Senior Lead Program Scheduler

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Senior Lead Program Scheduler

Leidos is seeking a Senior Lead Program Scheduler to lead our program within the Land Systems Business Area, which is part of the expanded growth of the Defense Systems Sector of Leidos. This exciting role provides direct program scheduling leadership to critical programs and related portfolios of work. This position will be housed at our Mid-City Facility in Huntsville, Alabama, where 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). The Leidos Corporate EVM COE is 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 :

Lead scheduling efforts by supporting programs with issue identification, troubleshooting, and resolutions
Collaborate extensively with manufacturing teams, program managers, CAMS, and senior technical staff to develop scheduling solutions for multiple production contracts
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.
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" scenarios within the schedule that inform program leadership
Adherent to program scheduling business rhythms & controls across multiple contracts
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
Provide scheduling support to EVM COE and programs for internal and external audits and reviews and application of resulting corrective actions

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant Aerospace & Defense Industry scheduling experience. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Deep knowledge of programmatic scheduling theory and practice in an EVM environment

Advanced Microsoft Project scheduling software experience

US citizenship is required and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance

Experience in a Manufacturing / Production / Prototyping environment

Must possess of scheduling theory including experience with :

Schedule status processes

Schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point Analysis)

Resource loading / management

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 :

Expertise using Structured Solutions Inc (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project

Scheduling Professional (SP) certification

Experience w / Milestones Professional

Utilization of MS Project Macros

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Senior Scheduler • Huntsville, AL, US