Job Title

Manager, Project Controls Planning (Life Science), Project & Development Services

Job Description Summary

Leads planning and scheduling services for large-scale life sciences capital projects and programs, providing technical leadership, schedule governance, and day-to-day oversight of scheduling activities. Responsible for development, maintenance, analysis, and reporting of integrated project schedules that support successful delivery of complex pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities. Serves as a trusted advisor to project leadership and client stakeholders, providing schedule insights, forecasting, risk analysis, and recovery recommendations throughout the project lifecycle.

Job Description

Essential Job Duties:

• Lead planning and scheduling services for major life sciences capital projects, ensuring alignment of project objectives, milestones, and execution strategies.
• Oversee development, maintenance, and analysis of integrated project schedules encompassing engineering, procurement, construction, equipment delivery, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Provide schedule forecasting, critical path analysis, milestone tracking, and what-if scenario modeling to support client decision-making.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews of project schedules, progress updates, schedule narratives, and forecasting deliverables.
• Coordinate schedule integration across owners, EPCM partners, contractors, equipment vendors, and third-party stakeholders.
• Monitor schedule performance, emerging risks, and trends, developing mitigation and recovery strategies as needed.
• Mentor scheduling professionals and support staffing, resource planning, and scheduling best practices within project teams.
• Support development and implementation of scheduling standards, processes, and reporting tools.

Education/Experience/Training:

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration or related field. Master's degree preferred. Certification preferred.
• Ten or more years of progressive planning and scheduling experience, including at least two years of leadership or management responsibility.
• Experience supporting large-scale capital projects within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, or other highly technical environments.
• Experience supporting major capital projects exceeding $1 billion in total installed cost preferred.
• Advanced expertise in schedule development, critical path methodology, schedule analysis, forecasting, progress measurement, and recovery planning.
• Proven experience developing and managing integrated schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and vendor organizations.
• Strong client management, consulting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and related scheduling and analytics tools.
• Knowledge of commissioning, qualification, performance qualification (PQ), startup, and operational readiness activities within regulated life sciences environments is highly desirable.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and analytical skills.