Planning & Scheduling Manager

JOB-10047646

Anticipated Start Date

October 12, 2026

Location

Richmond, VA

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors.  Construction Quality Manager

Job Summary

The Planning & Scheduling Manager is responsible for development, maintenance, and analysis of the Integrated Master Schedule. The role coordinates schedule activities across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and permitting organizations, ensuring all workstreams operate to a single integrated execution plan. The position provides schedule forecasting, critical path analysis and schedule recovery. 

Job Description

• Lead development, maintenance, and governance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) across all project phases. 
• Coordinate and integrate schedule activities across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, permitting, and startup organizations. 
• Ensure alignment of contractor schedules with project milestones, execution strategies, and overall project objectives. 
• Perform schedule forecasting, critical path analysis, progress measurement, and schedule risk assessments. 
• Identify schedule risks and delays and develop recovery plans, mitigation strategies, and corrective action recommendations. 
• Provide schedule performance reporting, trend analysis, and schedule insights to project leadership. 
• Facilitate schedule reviews and support data-driven decision-making regarding project execution priorities. 
• Lead and develop the planning and scheduling team while promoting scheduling excellence and best practices.

Skills Required

• Minimum 15 years of planning and scheduling experience supporting major capital projects. 
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing integrated schedules for large industrial, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, life sciences, energy, or infrastructure projects. 
• Extensive experience with CPM scheduling, schedule forecasting, critical path analysis, progress measurement, and schedule recovery planning. 
• Experience coordinating schedule development across multiple contractors, disciplines, and project stakeholders. 
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and related scheduling and schedule analysis tools.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or other regulated manufacturing projects preferred. 
• Experience in an Owner's Representative, PMC, EPCM, or Integrated Project Management Team (IPMT) environment preferred. 
• Experience supporting large projects with multiple phases exceeding $500 million TIC preferred. 
• Experience with schedule risk analysis tools and quantitative schedule risk assessment methodologies preferred. 
• Professional certifications such as PSP®, PMP®, or equivalent project controls credentials preferred.

Education/Training/Certifications

• High School Degree or GED