Senior Scheduler: Drive Integrated Master Schedules

ARES Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA/FSA Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Critical Illness & Accident Insurance

ESOP

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

ARES Corporation, in partnership with NASA's CPSS at Johnson Space Center, seeks a Senior Scheduler to develop, manage, and optimize complex project schedules in line with NASA standards.

You will lead a team of schedulers, integrate IMS, perform risk and what-if analyses, and deliver schedule status packages to stakeholders across programs. A strong background in MS Project, scheduling tools, and earned value concepts is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with probabilistic schedule risk analysis (SRA/JCL) and schedule health analysis.
• Experience using scheduling tools such as Milestones Professional and risk tools (Full Monte, Acumen Fuse).
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel/PowerPoint/Word, and with Microsoft Project.
• Experience with implementation and management of integrated scheduling tools.
• Basic understanding of EIA-748 earned value management principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed, logic-driven project schedules compliant with NASA standards.
• Create proposal, full lifecycle, and closeout schedules to support planning and execution.
• Integrate multiple schedules for cross-project resource analysis and decision-making.
• Perform weekly to monthly schedule health assessments and trend analyses.
• Participate in meetings, gather status, and present schedule progress to stakeholders.
• Deliver schedule status packages, including reports and critical path assessments.
• Conduct what-if analyses to evaluate workarounds and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Perform schedule risk assessments including uncertainty and sensitivity analyses.
• Integrate contractor and contributor schedules into Integrated Master Schedules (IMS).
• Lead schedulers in assembling sub-tier schedules into a master schedule and reporting schedules.
• Provide expert scheduling guidance in response to evolving programmatic requirements.
• Support optimization of project schedules and resource allocations.

Skills

Schedule risk analysis

Milestones Professional

Acumen Fuse

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

EIA-748 understanding

SharePoint

Tools

Milestones Professional

Acumen Fuse

ASIT

JACS

Artemis Schedule Integration Tool

Onepager Professional

SharePoint

Microsoft Project

Job description

ARES Corporation, in partnership with NASA's CPSS at Johnson Space Center, seeks a Senior Scheduler to develop, manage, and optimize complex project schedules in line with NASA standards.

You will lead a team of schedulers, integrate IMS, perform risk and what-if analyses, and deliver schedule status packages to stakeholders across programs. A strong background in MS Project, scheduling tools, and earned value concepts is required.