Engineering Scheduler
ActalentJob Title: Engineering SchedulerJob Description
The Engineering Scheduler maintains and updates the overall production schedule using company-designated scheduling tools, ERP/MRP systems, trackers, and reports. This role ensures that project milestones, key dates, and production windows are accurately captured, kept current, and clearly communicated across Project Management, Production Control,
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Engineering, Procurement, and other operating departments. The Engineering Scheduler supports project kick-off and scheduling meetings, tracks schedule-related action items, and helps drive efficient, logic-based planning in a manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
• Maintain and update the overall production schedule in company-designated scheduling tools, ERP/MRP systems, trackers, and reports.
• Enter new projects into scheduling systems, including milestones, key dates, production windows, meeting dates, and status updates as directed by the scheduling leader and PMO.
• Update schedule information on a daily basis based on input from Project Management, Production Control, Production, Engineering, Procurement, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain clean and accurate schedule data, including dates, milestones, owners, dependencies, constraints, and current status.
• Identify missing, outdated, conflicting, or unclear schedule information and proactively follow up with stakeholders until accurate data is obtained.
• Chair, facilitate, or support project kick-off meetings (KOMs) and scheduling meetings called by Project Management as required.
• Confirm that project schedule assumptions, milestones, handoffs, and timing expectations are correctly captured and reflected in the production schedule.
• Coordinate closely with Project Managers to ensure project-level updates are accurately represented in scheduling tools and reports.
• Track schedule-related action items arising from KOMs and project meetings and ensure they are documented and followed through to completion.
• Support consistent communication between the PMO, scheduling function, production control, and operating departments to maintain alignment on schedule status and priorities.
• Apply logic-based planning to review documents, understand dependencies, and optimize production and project timelines.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of scheduling processes and tools within a manufacturing environment.
Essential Skills
• At least 1 year of experience working as a production scheduler, project coordinator, or in operations administration.
• At least 1 year of experience working in a manufacturing setting.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience using Microsoft Suite with strong proficiency in tools such as Excel for data entry, tracking, and reporting.
• Experience with logic-based planning and the ability to interpret and review project and production documents.
• Ability to maintain accurate, detailed schedule data, including milestones, owners, dependencies, and constraints.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and updates simultaneously.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with Project Management, Production Control, Engineering, Procurement, and other stakeholders.
• Attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving gaps or conflicts in schedule information.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
• Experience coordinating projects within a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems and other scheduling tools used in production and engineering settings.
• Exposure to electrical equipment, power distribution, medium voltage, or low voltage environments.
• Ability to chair or facilitate project kick-off meetings and scheduling meetings.
• Strong Excel skills for building and maintaining trackers and reports.
• Comfort working with cross-functional teams and supporting PMO-driven processes.
Work Environment
This role operates in a manufacturing setting with close collaboration a