Lead Program Scheduler

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating surge support to Tier One Programs including direct support for tools implementations, major replans including OTB/OTS, formal internal reprogramming, Baseline Review support, and subject matter expertise to Programs for Cost and Schedule Integration and Earned Value support.
• Managing the developing and maintenance of complex program schedules including resource loading and Earned Value Analysis.
• Helping develop the format, tools, and tracking/reporting methods to be used as the company refines its Program Planning and Scheduling processes for standardization and enterprise wide resource management.
• Supporting the programs in developing plans and integrating inputs from all programs.
• Interface with all elements of the program team to develop targeted Program Planning surge support as well as ensuring major projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
• Tracking plans and schedules, performing risk analysis, and identifying and resolving critical path and network logic conflicts.
• Utilizing Gantt, Critical path, Driving Path, Variance metrics, milestone charts, Earned Value Management, and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas.
• Ensuring compliance with internal program procedures and project control system guidelines per DECM metrics.
• May lead or participate in scheduling status reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; Or, Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; Or, in lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Working knowledge of Planning & Scheduling Excellence Guide (PASEG), Version 4.0, EVMS Standard (EIA 748-D), Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), and Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) strongly desired.
• Capability to perform Critical Path Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis, and Schedule Metric Analysis - such as BEI, CPLI, SPI, etc.
• Experience with subcontractor schedule integration.
• Senior professional with strong knowledge of job area and in-depth knowledge of project management.
• Experience working DoD projects in a Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) environment.
• Experience leading planning & scheduling efforts for large, high visibility Government projects.
• Experience creating and/or maintaining an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and any Supporting Schedules on assigned projects/programs; creating and presenting project-level reports, presentations and deliverables that reflect risk and status to program management and senior management relating to the IMS is required.
• Monte Carlos Risk Analysis (Schedule Risk Analysis).
• Experience with Project Server.
• Structured Solutions - SSI tools management.
• Program Management and Coordination experience, SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) process.
• Critical thinking and problem solving, attention to detail and quality of product deliverables.
• Earned Value Management Systems.