Project Scheduler

FLS is a global leader in the mining industry, dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies, digital solutions, and sustainable innovations that help our customers optimize performance, reduce environmental impact, and operate safer and smarter.

With over 140+ years of pioneering expertise, we empower our people to challenge the status quo, work with purpose, and contribute to a more sustainable future for mining worldwide.

You will join our Products Business Line, within the Project Execution function, supporting project being executed globally. This team is responsible for global project coordination, execution excellence, and ensuring our mining products and solutions are delivered to customers efficiently, profitably, and on schedule.

As a Project Scheduler, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring project schedules across all phases of global project execution. In this role, you will serve as the central hub of planning information, ensuring alignment and seamless coordination across engineering, procurement, QA/QC, and project management team.

You will play a critical role in identifying schedule risks, forecasting potential delays, and recommending mitigation or recovery strategies to keep projects on track. This position requires strong planning discipline, excellent communication skills, and proven experience in mining or industrial projects where structured project scheduling is key. You will also support the proposal and sales teams during early opportunity phases.

• Develop baseline project schedules aligned with stakeholder input and engineering/manufacturing lead times for FLS mining products.

• Continuously update and maintain project schedules, ensuring full synchronization with execution strategies.

• Track and monitor project progress with engineering, procurement, and other contributors, providing timely updates to Project Managers.

• Lead schedule planning and monitoring for assigned scope areas, gathering data from internal teams and external suppliers.

• Identify critical-path activities and drive recovery plans, escalation, and early warnings when deviations occur.

• Prepare and maintain S-curves, progress curves, dashboards, and schedule analyses for project governance.

• Re-baseline schedules following approved delivery extensions or contract amendments.

• Evaluate vendor/contractor schedules and align them with the Master Project Schedule.

• Support monthly project reporting, performance analysis, and dashboard updates.

• Assist sales and proposal teams by preparing preliminary schedules for high-probability tenders.

• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) and other techniques for efficient tracking of engineering deliverables.

• Maintain and improve planning systems, default data, and internal processes in alignment with best practices.

• Work with minimal supervision, demonstrating ownership and autonomy.

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum 3+ years of proven experience as a Project Planner/Scheduler in mining or heavy industry projects.

• Strong knowledge of mining processes, capital equipment, and ideally FLSmidth products.

• Expertise in MS Project is mandatory. Primavera P6 is added advantage

• Strong knowledge in EVM & Progress reporting is must

• Experience with Monday.com (preferable) and advanced MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Experience in Power BI dashboard creation (advantage).

• Strong experience coordinating with engineering, procurement, and execution teams.

• Fluency in Spanish and English required; Portuguese is a plus.

• Experience interacting with customers, supporting proposals, and managing deadlines under pressure.

• Excellent analytical skills with demonstrated ability to solve complex planning challenges.

• Strong communicator capable of uniting diverse teams around shared timelines and goals.

• Organized, detail-oriented, and proactive in identifying risks and proposing solutions.

• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced, global project environment.

• Collaborative mindset with strong stakeholder management skills.

• High integrity, professionalism, and accountability.

• A continuous-improvement mindset: always looking for ways to improve processes and efficiency.