Specialist, Program Scheduler (Clifton, NJ)

Job Description :

This position is responsible for detailed analysis of the master program schedule, including status, performance, network logic, and critical path.

Essential Functions :

• Creates and tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts.
• Senior professional with strong knowledge of job area and in-depth knowledge of project management. 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 moderate to substantial improvements to systems and processes.
• Contributes to achievement of departmental goals and operating plans with direct impact on the departmental results.
• Performs schedule analysis in support of assigned programs or projects.
• 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 plan and integrated master schedule (IMP / 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.

• Explains, interprets, and gains cooperation on policies, procedures and practices.
• Contributes to the development of goals for the department and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc.).
• Establishes short-term operational plans with measurable contribution to function or business area results.
• 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.
• Develop new concepts or standards.
• 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.
• Works to influence others to accept individual or team’s views or practices and changes to concepts, practices, and approaches.
• Patricipate in schedule training, engineering and program exellence organization.
• Works to achieve operational targets within job area with some impact on department results.

Qualifications :

BS / BA Degree in Finance or Business with 4 years’ relevant experience or an MA / MS with 2 years of relevant experience.

Associates Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

• Three years of MS Project Experience.
• 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.

Preferred Additional Skills :

• Monte Carlos Risk Analysis (Schedule Risk Analysis)
• Structured Solutions - SSI tools management
• Program management and or Coordination, SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) process
• Critical thinking and problem solving, attention to detail and quality of product deliverables.
• EVMS Earned Value Management Systems.
19 days ago