Senior Program Scheduler (Aerospace)

We are representing a growing Aerospace organization that focuses on compound semiconductor devices and optical sensors for the US Government.

They are seeking a Senior Program Scheduler who will help spearhead the Program Controls Department.

Apply today to learn more!

Responsibilities:

Support a program’s proposal team in their planning, documenting, and cost assessment prior to proposal release.

Support the Program Manager during all phases of a program in monitoring program’s day-to-day state-of-health assessment and, as required, support team leads to mitigate program cost/schedule issues.

Expected to build, baseline, and maintain schedules (task and resource loading) consistent with the National Defense Industrial Association’s Planning & Schedule Excellence Guide (PASEG)

Expected to assess schedule health and analyze plan’s risk and resource using Structured Solutions Inc (SSI) tools (or equivalent)

Responsible for providing weekly program reporting (e.g. Earned Value, FTE Charged to Plan, Cost to Plan, etc.) to the Program Manager.

Communication (verbal and written) to program manager, customer, and senior management of schedule status through the results of key analysis (e.g. critical path, risk, variance, what-if, etc.)

Provide support to program reviews that demonstrate thorough cost and schedule integration

Participation in program’s daily standups, weekly status, and other program status tracking activities

Work with program’s engineering, operations, test, and suppliers to directly input status, assess issues, as well as develop work-arounds or mitigations for late tasks

Work with program managers, business operations, engineering, and operations in support of implementing earned value management on select programs

Work with program’s project leads (engineering leads, operations, quality, procurements, and test) on a weekly basis to build initial plans as well as assess program status and develop/propose corrective/recovery action plans (this may occur directly or during group meetings)

Serve as subject matter expert in program scheduling, and earned value to the program team and mentor less experienced program schedulers

Qualifications:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following qualifications and competencies:

Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Accounting, Finance, Program Management or Program Scheduling

Minimum 6 years of scheduling experience in an engineering/manufacturing environment (preferably aerospace)

Minimum 2-3 years of experience in implementing Earned Value Management, tools, and metrics

Direct experience in developing and maintaining schedules (task and resource loading) consistent with the National Defense Industrial Association’s Planning & Schedule Excellence Guide (PASEG) and assessing/reporting their health, resource planning, and risk using Structured Solutions Inc Tools (SSI, or equivalent).

Direct experience in developing (or helping to develop) a work break down (WBS) structure from a statement of work

Demonstrated Microsoft Project experience

Demonstrated experience in using MS Office suite products (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.)

Knowledge and experience (preferred) in setting up, performing, and reporting program earned value