Project Scheduler, Senior

Project Scheduler, Senior

The Opportunity:

As a Project Scheduler, you know the complexities of supporting a project from concept to completion. Many programs require a significant investment of limited resources, and it’s imperative to keep the project on a productive path. That’s why we need you, an experienced Project Scheduler who can help ensure success through careful analysis and effective communication. 

On our team, you’ll implement and maintain organizational programs in support of a client program. You’ll work with key stakeholders to review contracts and project cost accounting. You’ll help with tactical planning using resources like MS Project, and regular interactions with SMEs, schedulers, and internal and external stakeholders.

In this role, you'll manage projects that are moderately complex or are a portion of a larger program and provide primary scheduling support to a Department of Defense client to establish, monitor, and report a program's execution towards milestones, key events, and task accomplishment criteria. You'll create, develop, and manage detailed, resource–loaded schedules using Microsoft Project to communicate effectively to clients and the team, and collaborate with project team to identify project activities, task progress, work accomplished, and resources needed and used with the client and internal program management. On our team, you'll provide in–depth analyses for resource loading, critical paths, dependencies, and variances. You'll identify and resolve scheduling conflicts and issues, contribute to and articulate process improvement efforts to align with client objectives, and serve as a liaison with program and project sponsor, clients, and other stakeholders to ensure project schedules align with project goals and objectives. You'll coordinate with the job manager on the delivery of contract deliverables related to project schedules, and provide resource allocation, risk management, communication, quality assurance, training, and support.

The real impact of project management comes from communication to ensure the program achieves its goals and meets our quality standards. At Booz Allen, we recognize that we must continuously grow as a team to bring the best support to our clients, so here you’ll have all the resources to succeed. This is a chance to influence a meaningful mission while learning how to develop and maintain program strategy. This position is located in Arlington, VA.

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have: 

• 3+ years of experience as a project scheduler, including maintaining responsibility for creating and updating project schedules, working with team and project leads to schedule resources, tracking progress, developing reports, and briefing project schedule status
• 3+ years of experience with quantitative analysis, including financial and schedule analysis
• Experience with using Microsoft Project Server to monitor the health and progress of project schedules
• Experience with using Project Professional 2010 and Project Professional 2013 to build project schedules
• Ability to display flexibility, show initiative and innovation, and deal with ambiguous and fast-paced situations
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to changing priorities, procedures, and IT tools
• Ability to manage client and team relationships
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have: 

• Experience with Department of Defense support
• Experience with business intelligence techniques for reporting and analysis
• Experience with building reports using Microsoft Project Server
• Ability to adapt delivery for varied peer and leadership audience
• Ability to adapt and learn quickly in a complex and dynamic environment
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Possession of excellent data gathering, analytical and problem-solving skills, including with business intelligence
• Project Scheduling Professional Certification a plus

Clearance:   

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

  

Create Your Career: 

Grow With Us 

Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like upskilling programs, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, and firm-sponsored networking, you