Project Controller, Scheduler

Job Description

At IPS, you’ll apply your knowledge, skills and passion to make a difference in the lives of people, supporting teams who are solving complex challenges related to life sciences.

We're looking for a detailed Project Controller / Scheduler to join our highly collaborative team in delivery of these world-class projects.

As an experienced Project Controller / Scheduler, your focus will be developing, progressing, and forecasting all phases of the project schedule / plan.

You’ll be assigned to projects to provide planning leadership and integrate with engineering, procurement, cost, technical, and construction disciplines for seamless reporting, ensuring effective capital project delivery.

You’ll be working on various construction project sites located in North Carolina and potentially in other locations. Construction management staff are expected to travel to project assignments.

Responsibilities will include developing, monitoring, and updating plans and schedules encompassing the entire engineering, procurement, construction, and qualification (EPCQ) life cycle.

You’ll facilitate or participate in project scheduling meetings as well as Pull / Phase / Takt / Interactive planning sessions to develop, refine, and progress project plans.

After evaluating schedule input from project partners including clients, internal teams, vendors, and contractors to verify schedule durations and integrity as well as evaluate logic and float paths, you’ll integrate it into an overall master schedule.

We’ll rely on you to make recommendations to manage float and (re)sequence activities to achieve project milestones. You’ll perform jobsite walks to verify physical progress of scheduled activities and review change orders for schedule impacts.

Continual schedule progression and review will be necessary to ensure accurate data is incorporated and forecasted.

Collaboration is key, as you’ll work with estimating and cost control to resource / cost load schedules and the overall team to support constructability and value engineering.

You’ll evaluate schedule risk and perform analysis (Monte Carlo Simulation, etc.), as required. You’ll baseline schedules and document basis for approval.

As you monitor schedule progress, deviations, and variances, you’ll assess impacts to critical / near-critical path activities and recommend corrective action.

Reports you create will relate to schedule progress, trending charts, schedule analysis, earned value, SPI, CPI, scope changes, etc.

At project completion, you’ll develop and record the project’s historical schedule information and lessons learned .

You’ll motivate others on your team by communicating regularly, working together, celebrating successes, and ensuring project goals are met.

You may provide supervision for more junior staff. Come join a nimble team that delivers world class designs for our pharmaceutical clients and continue to build upon your successful project controls career.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Previous professional experience as a planner / scheduler on facilities capital projects.
• Experience using modern planning and scheduling principles, methodologies, techniques, and tools including CPM, Last Planner, 4D, etc.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 Planner, Microsoft Project as well as MS Office Suite programs (MS Excel, MS Access, Power BI, etc.).
• Experience working in both a Home Office and Field environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering, procurement, construction, and qualification (EPCQ) processes in the Pharma / Biotech Industry.
• Understanding of engineering, construction methodologies, and technical documentation.
• PMI, AACEI, or other industry certifications.
• Knowledge of Touch Plan, BIM 360, and other visual & collaborative planning tools.

Context, Environment, & Safety

• Capable of working alone or as part of a team without a significant level of supervision.
• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit for long periods of time with extended computer use.
• Up to 50% travel required to both project and regional office locations.
• This position is a safety-sensitive position.
• The employee is designated for field work and attends activities at client sites where they work in construction, process, packaging, manufacturing, research, or other "non-administrative" areas.

About Us

IPS, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, is a global leader in developing innovative business solutions for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

Through operational expertise and industry-leading knowledge, skill, and passion, IPS provides consultancy services, architecture, engineering, project controls, construction management, and compliance services that allow clients to develop and manufacture life-impacting products.

Its newest acquisition, Linesight, specializes in cost, schedule, risk, program, and project management services in various market sectors, including data centers, life sciences, and high-tech industries.

With the addition of Linesight, IPS has over 3,000 professionals in over 45 offices across 17 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.

Specialties

Process Architecture, Process Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Qualification, LEAN Project Delivery, Strategic Master Planning, Energy Conservation Management, Project Controls, Program / Project Management, Operations / Logistics Strategy and Planning, EPCMV and Staffing Services.

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at IPS without regard to race; creed; color; religion;
• national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status;

veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. IPS is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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