Senior Scheduler

The role

The Senior Scheduler will develop, maintain, and coordinate schedules across manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and program activities. This role involves translating project and production requirements into actionable schedules and tracking progress to identify constraints and risks.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain detailed production, manufacturing, and project schedules.
• Coordinate schedules across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Procurement, and Operations.
• Establish activity sequences, dependencies, milestones, durations, and resource requirements.
• Track actual progress against baseline schedules and identify schedule variances.
• Monitor critical-path activities and proactively identify potential delays and constraints.
• Work with manufacturing and engineering teams to understand capacity, labor, equipment, material, and technical constraints.
• Develop short-term look-ahead schedules and longer-term production plans.
• Coordinate material availability and supplier commitments with the production schedule.
• Identify schedule conflicts and work with stakeholders to develop mitigation and recovery plans.
• Maintain accurate schedule data and provide regular status updates to project and functional leadership.

Required qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in scheduling, production planning, project controls, manufacturing planning, or a related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Strong understanding of scheduling concepts, dependencies, critical paths, milestones, and schedule forecasting.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, energy, industrial, or other complex technical environment.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and scheduling/planning tools.
• Ability to analyze large amounts of information and translate it into clear schedules and actionable priorities.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to work effectively with engineers, technicians, manufacturing personnel, supply chain teams, and leadership.

Nice to have

• Experience with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar scheduling platforms.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and production planning.
• Experience in high-mix, low-volume manufacturing.
• Experience scheduling complex assemblies, hardware, or engineered products.
• Knowledge of capacity planning, material requirements, and resource-loaded scheduling.
• Experience with critical-path analysis and schedule recovery planning.
• Experience working with engineering change orders and configuration-controlled products.
• Experience in aerospace, nuclear, energy, defense, advanced manufacturing, or another highly regulated technical environment.
• PMP, PMI-SP, AACE, or other relevant certification is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Free daily lunch
• Generous PPE stipend

Before you apply

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).

About the company

Valar Atomics is an advanced energy company aiming to make clean, high-temperature nuclear power scalable. Their first pilot plant will be in Orangeville, Utah.