Capital Projects Senior Scheduler

James Kendrick

Senior Scheduler

Email: *************@****.***

Phone: 225-***-****

Location: Baton Rouge, La

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/jamie-kendrick-jk01071972

Senior Scheduler with 15+ years of experience leading planning and scheduling efforts across large-scale EPC capital projects, maintenance programs, and turnarounds. Proven ability to deliver optimized project schedules, drive schedule adherence, and improve critical path performance using Primavera P6, Earned Value Management (EVM), and KPI reporting. Skilled in stakeholder engagement, resource planning, and risk mitigation. Committed to project excellence and team success through a strategic, data driven, and collaborative approach.

Core Competencies

Primavera P6 Professional and Advanced Certifications, Project Controls & Scheduling (CPM, EVM, SPI, CPI), Capital Projects & Turnaround Planning, Resource & Cost Loading/Budgeting, SAP, Maximo, EcoSys, SharePoint, Tableau, Baseline & Progress S-Curves, Change Management & Variance Reporting, FEED, EWP, PWP, IWP Integration, Microsoft Office Suites (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Acumen Fuse, P6 EPPM Dashboards, KPI Analytics

Professional Experience Master Scheduler IJC/Westlake Geismar, La

Sep 2024 to Apr 2025

•Developed and optimized Master Schedule for the turnaround, maintenance, and capital projects, setting baselines and aligning deliverables to cost and time targets.

•Led cross-unit coordination for pre-work, shutdown, turnaround, startup, and post activities.

•Delivered critical path tracking, EV analysis, and SPI/CPI/KPI reports to stakeholders weekly.

•Created and managed 3-shift look-ahead and variance reports to maintain integrity.

•Served as backup to PMs during fatigue or sick days.

•Built rapport with all team members and led all schedule review meetings with all project participants to ensure resource allocation and optimization for a deliverable baseline.

Lead Turnaround Scheduler

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions – St. James, LA

Mar 2023 to Sep 2024

•Oversaw turnaround schedules across multiple units, ensuring accurate resource allocation and timeline adherence.

•Facilitated daily planning/scheduling meetings to drive schedule improvements and critical path recovery.

•Delivered EVM reports, tracked change management impacts, and supported PMs with progress analytics.

•Provide oversight and supervision of scheduling team, including coaching, mentoring, training, and performance evaluations.

Senior Project Scheduler

NES Fircroft - Exxon Mobile – Baton Rouge, LA

Aug 2022 to Mar 2023

•Supported implementation of FEED by integrating EWP, PWP, and CWP into the master schedule.

•Tied procurement deliverables to schedule milestones; tracked all IWPs and man-hour performances.

•Built and supported dashboards, produced variance and critical path reports, and ensured weekly schedule compliance.

Lead Project Controls Scheduler Great River Industries - Geismar, LA Jun 2019 to Jul 2022

•Delivered WBS structures and baseline schedules, including full resource and cost loading.

•Reported progress on multiple projects and KPIs to executive and field-level stakeholders.

•Coordinate and lead corporate planning and scheduling improvement initiatives and best practice sharing.

•Supported team members by training, coaching, and building rapport with other team members.

Pipe fitter/Maintenance Planner/Scheduler Turner Industries/Kelly Services – Plaquemine, LA Dec 2011 to Jun 2019

•Planned and scheduled daily/weekly maintenance activities using SAP and Primavera P6.

•Increased job planning output by 25% and became lead planner for the Hydrocarbons division.

•Developed job package and procedures ensuring regulatory and safety compliance.

•Lead team members by example, offer effective feedback, and manage performance.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Accounting Minor in Management

Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA

Certifications

Primavera P6 Professional Certification, Oracle / BRCC

Primavera P6 Professional Advanced Certification, Oracle / PMO Link

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