Description
Coordinate and optimize schedules for work, resources, and materials across departments to meet deadlines. Review and distribute daily and long-range schedules, collaborate with supervisors to track progress and adjust timelines, and compile reports on capacity, inventory, costs, and schedule risks.
- • Review staffing tables, capacity plans, and work orders to determine resource and material requirements.
- • Meet with supervisors and teams to assess progress and discuss schedule changes.
- • Revise schedules for design changes, shortages, backlogs, or disruptions in coordination with stakeholders.
- • Coordinate with internal staff, vendors, and customers to align timelines, resolve issues, and eliminate delays.
- • Record schedule adherence, throughput, material usage, and quality checkpoints.
- • Request and track materials or supplies to support scheduled work.
- • Calculate labor loads, material needs, and time estimates using scheduling tools.
- • Compile progress metrics, capacity, inventory status, and customer requirements for status reports.
- • Arrange deliveries or staging of materials to meet scheduled milestones.
- • Confirm supplier lead times, shipment dates, and delivery confirmations.
- • Maintain scheduling records, logs, and related documents.
- • Build timetables and capacity plans for programs or jobs using forecasts and demand plans.
- • Prepare job packets with task sequences, locations, required tools, materials, equipment, staffing, and time or cost estimates.
- • Prepare documentation for task sequences, transportation schedules, personnel rosters, and related orders.
- • Document causes of delays and changes, updating schedules and cost or time impacts.
- • Verify schedules, work orders, and outputs for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with standards.
- • Publish and distribute daily and weekly schedules and work orders.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
