Program Scheduler

Leidos; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the aerospace sector is seeking a Program Scheduler to support their Hypersonics Portfolio. This role involves direct scheduling leadership, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, and working closely with various teams to improve program execution. Candidates should have a BA degree, experience in project scheduling, and familiarity with Earned Value Management principles.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of prior relevant experience required.
• Must have experience using Microsoft Project scheduling software.

Responsibilities

• Develop the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and related artifacts.
• Monitor, analyze, and report performance against baseline schedules.

Skills

Project Scheduling

Earned Value Management

Microsoft Project

Education

BA degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Milestones Professional

Structured Solutions Inc. Tools

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Description

Leidos has an immediate opening for a Program Scheduler to support our Hypersonics Portfolio, within the Aerospace Systems Business Area of the Leidos Defense Systems Sector.

Description

Leidos has an immediate opening for a Program Scheduler to support our Hypersonics Portfolio, within the Aerospace Systems Business Area of the Leidos Defense Systems Sector.

This exciting role provides direct scheduling leadership and contribution to critical programs and related portfolios of work. This position will reside at our Mid-City campus 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.

The Program Scheduler position will be an integral part of the larger enterprise-wide Leidos Corporate Earned Value Management (EVM) Center of Excellence (COE), 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.

• 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.
• Requires understanding of project scheduling using MS Project, program management, and Earned Value Management knowledge
• 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/impact” scenarios within the schedule that inform program leadership
• Serves as a scheduling teammate in assisting programs with issue identification & resolution solutions
• Adhere to program scheduling business rhythms & best practices
• 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.
• Provides scheduling support to EVM COE and programs for internal and external audits, reviews, and application of resulting corrective actions.
  
  

Basic Qualifications.

• Typically requires a BA degree and 4 -8 years of prior relevant experience
• Must have experience using Microsoft Project scheduling software
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Must possess a working level understanding of scheduling theory including:
• schedule status processes
• schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point Analysis)
• resource loading/management
• cost and schedule integration
• 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.

• Experience in a Manufacturing/Production/Prototyping environment
• Use of Structured Solutions Inc. (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Scheduling Professional (SP) certification
• Experience w/ Milestones Professional
• Utilization of MS Project Macros
  
  

Original Posting

May 8, 2025

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

Pay Range $63,700.00 - $115,150.00

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration and IT Services and IT Consulting

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