Senior scheduler vs planning supervisor

The differences between senior schedulers and planning supervisors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a senior scheduler and a planning supervisor. Additionally, a planning supervisor has an average salary of $83,428, which is higher than the $75,395 average annual salary of a senior scheduler.

The top three skills for a senior scheduler include project management, construction management and primavera p6. The most important skills for a planning supervisor are continuous improvement, logistics, and MRP.

Senior scheduler vs planning supervisor overview

	Senior Scheduler	Planning Supervisor
Yearly salary	$75,395	$83,428
Hourly rate	$36.25	$40.11
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	13,771	18,018
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	2	2

What does a senior scheduler do?

Senior schedulers are professionals who are responsible for developing detailed construction planning schedules for new construction and renovation works. These schedulers are required to monitor project progress as well as prepare detailed plans and time-scaled charts and diagrams. They must work with third-party schedulers to review design and construction schedules while providing written comments. Senior schedulers must also provide progress reporting documents and briefing materials by developing creative reporting tools to communicate complex project sequencing and progress assessments.

What does a planning supervisor do?

Planning supervisors are professionals who are responsible for coordinating the health and safety aspects of project design and the initial planning. These supervisors are required to ensure that designers cooperate and comply with their duties, especially in avoiding and reducing risks. They must prepare the health and safety plan before arrangements are made for appointing a principal contractor. Planning supervisors must also provide advice to their clients about the competence and allocation of resources by designers and all contractors.

Senior scheduler vs planning supervisor salary

Senior schedulers and planning supervisors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Scheduler	Planning Supervisor
Average salary	$75,395	$83,428
Salary range	Between $48,000 And $118,000	Between $64,000 And $107,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	PBF Energy	FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Best paying industry	Technology	Energy

Differences between senior scheduler and planning supervisor education

There are a few differences between a senior scheduler and a planning supervisor in terms of educational background:

	Senior Scheduler	Planning Supervisor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Senior scheduler vs planning supervisor demographics

Here are the differences between senior schedulers' and planning supervisors' demographics:

	Senior Scheduler	Planning Supervisor
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 58.7% Female, 41.3%	Male, 64.6% Female, 35.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 7.0% White, 60.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.7% Asian, 7.0% White, 60.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between senior scheduler and planning supervisor duties and responsibilities

Senior scheduler example responsibilities.

Coordinate and manage high visibility and important customer BOM changes.
Perform major WBS restructuring and logic correction to the construction schedule for the project s critical path building.
Assist MRI patients onto MRI table, assuring that they are position properly onto MRI coils.
Put together, work orders assemble into planned work packages and used the planned tasks to build the LP6 turnaround schedule.
Perform twice-daily updates of turnaround status.
Crate universal WBS coding structure and streamline scheduling architecture among various stakeholders.

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Planning supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage inventories of FDA fine chemicals, glass bottles, caps, labels, and shipping materials.
Develop and manage dual eligible program for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
Prepare construction schedule in Primavera P6.
Develop expert knowledge in new ERP program, design and deliver training sessions, and develop ISO procedures.
Develop and implement appropriate measurement systems capable of assessing overall logistics performance, inventory turnover, and customer satisfaction.
Control sales orders / forecast vs. commit before and after loading into ERP system.

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Senior scheduler vs planning supervisor skills

Common senior scheduler skills

Project Management, 10%
Construction Management, 9%
Primavera P6, 7%
Scheduling Software, 6%
Project Controls, 6%
Patients, 5%

Common planning supervisor skills

Continuous Improvement, 7%
Logistics, 6%
MRP, 5%
Material Planning, 5%
Production Planning, 4%
Strong Analytical, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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