Principal Project Scheduler

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Arete has an immediate opening for a Project Scheduler in the Maritime Systems Business Area. The Project Scheduler will work closely with project managers, technical staff, finance, and others on the team to plan, create, and manage project schedules to enable program decision-making and support delivery of quality products and capabilities to our customer(s).

This will include preparation of program plans, risk management, monitoring program execution, reviewing labor and materials costs, operational budgets, and schedules;

tracking program deliverables and inventory; and recommending corrective actions such as schedule revisions, manpower adjustments, funding allocations, and work requirements as necessary.

In partnership with the Program Finance team, the Project Scheduler will communicate schedule status and performance to the program team.

The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced environment and must maintain a high level of accuracy. This is an exempt, non-supervisory, full-time position.

Essential Functions :

• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to planning / scheduling employees.
• Develop integrated master schedules using IMP, SOW and WBS.
• Creates and tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts.
• Working knowledge of Planning & Scheduling Excellence Guide (PASEG), Version 5.0, EVMS Standard (EIA 748-D), Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), and Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR), and Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report (IPMDAR) strongly desired.
• Capability to perform Critical Path Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis, and Schedule Metric Analysis - such as BEI, CPLI, SPI, etc.
• Experience with subcontractor schedule integration.
• Senior professional with strong knowledge of job area and in-depth knowledge of project management as it relates to scheduling.
• Manages complex projects or processes with general oversight.
• Typically, responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees.
• Communicates within and outside of own function to gain cooperation on operational processes, practices, and procedures.
• Makes / recommends improvements to systems and processes.
• Contributes to achievement of departmental goals and operating plans with direct impact on the departmental results.
• Perform regular analysis of program schedules to evaluate program and enterprise wide resource needs through the integration of all program schedules including metrics on schedule status, critical path analysis, schedule variance analysis, network logic validation and program baseline maintenance including support of Earned Value Management performance metrics.
• Utilizes Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas.
• Prepare, develop and coordinate integrated master schedule (IMS) using MS Project, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ensures projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
• Ensures compliance with internal program procedures and project control system guidelines.
• Work consists of making significant improvements of processes, systems, solutions, or products to enhance performance of job area.
• Provides measurable input of new products, processes or standards in operational plans that will have some impact on the achievement of overall functional results.
• Communicates within and outside of own function or business area and has responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e.

g., customers, vendors, etc.) when necessary.

• Conducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems. Problems span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across the function and / or business area.
• Attend and lead scheduling status reviews and conduct briefings with senior leaders which requires ability to communicate matters of importance to the function or business area.
• Participate in schedule training, engineering and program excellence organization.

Experiences and Background We Look For :

Requires mastery level knowledge within a specific technical area or multiple job areas. Viewed as an expert and / or resource within the field by peers in and outside the organization.

Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.

• Experience working DoD projects in a Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) environment.
• Experience leading planning & scheduling efforts for large, high visibility Government projects.
• Experience creating and / or maintaining an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and any Supporting Schedules on assigned projects / programs;

creating and presenting project-level reports, presentations and deliverables that reflect risk and status to program management and senior management relating to the IMS is required.

Other Requirements :

• U.S. citizenship is required to meet position eligibility.
• Selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• Successful passage of a criminal background screen is required to meet position eligibility. Arete will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
• Successful passage of a Department of Transportation (DOT) drug test is required to meet position eligibility.

Other Considerations :

Arete is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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To request an accommodation, please contact Arete Human Resources at 818-885-2200 for assistance.

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