Scheduling Manager - Indianapolis, United States - Mace

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    The Opportunity

    Life Sciences and Industrial Manufacturing Senior Planning and Scheduling Manager

    Mace is seeking a full time Senior Planning and Scheduling Manager for Life Science and Industrial Manufacturing projects to work directly with our Clients on capital projects.

    Your Responsibilities Include:

  • Ability to absorb and analyze large amounts of schedule information/data quickly to highlight relevant trends and issues to project team and key stakeholders, such as schedule progress comparisons, productivity and efficiencies analyses, schedule risk reviews.
  • Providing Program Level Leadership as an extension of the client's Senior Leadership team to ensure the overall successful completion of the program/s as may be assigned.
  • Establishing key relationships with the client and other key stakeholders.
  • Implementing an appropriate and effective project planning and scheduling framework.
  • Effectively manage the performance of the program scheduling team to execute assigned capital programs and projects, taking responsibility for end-to-end service delivery on large complex programs and projects.
  • Acting as the key client and consultant interface at all project stages ensuring that client and quality objectives are met, and projects are delivered on time.
  • Directing project planning and production of the detailed project plan.
  • Providing strategic advice from project conception stage to achieve overall objectives, development of success criteria for the project timeline.
  • Establishing/implementing/managing the effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilized throughout a project.
  • Monitoring and applying performance management techniques using KPI's to improve project performance.
  • Managing the reporting and the flow of program/project information between the team and the client.
  • Awareness of current methodologies & tools to manage / analyse develop planning / schedule information related to projects (e.g. MS Excel, MS Project, Primavera P6).
  • Leads application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques and tools.
  • Good working knowledge of planning/scheduling, EVM, project controls methodologies
  • Ability to advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.
  • Able to manage planning/scheduling delivery of medium/high complexity, projects/programs.
  • Ability to play key role in multidisciplinary teams and take lead role in creating plans or analyzing trends using numerical and statistical techniques.
  • Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for staff development.
  • Excellent written communication skills, clear & concise.
  • As a planning / schedule management specialist, stays up to date with key industry / professional trends.
  • In depth knowledge of schedule management tools & software.
  • Able to provide effective & timely advice to clients.
  • Understanding of data management.
  • Creating and delivering persuasive presentations to large audiences.