Senior Program Scheduler with Security Clearance

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Job description

R- Description Leidos has an immediate opening for a Senior Program Scheduler to support our Enduring Shield Portfolio, within the Land Systems Business Area of the Leidos Defense Systems Sector. This exciting role provides direct scheduling leadership and contribution to critical programs and related portfolios of work. This position will reside at our Chase Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville Alabama, where you will be working with various production & manufacturing leads, 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), 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 understanding of project scheduling, program management, and Earned Value Management 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/impact" 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 & best practices
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.
Provides scheduling support to EVM COE and programs for internal and external audits, reviews, and application of resulting corrective actions. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of prior program project/program scheduling-related experience
Must have advanced expertise using Microsoft Project
US citizenship is required and able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
Must possess an understanding of advanced scheduling theory including:
schedule status processes
schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point 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 Manufacturing/Production/Prototyping environment
Intermediate to advanced expertise using Structured Solutions Inc. (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project
Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
Scheduling Professional (SP) certification
Experience w/ Milestones Professional
Utilization of MS Project Macros Original Posting Date: 2024-09-25
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $78,000.00 - $141,000.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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