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Planner / Scheduler II
Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Industry: Biotech / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Facility Startup
Drive the Success of High-Impact Biotech Facility Launches
We are seeking an experienced Planner / Scheduler II to support a large-scale biotech and pharmaceutical site startup program. This role is ideal for a scheduling professional with expertise in Primavera P6, Monday.com, critical path analysis, and cGMP facility startup planning. You will play a key role in coordinating complex project schedules, identifying risks before they impact execution, and ensuring successful startup and validation activities across multiple workstreams.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a major capital project in a highly regulated manufacturing environment while working alongside cross-functional teams responsible for facility activation, commissioning, qualification, and operational readiness.
Key Responsibilities Master Integrated Schedule Management

• Develop, maintain, and continuously optimize the site-wide Master Integrated Schedule (MIS) utilizing Monday.com and Primavera P6.
• Ensure schedule accuracy, alignment, and visibility across all project workstreams.

Schedule Integration & Coordination

• Interface with individual workstream schedules to establish schedule logic, milestone dependencies, and critical path relationships.
• Integrate project activities across engineering, validation, operations, quality, and manufacturing functions.

Critical Path & Schedule Analysis

• Conduct weekly Critical Path Method (CPM) evaluations and milestone reviews.
• Monitor schedule performance through variance analysis, forecasting, and look-ahead planning.
• Identify schedule risks, conflicts, and bottlenecks before they impact project execution.

Capacity Planning & Resource Management

• Analyze site-wide labor, equipment, and facility capacity requirements.
• Support resource leveling and planning activities for manufacturing, validation, and startup campaigns.
• Assess constraints and recommend scheduling adjustments to maximize operational efficiency.

Audit, Validation & CQV Scheduling

• Coordinate scheduling activities related to:
  • Health Authority inspections
  • Internal quality audits
  • Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) activities
  • Site startup and readiness milestones

Required Qualifications Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of scheduling and project controls experience supporting large-scale biotech, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or capital construction projects.
• Experience supporting commercial biotech/pharma facility activation projects valued at $300M+.

Technical Expertise

• Advanced proficiency with:
  • Monday.com
  • Primavera P6
  • Enterprise scheduling integrations and platforms, including:
    • Microsoft Project
    • SAP
    • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Industry Knowledge

• Strong understanding of:
  • cGMP manufacturing environments
  • Facility startup and operational readiness processes
  • Technology Transfer (Tech Transfer) planning and execution
  • Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling
  • Risk-based schedule forecasting and performance analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification.
• Primavera P6 Certification.
• Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, validation, and startup activities within highly regulated industries.

What You'll Bring

• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary schedules across large project teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Proven success driving schedule performance within fast-paced biotech or pharmaceutical environments.

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