcing Plan via sourcing tool

• Issues List generation and upkeep

• Packaging and Process Making technology experience.

• Meeting generation in Microsoft Outlook

• Ability to read P&ID drawings, Electrical drawings and necessary standards

• Sense of urgency to keep schedule and cost on track

• Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time

• E Trending Generation and upkeep

• SAP expert tool knowledge for reports and upkeeps of spending

• Purchasing requisition or Similar tool knowledge

• Small Project Funding Package

• WBS assignment

• Spending checks

• Prediction and estimation of construction cost upkeeps

Physical Requirement:

• Must be able to climb flights of stairs and remain standing for at least 2 hours

• Ability thrive in dynamic team environment with diverse perspective

Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.

• 7 years of experience in project scheduling is ideal

• Proficiency in building and maintaining schedules within MS Project (Must).

• An understanding of critical path methodology to ensure, and communicate, timely delivery of milestone tasks.

• LEAN scheduling concepts and Touch plan knowledge.

• Familiarity with Touch plan application (hands-on will be added advantage).

• Should possesses understanding & knowledge on Procurement (ESM/ISM) tracking.

• Deep understanding of project costing & levers to optimize project cost.

• Coordination with stakeholders (Engineering Vendors, Construction Contractors, etc.) & Teamwork.