Scheduler

About the Role

The applicant will assist product and project teams by developing, integrating, and presenting task-oriented activities in a comprehensive Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using Microsoft Project and Milestone Professional. Responsibilities include creating a detailed IMS for all critical activities, performing health checks, conducting what-if analyses, and presenting schedule data clearly using accepted schedule management techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide schedule status reviews and updates to team leads.
• Perform IMS health checks and what-if analyses using Government-approved software at the request of USG team leads.
• Present IMS-related information during recurring meetings and develop supporting materials (e.g., slides, reports) using Microsoft Office tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Develop and maintain schedules for complex government or commercial engineering/technical programs, with preference for ground combat vehicle systems experience.
• Participate as an active team member in formulating integrated project plans and representing them in an integrated schedule.
• Analyze technical requirements, budgets, timelines, and leadership guidance to translate them into complex integrated project schedules.
• Apply advanced project development techniques to ensure schedules are complete, technically sound, and assessable for timing or task changes.
• Familiarity with DoD Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule Preparation and Use Guide (DI-MGMT-81650).

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship (required due to sensitivity of customer-related requirements).
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.
• Minimum of 5 consecutive years (within the last 10 years) of experience as a program scheduler for complex government or commercial engineering/technical programs.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) Acquisition Category (ACAT I/II) programs.
• Experience working on military acquisition programs.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with project management/scheduling tools: Microsoft Project, KIDASA Milestone Professional, Oracle Primavera, or Barbecana Full Monte, including Monte Carlo simulation tools (e.g., @RISK).
• Experience with schedule logic (e.g., Defense Contract Management Agency 14-point evaluation) and analysis tools/techniques.
• Familiarity with modeling techniques related to cost and schedule.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Project Management, Business Management/Administration, or related field plus 6 years of applicable experience, or
• Bachelor’s Degree in the above fields plus 8 years of applicable experience, or
• Associate’s Degree in the above fields plus 10 years of applicable experience, or
• High School Diploma plus 16 years of applicable experience.

Skills

• Strong experience with cross-functional and integrated process teams on complex activities.
• Proficiency in participatory leadership techniques and management fundamentals for team-based planning and schedule development.
• Ability to lead and manage groups when necessary.
• Competency in schedule development (e.g., Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel) and schedule logic analysis.