project scheduler - Farmington Hills, MI , USA, United States - Design Systems, Inc.

Description

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience with detailed installation schedules a big plus.
• Ability to set up milestone schedule and import contractor provided schedule to develop a overall project schedule is required.
• Strong communication skills
• Must be detailed oriented.
• must be comfortable working with customer and vendors to obtain the required schedule information.
• Manufacturing background a plus.
• Preferred ability to travel locally and out of town.
• Preferred willingness to do long term (6-18 months) out of town travel with trips home every other week.

Position Duties:

• Develop a preliminary detailed project schedule based on milestones dates provided.
• Integrate contractor provided detailed schedule into the detailed project schedule.
• Use filters to develop reports for management (i.e behind in progress, look ahead & milestone schedule reports)
• Work with contractors to make sure they are providing their updates on a regular basis to be determined based on phase of the project.
• Work with customer and Program / Project Manager to identify dependent tasks.
• Work with project team to identify schedule interferences between contractors.
• Issue reports as requested.
• Prefer ability to support project team with CAD drawings as needed.

Computer Skills:

• 2+ Years in Microsoft Project. Must be proficient in developing and maintaining schedules.
• AutoCAD experience a plus.
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel

Other Requirements:

• US citizenship
• Valid Driver's license