Senior Scheduling Specialist

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About you and this role

We have an exciting opportunity as Senior Scheduling Specialist, located in Terneuzen, The Netherlands!

As Senior Scheduling Specialist you act as a technical resource for Scheduling within the Global Project Methodology (GPM) work process and supports establishment of the overall schedule baseline and reporting to monitor and control the project within established tolerances of the baseline supporting efficient project execution.

In this role you coordinate data inputs from the various disciplines and functions to ensure accurate forecasts and reporting of schedule and engage the project steering team to understand causes of the deviation and the need to establish actions to mitigate, where deviations from established tolerances occur. Requires expanded conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and broadens capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Recommendations on cycle time reduction opportunities and techniques as applied to scheduling.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive integrated master project schedules including Front-end Loading, Detail Design, Procurement, Construction and Start-up/Commissioning Project Stages.
• Maintains schedule during the project life cycle monitoring progress and incorporating modifications where changes in the original scope occur or delays are encountered.
• Utilizes project cost estimates to resource load project schedules and gain alignment with estimated scope of work and the project schedule.
• Performs staffing density checks or staffing limitation checks to validate schedule durations and ensures resource-leveling supports the project strategy.
• Performs critical path analysis to determine problem areas in regards to project schedule and resource overloads and offers alternative courses of action to the project team.
• Evaluates project deviations to assess schedule impact for proper decision making and recovery plans.
• Works with cost management to gain alignment when forecasting schedule completion dates.
• Applies established schedule management practices to ascertain critical schedule issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Defines comprehensive Schedule Management solutions for capital and expense projects.

Qualifications

• You have minimum a technical bachelor's degree
• You have minimum of 4 years of relevant working experience (scheduling, engineering, manufacturing or related experience)
• You are fluent in English.
• You have good communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Fluency in Dutch is a plus.

Benefits – What Dow offers you 

We invest in you. 
 

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.  

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee: 

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives. 
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it. 
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals. 
  • Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
  • Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments