Senior Master Scheduler for Complex Programs Delivery

Motorola Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive bonus

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401K with company match

10 paid holidays

Generous PTO

Employee stock purchase plan

Parental & family leave

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Master Scheduler to lead end-to-end development, integration, and performance monitoring of complex schedules for the WMATA account and other North America PMO projects. This role drives schedule integrity and aligns with contract requirements across diverse teams and government stakeholders.

The successful candidate will coordinate with customers, subcontractors, and internal teams to maintain schedule baselines, produce weekly and monthly

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on project scheduling experience spanning construction and software development projects across the public and private sectors.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred (or equivalent practical experience in project controls, construction management, engineering, or related fields).

Responsibilities

• Organize, implement, and maintain an enterprise scheduling management system supporting all assigned projects and program plans.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, contractors, and government program office personnel to define detailed tasks, durations, logical relationships, dependencies, and critical path networks.
• Generate operational program schedules that adhere to Motorola Solutions' Sales to Service (S2S) delivery framework, comply with project financial accounting standards, and optimize business processes to maximize operational effectiveness across Mid Atlantic states and the broader North America Project Management Organization.
• Collaborate with customers and subcontractors to establish, track, and manage program execution toward key milestones, critical path events, external/internal dependencies, and accomplishment criteria.
• Evaluate ongoing schedule progress, logic relationships, float, and overall performance to proactively identify emerging bottlenecks, risks, and critical path issues.
• Conduct comprehensive monthly project schedule reviews, participate in monthly program reviews, and deliver detailed schedule and network analysis feedback.
• Support and coordinate all schedule control issues in alignment with the Lead/Principal Master Scheduler.
• Generate and translate weekly schedule performance reports and monthly cost performance reports for executive leadership to enable data-driven analysis and corrective action.
• Perform detailed schedule analysis to generate Contract Variance Reports, incorporating Root Cause Analysis and Mitigation Forecasting to protect project timeline and scope integrity.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Communication

CPM scheduling

WBS mastery

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Planview Portfolios (Enterprise One)

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Master Scheduler to lead end-to-end development, integration, and performance monitoring of complex schedules for the WMATA account and other North America PMO projects. This role drives schedule integrity and aligns with contract requirements across diverse teams and government stakeholders.

The successful candidate will coordinate with customers, subcontractors, and internal teams to maintain schedule baselines, produce weekly and monthly