Location: Colorado Springs,CO, USA
RiverTech, an Akima company, is hiring a Master Scheduler to support the DSLM contract in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Master Scheduler will be responsible for executing and maintaining the program's Integrated Master Schedule, monitoring invoices, projecting expenditures, proposing and executing contract modifications, and forecasting and reporting the program's cost/schedule/performance status of the customer.
As a member of the Scheduling team, the full-time Master Scheduler, working under the direction of the Program Master Scheduler, will work at the Colorado Springs, CO site alongside other Schedulers, Project Managers, Program Analysts, and Financial Analysts in an integrated in-office and virtual work environment to accomplish assigned Planning, Scheduling, and time-phased Cost integration functions. This position is hybrid, and will have the ability to work from home several days a week, with the potential of becoming fully remote in the future.
Responsibilities
* Lead development of assigned portions of the program's cost and schedule time-phased baseline.
* Review and report performance updates from the program's Control Account Managers.
* Contribute to the development of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) by working alongside the scheduling team and technical team leads to determine critical tasks and their interdependencies across the program.
* Develop and/or maintain scheduling status reports used at Program Management meetings.
* Develop and/or maintain schedule artifacts and other program documentation related to deliverables to the customer and to prime contractor leadership.
* Determine the critical path of the assigned portions of program based on schedule progress and established task dependencies.
* Ensure project schedules are compliant with contract requirements and Prime contractor scheduling standards.
* Support data transfer from Microsoft Project to the team's reporting tools ensuring data accuracy.
* Actively participate in Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs).
* Interact daily with technical leads, Prime contractor leadership, and client personnel by updating schedules and providing schedule status data.
* Support the team's continuous Schedule Change Control improvement efforts.
* May temporarily lead scheduling team activities in absence of the Master Scheduler.
Qualifications
* US Citizen.
* Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
* Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or technical discipline (e.g., engineering, mathematics, computer science, operations research, statistics, economics, finance or business).
* Minimum three (3) years minimum of project scheduling experience.
* Demonstrated knowledge in determining the Critical Path and performing Schedule status updates.
* Demonstrated knowledge of scheduling for projects.
* Demonstrated understanding of project management and the application of project management processes.
* This Hybrid position requires that you live within commuting distance from Colorado Springs, CO.
Desired Qualifications:
* Minimum seven (7) years of project management experience including four (4) years of direct recent experience as a scheduler using MS Project on a resource-loaded Integrated Master Schedule.
* Experience analyzing and resolving schedule health assessment items of interest .
* Experience as a scheduler on projects using Earned Value Management.
* Experience with Milestones Professional Graphic reporting application.
* Currently possess a DoD Secret (or above) clearance.
* PMI-SP (Scheduling Professional) certification and/or PMP (Project Management Professional).
* Familiarity with DoD Contracting environment.
Pay Range
$55,000 - $57,000
Benefits
Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.