Scheduler

Project Schedule Analyst IV

Job Responsibilities:

• Serves as an integral partner in the project business team.
• Works with the Project/Program team to schedule the: project elements, project lifecycle, production detail, materiel, etc.
• Provides program, project or institutional scheduling products including comprehensive integrated master schedule products, schedule assessment and performance analysis.
• Provides reporting and tracking requirements, to ensure project/program or institution is compliant with contractual requirements.
• Analyzes and validates current schedule status to current plan, and historical/baseline schedule products.
• Analyzes efficiency and trends; forecasts impact to project, program, proposal, and/or institutional requirements.
• Responsible for the earned value schedule integration, and other schedule related support and services.

Required Skills:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree in Business Administration or similar discipline with a minimum of 9 years of related professional hands-on experience in project scheduling; Masters degree in similar discipline with a minimum of 7 years of related experience; or PhD in similar with a minimum of 5 years related experience.
• Strong experience in developing/maintaining schedule plans, identifying and flagging schedule and cost issues, analyzing schedule data, executing earned value performance measurement, and reporting/presenting findings.
• Experience in negotiating requirements and deliverables with subcontracts.
• Experience on a flight project with emphasis on implementation phases.
• Demonstrated ability to meet constantly evolving project needs and handle contending priorities.
• Confirmed leadership skills and demonstrated ability to develop, empower, mentor, and maintain a robust team.
• Effective communication skills in verbal, written, and presentation forms.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of program/project management, technical organizations, peers, subcontractors, other NASA Centers, and the sponsor.
• Strong user of Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint) with advanced Excel and Microsoft Project Professional skills.
• Ability and passion to rapidly learn new technical skills.
• Knowledge of Milestones Professional.
• Minimal travel based on business requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in leading the implementation of project resource planning and control activities and earned value management (EVM) on a complex technical project.
• Experience in a project team environment with project reporting, coordinated cost/schedule planning, EVM, and various performance measurement techniques.
• Experience with cost-schedule baseline change control processes.
• Experience in conducting or participating in Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs)
• Experience in all phases of the flight project life cycle.
• Experience supporting audits and Integrated Baseline Reviews and performing independent assessments
• Experience coordinating with various NASA centers and industry partners. Able to collect data from other institutions, integrate the data into cost estimates, analyze and communicate results.