Planner / Scheduler

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Planner/Scheduler to coordinate with engineering and operations teams to decompose scope and develop the program’s schedule baseline. This role also involves working with Business Development on proposals to capture new business. The position works within a team environment consisting of program management, technical, production, financial, and other supporting staff. It provides exposure to contract management, production operations, risk and opportunity management, and program management practices.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of product development planning to establish and control the program schedule baseline; coordinate with multifunctional teams to update status for management decision making on complex development and production programs and proposals.
• Cook up an integrated program measurement baseline to manage cost, schedule, and technical performance of the program.
• Use project scheduling software to plan and gauge progress against the plan. Identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas with the technical (engineering and operations) leads. Work with the program team to develop courses of action and risk mitigation strategies to address performance issues.
• Perform thorough project analysis through metrics reviews and predictive analysis to enhance cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Perform Schedule risk analyses and work with the program manager to resolve risky schedules, critical path issues, and network logic conflicts.
• Performs other job duties as assigned and deemed appropriate by management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years professional related experience - OR - a Master's degree with 3 years of professional related experience.
• Will consider 9 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement.
• Program scheduling experience using Microsoft Project or other related scheduling tool.
• Experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• US Citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• 3 years of program scheduling experience Microsoft Project
• Experience with Schedule Analytics and Schedule Risk Assessment tools.
• Working knowledge of EVMS guidelines and processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR)
• Experience with multiple tasks with competing priorities
• Demonstrated sense of urgency, self-motivated
• Experience and understanding of Planning / Schedule best practices and tools
• Use of Critical Path methodologies, Use of 14-point DCMA evaluation criteria
• Excellent business acumen and ability to make business-based decisions
• Procurement experience within engineering technologies or similar industry
• Ability to engage senior executives as necessary to resolve issues
• Proficiency in MS Office products (Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint and Project).

Benefits

The company provides competitive base salary (commensurate with experience) and performance-based incentives. They offer generous employer contributions to the Employee portion of medical insurance (75+%), dental, vision, and gap insurance, employer-paid life insurance and short-term disability, 401(k) employer match and immediate vesting, and a generous paid time off policy. They also provide career growth opportunities.

Pay

Competitive base salary (commensurate with experience) and performance-based incentives.

Schedule

N/A