Construction Scheduler

MATRIX is seeking a Planner / Scheduler who will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules that support the logistics, rigging, and final setting of pharmaceutical components at the project site located in Lebanon, Indiana. This role requires strong scheduling expertise, with the ability to translate field activities such as crane operations, onsite transport, millwright/ironworker work, and logistics sequencing into a fully integrated schedule. The Planner / Scheduler will work closely with project management, field supervision, and client representatives to ensure predictable outcomes. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Create detailed project work plans covering logistics, heavy lift planning, onsite transport, and final setting activities with a focus on the means and methods to safely execute the tasks.  

• Integrate Barnhart’s lift plans and field execution sequences into the master project schedule. 

• Develop look-ahead schedules (weekly, monthly) to support field execution. 

• Track progress against baseline schedules, updating activity completion, durations, and logic ties.   

• Track progress for final set and transfer of custody to customer. 

• Provide variance analysis and identify schedule risks. 

• Recommend recovery plans and resequencing strategies when delays occur. 

• Collaborate with Project Managers, Site Supervisors, and Safety Managers to align schedules with real-world field conditions. 

• Interface with Customer’s project team, ensuring reporting requirements and schedule updates meet client standards. 

• Participate in planning meetings and schedule review sessions. 

• Develop progress reports, milestone charts, and critical path analyses for leadership and client review. 

• Maintain schedule change logs and document schedule impacts related to changes or unforeseen conditions. 

• Support close-out documentation with final as-built schedules. 

Required Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of experience in project scheduling in industrial construction or heavy rigging/millwright environments. 

• Proficiency in Primavera P6. 

• Understanding of crane operations, rigging sequences, and equipment setting workflows. 

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and construction documents. 

• Strong analytical and communication skills for reporting schedule status to stakeholders. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in pharmaceutical projects. 

• Familiarity with engineered lift and logistics processes. 

• PMP, PSP, or similar project controls certification. 

Physical Requirements: 

• Must be capable of working in outdoor environments and industrial construction settings 

• Ability to walk the site, climb scaffolding or ladders as needed. 

MATRIX is a proud Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business and an Equal Opportunity Employer