Senior Program Scheduler

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The Senior Program Scheduler will be a key member of the Phalanx Griffon Program within the Airborne Systems Business Area, which is part of the expanded growth of the Defense Systems Sector of Leidos.

This exciting role provides direct scheduling leadership and contribution to an Air Force customer at Wright Patterson Airforce Base. This position is located at our Beavercreek, OH office where you will be working with various Integrated Product teams, key program stakeholders, and an EVMS support Team; to improve program planning and execution while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and company policy and procedures.

The Senior Program Scheduler position will be an integral part of the larger enterprise-wide Leidos Corporate Earned Value Management (EVM) Center of Excellence (COE).  The Leidos Corporate EVM COE is a team-leading and executing the core responsibilities of scheduling, planning, EVMS, the associated infrastructure and tools, implementations, training, and surveillance for Leidos. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for applying scheduling theory/practice to develop the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and related artifacts in compliance with applicable standards and policies such as EVM standard EIA-748 and industry best practices (e.g., PASEG, NDIA) in alignment with the mission of the EVM COE and in support of programs.

• Requires a high-level understanding of programmatic scheduling theory and practice.

• Required program management, and EVMS knowledge.

• Responsible for implementing practices to align the time phasing and plans for resources with the IMS to provide an integrated technical, schedule, and resource / cost baseline and forecast/ ETC for programs.

• Ability to create “what-if” scenarios within the schedule that inform program leadership.

• Participate in new business proposals through scheduling functional support.

• Serves as a scheduling leader in assisting programs with issue identification & resolution solutions.

• Implement program scheduling business rhythms & controls.

• Develop scheduling artifacts to meet contractual/project requirements.

• Monitor, analyze, and report performance against baseline schedules to ensure that contractual, cost, and schedule objectives are met.

• Significant interface with Program Managers, Contracts, and Senior Technical Personnel, as well as other organizations.

Basic Qualifications

• BA degree and 8+ years of prior relevant scheduling experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience

• Must have advanced expertise using Microsoft Project scheduling software

• Top-Secret Clearance required.

• Must possess an understanding of advanced scheduling theory including experience with:

  • Schedule status processes

  • Schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point/DECM Analysis)

  • Resource loading/management

  • Cost and schedule integration

  • Baseline change control processes

  • Schedule execution metrics (BEI, CEI, CPLI, SV, SPI etc.)

  • Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA)/Monte Carlo Analysis and tools

  • Critical Path Method (CPM) and Margin/Float management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a Defense Industry environment

• Intermediate to advanced expertise using Structured Solutions Inc. (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project

• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification

• Scheduling Professional (SP) c