Master Scheduler

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.

We are seeking an experienced Master Scheduler to support a dynamic program based in Laurel, MD. This role is critical in designing, developing, and maintaining detailed, resource-loaded schedules across implementation, development, and operational efforts. The scheduler will collaborate closely with both technical and programmatic teams to ensure schedule accuracy, alignment, and real-time visibility into progress.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Microsoft Project, with experience developing and maintaining individual project schedules, integrating multiple schedules into a cohesive Master Program Schedule, and building Integrated Master Plans (IMPs) that reflect both project-level milestones and overarching program goals.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Weekly Meetings
• Provide recommendations to the Program Manager for allocation of management reserve to address resource/schedule constraints. 
• Coordinate a crosswalk of milestones and inter-dependencies among projects and/or functional areas (engineering, manufacturing, test, quality control, etc.)
• Develops and maintains the overall Master Program/ Project Schedule and the integration of multiple project schedules into an overall Master Program Schedule.
• Implements schedule version control processes, policies, and procedures.
• Understands critical path and works closely with a development team to understand the Master Schedule and the effect that decisions and missed deadlines have on the Project Schedule.  

Requirements:

• Twelve (12) years’ experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity within the Federal Government is required.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Math, Science, Information Technology or Business from an accredited college or university is required. Two (2) years additional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree. A master’s degree may be substituted for two (2) additional years of experience, reducing the requirement to eight (8) years of experience.
• Shall have two (2) years of demonstrated experience managing a schedule for an engineering program involving hardware and software development and multiple sub-components using MS Project.
• Shall have successfully completed an advanced level MS Project course and have demonstrated experience with MS Project.
• Security Clearance: A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.

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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00

Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 

At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits.