Master Scheduler – Upgrades

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Lead a team of project and outage schedulers to provide services to the Projects/Outage Upgrade teams as a Center of Excellence (COE), covering Generator and/or Steam Value Streams for Nuclear, Fossil, and Industrial sectors worldwide.

• Design, govern, and continuously enhance the enterprise-level scheduling architecture.

• Take ownership of and manage the integrated, capacity-constrained master schedule for Steam Services Upgrades, ensuring reliable start and finish dates across commercial, engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, supply chain, logistics, repairs, and field service.

• Ensure the timely availability of GEV and supplier-delivered equipment while aligning with customer commitments and segment-specific regulatory requirements.

• Actively engage in defining scheduling standards as a member of the S&OE governance team.

• Make schedule performance measurable, transparent, and predictive.

• Incorporate risk and probabilistic thinking into scheduling practices.

• Lead the team of schedulers, including third-party services, and contribute to developing a scheduling talent system, including competency frameworks (S&OE governance).

• Translate scheduling data into business insights necessary for making informed decisions within the S&OE framework.

• Develop and sustain the upgrades master schedule with all established scheduling points aligned with contractual commitments.

• Collaborate with the resource owner to balance load against demonstrated capacity for critical resource pools.

• Identify scheduling risks and conflicts across concurrent projects in the portfolio, leading recovery planning and developing risk and scenario planning for potential conflicts.

• Enforce scheduling discipline, time fences (frozen/slushy zones), and change governance within the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) process.

• Provide a unified, trusted integrated upgrades schedule for leadership and cross-functional teams.

• Integrate with existing upgrades tools and relevant dashboards.

• Validate scheduling point variability and create/manage buffers.

• Offer clear visibility of equipment availability risks to the IMS and PMO.

• Operationalize the S&OE process and prepare formal pre-read materials and agendas for the weekly upgrades S&OE executive meeting.

• Define change classes (A/B/C) with approval thresholds and identify who can approve within each time fence (frozen/slushy zones).

• Interface and govern linkages with S&OP and DM, including change approval processes and demand/supply synchronization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in Master Scheduling.

• Educational qualifications equivalent to a master’s degree from an accredited institution, or a high school diploma with relevant experience.

• Significant experience as a Master Scheduler.

• Willingness to travel 20% domestically and internationally.

• Strong knowledge of Master Scheduling, IMS, and cumulative lead-time concepts.

• Capability to develop and mentor teams while fostering a high-performing team culture.

• Ability to make decisions under uncertainty and influence key stakeholders.

• Experience in industry project management (e.g., heavy industry, automotive, aerospace, civil engineering).

• Proficient in assessing load versus capacity using demonstrated performance data.

• Expertise in scheduling, including resource planning and slot optimization.

• Experience collaborating with global functions (e.g., engineering, manufacturing).

• Data-driven mindset with the ability to analyze large data sets, identify performance trends, and create data visualizations.

• Strong facilitation and decision-support abilities.

• APICS/ASCM CPIM or equivalent certification is preferred.

• Comfortable working across US and global time zones.

🏝️ Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No