Scheduler IV

About the role

Join the NASA CPSS team at Marshall Space Flight Center as a Senior Scheduler supporting the SLS Program Office. This is your opportunity to contribute to the Artemis missions and shape the future of space exploration. This position is located in our Huntsville, AL office with work performed at client site in Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.

Responsibilities

• Provide development and integration of Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) containing all Element scope and aligns to the program work breakdown structure (WBS).
• Provide updates to include, status through time now, review relationships and logic, and verify remaining durations as adequate.
• Conduct analysis of schedule performance, work remaining, calculate metrics, compare with EVM metrics and communicate with EVM analysts, produce the top-five critical paths, and make recommendations to the NASA PP&C and Element management team.
• Perform special runs using program scheduling tools and techniques inserting “what-if” cases to depict impacts on critical paths.
• Update existing SLS program and project schedules monthly per IMSDRD within Microsoft Project Server.
• Analyze schedule performance, identify critical paths, and make recommendations to the SLS management.
• Conduct “health assessments” to ensure scheduling best practices are followed (e.g., accurate status, complete network logic), compare last month's IMS submittal to the previous month's submittal, and document all changes, variance explanations, impact statements, and corrective actions.
• Maintain the element schedule performance to plan summary schedules charts for all Artemis missions (using Milestones Professional software) for program schedule integration and Element and Program reviews.
• Perform monthly reviews of the SLS Element prime contractors' schedules and report findings to NASA PP&C and Element management team, and Prime Contractor.
• Produce a monthly report documenting all findings, concerns, and recommendations to the NASA PP&C and Element management team.
• Develop, status, and report schedules and metrics for Element Office level schedules and develop and analyze schedule work-arounds.
• Lead, generate, and participate in assessments, such as schedule risk assessments (SRA's) and Joint Confidence Level (JCL's).
• Cook up with Prime Contractor schedulers to discuss schedule analyses.

Requirements

• Experience performing probabilistic schedule risk analysis and schedule health analysis.
• Experience using Milestones Professional and schedule risk tools (Full Monte, Acumen Fuse, etc.) desired.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.
• Advanced experience using Microsoft Project.
• Experience with implementation and management of integrated scheduling tools.
• Advanced understanding of GAO Best Practices for Project Schedules a plus.
• Basic understanding of EIA-748 standard earned value management (EVM) principles.

Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required

• 10-15 years of experience.
• Prior NASA/aerospace experience.
• Experience using software like Acumen Fuse, Milestones Professional, and Sharepoint is desired.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other related certifications.