Project Scheduler

What You'll Do

• Integrated Master Scheduling
• Develop, maintain, and analyze the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using Microsoft Project in accordance with DoD requirements
• Build resource-loaded schedules, assigning labor categories, hours, and costs
• Integrate subcontractor schedules, milestones, and dependencies into the prime IMS
• Establish logical relationships, dependencies, and lead/lag structures to create network-driven schedules
• Perform Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis and generate forward-looking schedule forecasts
• Program Execution & Performance Analysis
• Track schedule performance across production, fielding, and sustainment phases
• Conduct schedule variance analysis (SV, SPI) and assess impacts to cost, resources, and milestones
• Develop schedule health metrics, risk assessments, and what-if scenarios
• Support Earned Value Management (EVM) activities on compliant programs
• Identify schedule risks and present mitigation strategies to the Program Manager
• Cross-Functional & Government Coordination
• Collaborate with program leadership, engineering, logistics, subcontract management, and test teams
• Collect task updates, progress metrics, and dependencies from cross-functional teams
• Serve as the scheduling interface to the Government Program Office, supporting IPTs and formal reviews
• Prepare schedule data and analysis for major program reviews and decision points
• Lifecycle Schedule Support
• Develop schedules aligned with full weapon system lifecycle activities, including:
• Full-Rate Production (FRP)
• Fielding and New Equipment Training (NET)
• Sustainment, depot maintenance, and configuration management
• Technology refresh and obsolescence management
• Ensure schedules meet DoD guidance, customer reporting requirements, and contractual deliverables

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, or related field or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of DoD project scheduling experience
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project, including resource loading and critical path analysis
• Proven experience developing IMSs for complex defense or technical programs
• Strong understanding of weapon system lifecycle phases
• Experience integrating and coordinating schedules across multiple subcontractors
• Knowledge of schedule risk assessments (SRA) and risk management processes
• Experience supporting Army, Navy, Air Force, or Joint Program Office programs
• Active or ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance (or higher)