Principal Program Scheduler - Military veterans preferred

Description

Leidos' Earned Value Management (EVM) Center of Excellence (COE) team is seeking a Principal 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 campus in Huntsville Alabama. 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.

This 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 senior level understanding of project scheduling using MS Project, 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 12+ years of prior relevant experience in program scheduling
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain clearance as needed
• Must have advanced expertise using Microsoft Project scheduling software
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Must possess an understanding of advanced scheduling theory including experience with:
  • 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
• OPDEC IPM

Original Posting Date:

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:

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.