Project Scheduler

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5.5 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Hydro is hiring for:

Project Scheduler 
York, PA
 

 

Summary –

The Project Scheduler is a key member of the project team and supports the Project Manager with all scheduling aspects of the project including baselining and updating of a schedule, variance analysis, recovery plans, earned value analysis, and Monte Carlo risk analysis.  

 

The incumbent in this position will: 

 

• Have significant interface with the Project Management organization in addition to the functional areas of Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing and Field Service. 

• Interface when needed directly with external partners and customers. 

• Overview the project execution from both high level and detailed perspectives. 

• Ensure tools and processes are followed and will define counter measures to ensure quality of data. 

• Monitor key performance indicators and take the necessary actions to ensure excellent execution of projects. 

 

Responsibilities –

• Creation, maintenance, and update of project schedules according to the contractual requirements 

• Identify critical path, multiple float path, potential bottlenecks 

• Provide early warnings for any potential risks as well as opportunities using earned value analysis, float utilization, resource leveling, Monte Carlo risk analysis, and capacity planning 

• Support Project Managers with customer reports, dashboards, presentations and meetings related to scheduling and delivery performance 

• Critically review a schedule and apply concepts of resource loading, cost loading, critical path, fast track and crashing to get an optimal time schedule 

• Support Project Manager and Commercial Manager on claim management, utilizing fragnets in the schedule 

• Ensure adherence of execution to the project schedule 

• Create and follow up on recovery plans 

• Observe and evaluate KPIs 

• Prepare schedules for projects in the bidding phase in coordination with Offer Project Manager and Department Heads 

 

Required Skills/Abilities –

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or Engineering 

• Project and/or construction scheduling experience or equivalent experience in Engineering, Purchasing/Sourcing, Manufacturing or Construction 

• Excellent analytical and organization skill 

• Ability to set priorities and meet deadlines 

• Excellent interaction and communication skills 

• Knowledge of scheduling software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project), resource loading, baseline, progress tracking 

• Experience with ERP systems (SAP is a plus) 

• Team player, effective negotiation, and conflict resolution skills. Must have demonstrated successful experience and proactivity