Project Scheduling Analyst, Journeyman

Description

The Project Scheduling Analyst plays a critical role in supporting complex defense acquisition programs by applying advanced analytical techniques to evaluate project objectives, schedules, budgets, and requirements. This position drives efficiency and success by developing and maintaining detailed project schedules, conducting impact studies and cost/benefit analyses, and tracking milestone progress across engineering, development, integration, testing, sustainment, and installation activities. By ensuring alignment with government processes for documentation and change control, the analyst provides timely insights and actionable recommendations that enhance decision-making, mitigate risks, and ensure the on-time, on-budget delivery of mission-critical systems. Working with minimal supervision, this role bridges technical requirements and program management, directly influencing program performance and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Team with assigned project leads to assist in managing of projects
• Create and/or update project schedules
• Convert detailed schedules into simplified schedules for briefing material
• Obtain project data including, but not limited to, financial and schedule information from project team & update project data in the APSD Management Information System (AMODS)
• Compile and track information for Engineering Change Requests for projects
• Create and/or update project financial reports
• Track project spending & recoveries using project specific charge numbers
• Analysis of project financial data for funding issues and potential overruns
• Create and/or update project briefing material and reports
• Document meeting minutes and track open actions
• Create and interpret organizational and project schedules
• Report schedules to branch and division heads
• Create non-project divisional and branch reports and/or briefing material
• Create and/or update project risk
• Assemble and submit workload report to branch head.
  
  

Competencies

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of working collaboratively across multiple teams and communicating technical and project information effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Able to manipulate Microsoft Project schedule dependances. Able to create schedules using data from multiple sources and disciplines. Have a working knowledge of schedule durations, linkage types, lead/lag parameters and how they affect a schedule.
• Able to manipulate Microsoft Excel data and formulas. Able to create and maintain financial records (spreadsheets, graphs, etc.).
  
  

Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy and ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment. Self-starter and able to work with minimum supervision

Requirements

• BS or BA degree in Business, Management, or a Technical Discipline.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in project scheduling, management, and analysis within a technical or business environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Microsoft Project and SharePoint.
• Current US Security Clearance to the level of SECRET strongly desired.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a security clearance is required.
  
  

EEO Statement

MTech is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.