Schedule Analyst, Journeyman

Primary Duties

• Development/maintenance of multiple project schedules to include:
• Integration of multiple project schedules including vendor schedules into a single master schedule
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development
• Critical Path/Near Critical Path analysis
• Perform schedule variance analysis, generate reports using industry standard schedule metrics
• Evaluate schedule progress against plan
• Lead schedule development and status update meetings with required stakeholders
• Maintain record of scope changes and schedule deviations
• Analyze schedule change orders for impacts
• Resource Loading/Leveling of schedules
• Develop schedule progress, metrics reports and trend charts
• Integrated Master Plan (IMP) development
• Performs other related analyst/management activities required for successful completion of required tasks
• Demonstrated ability to perform functional duties independently
• Experience using Microsoft Project in a role and environment comparable to being a scheduler at NAVAIR.
• Experience with schedule development and maintenance using Microsoft Project including activities such as:
• Adding tasks/milestones and maintaining associated task/milestone information including duration, constraints, custom fields, and notes.
• Adding and maintaining schedule elements that network tasks together including predecessors/successors, lead/lags.
• Identifying and isolating for analysis & reporting early dates, late dates, free float, total float, driving paths and critical paths.
• Establishing schedule baselines.
• Statusing tasks and schedules using the remaining duration method.
• Calculating and analyzing metrics that indicate the health and integrity of schedule construction, then taking action to improve the health of the schedule.
• Experience with software used to develop summary schedules such as One Pager Pro.
• Experience guiding a team through the schedule development process resulting in a baselined Integrated Master Schedule.
• Experience developing and implementing basic scheduling process such as planning, statusing, reporting, and change control.
• Experience contributing to development of Work Breakdown Structures, Integrated Master Plans and other project documents that serve as the foundation of planning.
• Exposure to projects involving engineering, test and evaluation, software development, acquisition, procurement, or logistics.
• A basic knowledge and understanding of the NAVAIR organization and the acquisition process.

Qualifications

• Strong customer relations, analytics, documentation skills
• Self-starter, highly motivated, strong work ethic with a commitment to quality
• Microsoft office suite proficiency, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to work within a challenging, fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to multi-task and meet competing, deliverable deadlines
• Detail oriented
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide clear status and/or communicate issues
• Ability to adapt to evolving technology

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business discipline, preferred
• In lieu of a degree, years of applicable experience may be substituted.
• Three (3) to nine (9) years of experience developing/maintaining project schedules. At least two of those years must be in project or program analysis of complex systems in the DoD (Department of the Navy (DON preferred)) acquisition environment.
• DAU Level II Certification or equivalent – Program Management or Business, preferred
• PMI-SP, Microsoft Scheduling Certificate or PMP, preferred
• Earned Value Management training and/or experience, preferred
• OnePager Pro proficiency or experience, preferred
• Project Management Office (PMO) experience, preferred

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Employer Paid Dental, Vision, Basic Life/AD&D, Short-Term/Long-Term Insurance
• Health Savings Account with Contribution by Employer
• 401K Plan with Employer Matching
• Annual Discretionary Bonuses
• Paid Time Off
• Eleven (11) Paid Holidays
• Certification reimbursement program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Community outreach events through our KAIROS Kares group