Senior Scheduler - Industrial Projects

Dürr AG

• $80K — $95K *
Southfield, MI 48076In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • 2+ years of planning and scheduling experience
  • Understanding of schedule logic and best practices
  • Familiarity with automotive process installations
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • Proficiency in SAP is a plus
  • Good organizational and time management skills

Responsibilities

  • Report on project progress and status to Project Managers
  • Produce management reports for project updates
  • Ensure accurate schedule reporting from team members
  • Communicate and document project status effectively
  • Update SAP with scheduling information
  • Identify and communicate milestone target dates
  • Develop and confirm specific schedules with functional leads
  • Support internal project meetings
  • Interface with external stakeholders for scheduling alignment
  • Assist in planning recovery strategies for project deviations
  • Monitor purchasing management tools for issues

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on diverse automotive projects
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Support for travel opportunities across North America and Europe
  • Use of advanced project management tools like Microsoft Project and SAP
  • Involvement in continuous improvement and problem-solving efforts
  • Exposure to industry best practices in scheduling
  • Potential for career growth within the organization
Full Job Description
Your Tasks:
  • Report to the Contract Planning Coordinator / Project Managers on all aspects of project progress and status
  • Produce management reports on project progress and status
  • Ensure project team members properly report schedule progress in organizational tool.
  • Ensure effective communication and documentation of project progress and status.
  • Schedule updating in SAP (including but not limited to progress, addresses, dates) to support material procurement
  • Ensure milestone target dates are clearly identified in the project schedule and communicated to the project team
  • Develop, review, and confirm function specific schedules with functional leads
  • Support internal project meetings
  • Interface with external (client, subcontractor, etc.) scheduling to support project alignment.
  • Assist in planning and controlling of recovery plans in case of deviations
  • Monitoring of Durr material purchasing management tool to flag systematic mistakes and delays

Your Skills:
  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Two or more years of planning and scheduling experience required, with good understanding of schedule logic and best practices
  • Familiarity with automotive process installations preferred
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products: Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Proficient with Microsoft Project preferred
  • Proficiency with SAP a plus
  • Ability to understand and maintain detailed, multi-level project schedules
  • Good time management skills
  • Good organizational skills
  • Good verbal communication skills
  • Good technical writing skills
  • Able to effectively communicate with other departments and divisions within System Center and globally
  • Able to work well independently and in a team environment
  • Able to technically define problems and propose solutions
  • Adaptable to change in a learning environment
  • Willing and able to travel within the US, Mexico, Canada, and Europe as required.
  • Estimated travel 20%
* Ladders Estimates

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