Senior Business Analyst - Planner Scheduler

Education & Experience: A master's degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering or a related area and 2 years of practical experience. Bachelor's degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering or a related area and 5 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. An associate degree and 8 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent. A high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent.

Top Skills & Years of Experience:

• Minimum 5 years supporting commercial or federal science nuclear engineering, or other task relevant programs or projects.
• Understanding of baseline schedule development and change control process.
• Requires considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties
• Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at the tactical level is necessary, along with a knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.
• Estimating Specialty Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical personnel, interfacing with engineers, knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and

equipment requirements.

• Experience with Data mining, analysis, modeling techniques, Milestones Professional, Excel, and P6.

Nice to Have:

• Certifications in Primavera 6
• Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.

Interview Process:
MS Teams
JOB TITLE: SR BUSINESS ANALYST PLAN SCHEDULER
DUTIES
Responsible for organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls, financial analysis or
estimating applications required to monitor established objectives, and to prepare status and management
reports that identify variances in the work execution strategy and recommend solutions. Provide
management with the capability of maintaining cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of a
complex project or work activity.
Under limited supervision, performs moderately complex Planning & Scheduling activities. Activities
include, but are not limited to: - Develop, analyze, implement, and maintain all complex divisional or
project logic driven, integrated, resource loaded schedules through short, mid-range, and long-range
planning. Formulate and define schedule logic to ensure meeting baseline milestones and award fee
objectives. Analyze schedule performance for progress and trends and recommend corrective actions to
remove or mitigate potential problems or constraints - Review established planning technology and
methodology. Recommend improvements or alternatives to maximize utilization of department schedules
and resources. - Demonstrate proficient ability and knowledge in the development of project milestone
schedules to establish optimum conditions and effective utilization of resources. Aid in establishing
project milestones related to specific scheduled activities and obtain management concurrence where
necessary. - Analyze variance from the schedule baseline and make
recommendations to management for corrective action. - Provide supervision and guidance to others in
planning and scheduling activities along with oversight and monitoring of essential or critical planning
activities. - Maintain a major involvement in the regular interfaces with all levels of management. - Lead
schedule review meetings or assume primary role in the responsibility for the scheduling portion of the
division, department, or project Plan of the Day Meeting (POD). Provide and disseminate guidance,
instruction, and rules for proper and effective scheduling functions within the area assigned. - May
assume a lead role in planning/scheduling of a single large project, facility, or a single department or
program.
Work Hours: Up to a 40-hour work week is scheduled. SRNS utilizes various work schedules including
5/8s (8 hour/day; five days per week), 4/10's (10 hours/day; four days per week), and 9/80's (9 hours/day,
five days on week AA and four days on week BB. Work week excludes SRNS holidays. Each workday
has 30-minute lunch. Overtime will be expected at times to meet deliverables and will be utilized at the
discretion of the Manager.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Education: A master's degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering or a related
area and 2 years of practical experience.
Bachelor's degree in business, construction management, technical, engineering or a related area and 5
years of practical experience would be considered equivalent.
An associate degree and 8 years of practical experience would be considered equivalent.
A high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience would also be considered equivalent
APPROVED 08/29/24
Experience/Skills:

• Possesses strong personal computer skills.
• Requires considerable proficiency in the use of automated accounting, budgeting, cost

management and estimating systems as tools for performing required duties

• Working knowledge and understanding of project management and cost and schedule control at

the tactical level is necessary, along with a knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project
startup and construction.

• Estimating Specialty Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating, coordination with technical

personnel, interfacing with engineers, knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and
equipment requirements.

• Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify work condition impacts on costs is necessary
• Candidate must have strong problem solving, analysis and interpersonal skills as well as

oral and written communication skills.
OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Area Security Access: Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q security clearance. An
active DOE clearance is not initially required to perform assigned duties. After award, the selected
candidate will be notified when to apply for a clearance based on specific work assignments.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years are
preferred.
Attachment A
Job Title: Senior Planner / Scheduler
Working Title: Senior Business Analyst Planner Scheduler / KNMP
These responsibilities and qualifications are in addition to the provided Human
Resources approved position description. The original position description should not
be modified in any form.
Additional Duties
" Prepare schedules, performance monitoring status, and management reports which
identify variance in execution strategy, provide timely feedback and recommend
solutions to management to improve or mitigate problems affecting schedule.
" Support program/project teams in all phases of the project. Develop and maintain
Primavera P6 schedules to include resource loading analysis.
" Create and maintain high level integrated Roadmap/Presentation schedules in
Milestones Pro driven directly by P6 for use in meetings with integrated teams
including key stakeholders such as NNSA customers.
" Effectively create and manage weekly integrated scheduling process for common
reporting for multiple project program.
" Serves as Change Control Administrator which includes management and oversight
of the change control process
Additional Education

• N/A

Additional Experience Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years supporting commercial or federal science nuclear engineering, or

other task relevant programs or projects. (Required)

• Ability to comprehensively analyze schedule variance.(Required)
• Understanding of baseline schedule development and change control process.

(Required)

• Data mining, analysis, modeling techniques (Required)
• Milestones Professional, Excel, and P6 expertise (Required)
• Candidate must have strong problem solving, analysis and interpersonal skills as well

as oral and written communication skills. (Required)

• Certifications in Primavera 6 (Preferred)

Additional Work Requirements

• Area Security Access: Clearance "Q required. Subcontractor must have an

active eFOCI registration and approved Facility Level Clearance with
DOE/NNSA.

• Please identify any travel requirements here
• Business Travel Justification: Travel to other complex sites including LANL

will support schedule integration efforts associated with the K-Area Nuclear
Materials Program.

• Estimated Funding for Business Travel: $15,000.00 per year

o Please note Travel cannot take place until it has been approved by
procurement via a fully funded requisition and added to the Task Order
Authorization. A justification, travel locations, estimated cost, and dates
of travel must be provided prior to procurement approval. SRNS will not
reimburse for travel to conferences or trainings. Please remember, all
rates are fully burdened and should include all costs outside of direct
business travel.