Project Scheduling Analyst

Job Overview
This highly visible role is responsible for the assignment of significant department resources which directly impact the department’s ability to support site operations and projects.

Essential Functions
• Allocate resources for laboratory work to meet deadlines, revenue targets, and optimal efficiency. Assess needs of other departments to use resources when assay limitations and priorities necessitate. Facilitating the daily scheduling of laboratory work anticipating and resolving equipment, material, and personnel scheduling conflicts. Facilitating the scheduling of equipment to ensure support of routine assays, project related work, and validation studies to minimize the impact to the production schedules. Work with site leadership team to coordinate laboratory personnel training, routine and non-routine equipment maintenance. Work closely with site project management team to gather a working knowledge of project scope, material availability and timeline requirements. This position acts as the filter for all project communications. Chair regular scheduling meetings with the heads of each of the functional support groups to review status of current work in process and plans for work to be processed in the upcoming days/weeks ahead. Organize work to balance project demands and revenue needs with other company objectives such as reduction of repeat work and material costs. Work closely with the site leadership team to regularly review project backlog and timelines and monitor progress of monthly revenue commitments & forecasts. Assess, recommend and implement software packages to better plan projects, demonstrate workload, and highlight capacity issues. Make recommendations for process improvement, better utilization of resources (people & equipment), and solving issues within the laboratory.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree  Req
• 3 years’ related experience. Equivalent combination of education, training and experience in regulated laboratory environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Good problem solving skills. Demonstrated ability to deliver results to the appropriate quality and timeline metrics. Good teamwork skills. Excellent customer service skills. Good judgment. Ability to work with minimal direction. Strong software and computer skills, including MS Office applications. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients.. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Good problem solving skills. Demonstrated ability to deliver results to the appropriate quality and timeline metrics. Good teamwork skills. Excellent customer service skills. Good judgment. Ability to work with minimal direction. Strong software and computer skills, including MS Office applications. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients.