Public Safety IT Schedule Master & IMS Lead

City of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) in New York City seeks a Public Safety IT Master Scheduler to join the Public Safety IT Programs Division in Brooklyn, NY. This role leads the scheduling management system for identified projects, coordinating tasks, dependencies, and timelines in a complex, 24/7 environment.

Responsibilities include developing an Integrated Master Schedule, conducting what-if analyses, managing change control, and delivering status reports to leadership.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the position.
• An associate degree from an accredited college in computer science, engineering, human computer interaction, interactive media, digital and graphics design, data visualization, communication or a related field, and six years of satisfactory full-time experience.
• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college, and eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the position.
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1, 2, or 3 above.

Responsibilities

• Organize, implement and maintain the scheduling management system supporting identified projects and their plans.
• Assist setting up tasks and sub tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project requirements as scheduled.
• Log project time-lines and maintain a master, integrated schedule of tasks and their status.
• Roll up individual project plans and dependencies into an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and provide summary level schedule visuals for coordination and reporting purposes.
• Interact with project staff to schedule work, coordinate assignments and identification of variances from original/baseline plans.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around.
• Develop and update weekly short interval/upcoming milestone schedule.
• Assist project teams to develop and maintain periodic status reports to keep management informed on project progress regarding schedule.
• Conduct what-if analyses to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.
• Define and implement the change control management processes for identifying, organizing, assessing, and executing updates to project scope.
• Work with Program Director and Project Management team to manage change control and ensure consistency.
• Ensure risk associated with each change is understood and Change Board has representation and impact information.
• Ensure changes are performed efficiently with documentation and control.
• Perform special projects and initiatives as assigned.

Skills

IT project scheduling

Scheduling management

Interpersonal communication

Negotiation

Proactive

Attention to detail

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, HCI, interactive media, data visualization, communication or related field

Associate degree in computer science, engineering, HCI, interactive media, data visualization, communication or related field

Bachelor's degree and eight years of related full-time experience

Education and/or experience equivalent to 1-3 above

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) in New York City seeks a Public Safety IT Master Scheduler to join the Public Safety IT Programs Division in Brooklyn, NY. This role leads the scheduling management system for identified projects, coordinating tasks, dependencies, and timelines in a complex, 24/7 environment.

Responsibilities include developing an Integrated Master Schedule, conducting what-if analyses, managing change control, and delivering status reports to leadership.