Scheduler

Leidos LLC; Whiteley; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension

Private Medical Insurance

33 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-time Working

Job summary

Leidos UK & Europe is seeking a Project Scheduler to shape and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for a complex programme in the UK. You will collaborate with project teams, PMO and stakeholders to ensure dependencies, risks, and milestones are clearly defined and managed, using Microsoft Project and integrated planning to keep delivery on track.

You will review plans, identify critical paths, provide scheduling insight, and produce reporting and forecasts to support decision-making

Qualifications

• Experience in scheduling, planning or project controls within complex programmes.
• Knowledge of integrated planning and critical path analysis.
• Ability to provide constructive challenge and maintain realistic schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Combine plans from multiple teams into a single, integrated schedule with clear links.
• Identify critical paths, dependencies and scheduling risks with mitigation options.
• Review project plans and challenge for realism and alignment with objectives.
• Collaborate with PMO and stakeholders to keep plans up to date.
• Produce schedule reporting, analysis and forecasts to support decisions.
• Maintain planning standards, baselines and governance processes.

Skills

Microsoft Project

Integrated scheduling

Dependencies management

Scheduling risk analysis

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

SCHEDULER Location: Hybrid, Whiteley, Hampshire Security Clearance: This role requires the ability to obtain and maintain UK Security Clearance (SC). Eligibility will be discussed during the recruitment process.

We’re looking for a Project Scheduler to play a key role in shaping and maintaining the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for a complex, high‑profile programme. You'll help provide clear planning insight across multiple workstreams, ensuring dependencies, risks, and key milestones are understood, managed, and communicated effectively. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complexity, influencing programme delivery, and supporting informed decision‑making. You'll work closely with project and programme teams, using your expertise in Microsoft Project and integrated planning to help keep delivery on track.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop, maintain, and manage the programme’s Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Bring together plans from multiple teams into a single, integrated schedule with clear logical links.
• Identify critical paths, dependencies, and scheduling risks, highlighting potential impacts and mitigation options.
• Review project plans, providing constructive challenge to help ensure schedules are realistic, achievable, and aligned to programme objectives.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, PMO teams, and programme stakeholders to ensure plans remain accurate and up to date.
• Produce meaningful schedule reporting, analysis, and forecasts to support decision‑making.
• Help maintain consistent planning standards, assumptions, baselines, and governance processes.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in scheduling, planning, or project controls within complex programmes or portfolios.
• Knowledge of integrated planning, dependency management, schedule assurance, and critical path analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project and the creation or maintenance of integrated schedules.
• Ability to analyse complex information and provide constructive challenge where appropriate.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach and a willingness to work across teams to achieve shared outcomes.

What we do for you

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work‑life balance. We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent.

Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi‑Time Working

Commitment to Diversity: We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different

• Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
• Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
• People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others.

Original Posting: For U.S. Positions: 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: £58,400.00-£74,900.00 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.

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide payment‑related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment‑related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.