Senior Scheduler IV

ARES Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; 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 is seeking a Senior Scheduler to support NASA CPSS activities tied to Artemis missions. The role is onsite and available across Huntsville, AL, Houston, TX, and Cleveland, OH, with coordination across sites.

You will develop, manage, and optimize Integrated Master Schedules, perform risk analyses, and drive data-driven decisions. Advanced MS Office and MS Project skills, plus PMP or equivalent certification, are highly desirable.

Qualifications

• 13-15+ years of scheduling experience, preferably in NASA/aerospace.
• Prior NASA/aerospace experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with Milestones Professional and Acumen Fuse.
• PMP certification or similar credentials preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed, logic-driven project schedules per NASA standards.
• Manage schedules across multiple projects and ensure integrity and visibility.
• Create proposal, full lifecycle, and closeout schedules for planning and execution.
• Integrate multiple schedules for cross-project analysis and decisions.
• Perform weekly to monthly schedule health assessments and trend analyses.
• Prepare schedule status packages with reports and critical path assessments.
• Conduct what-if analyses and risk analyses, providing data-driven recommendations.
• Integrate contractor schedules into Integrated Master Schedules (IMS).

Skills

Probabilistic schedule risk analysis

Schedule health analysis

MS Office suite

Microsoft Project

Integrated scheduling tools

What-if analyses

Data-driven recommendations

Education

PMP certification or related certifications

Tools

Milestones Professional

Acumen Fuse

Onepager Professional

SharePoint

Job description

Senior Scheduler

Join the NASA CPSS team at Marshall Space Flight Center as a Senior Scheduler supporting the Science and Technology Office (STO). This is your opportunity to contribute to the Artemis missions and shape the future of space exploration. This position is located in Huntsville, AL, Houston, TX, and Cleveland OH. Due to contractual requirements, this role requires onsite support.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• The Senior Scheduler is responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing project schedules in alignment with the NASA Schedule Management Handbook.
• This role supports projects of varying size and complexity by ensuring schedule accuracy, integrity, and visibility across the program lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain detailed, logic-driven project schedules that comply with NASA Schedule Management Handbook standards.
• Create proposal schedules, full project life cycle schedules, and closeout schedules to support program planning and execution.
• Integrate multiple project schedules to enable cross-project resource analysis and inform decision-making.
• Perform routine schedule health assessments, generate performance metrics, and conduct trend analysis on a weekly to monthly basis.
• Participate in project meetings and collaborate with technical points of contact to plan tasks and milestones, gather status updates, and present schedule progress.
• Prepare and deliver schedule status packages, including summary reports, milestone updates, and critical path assessments.
• Conduct what-if analyses to evaluate schedule workarounds and provide data-driven recommendations.
  Perform recurring schedule risk assessments, including uncertainty and sensitivity analyses.
• Integrate contractor and contributor schedules into comprehensive Integrated Master Schedules (IMS).
• Provide expert scheduling guidance in response to rapidly evolving programmatic requirements.
• Support optimization of project schedules and resource allocations to improve overall program performance.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Experience performing probabilistic schedule risk analysis and schedule health analysis.
• Experience using Milestones Professional and schedule risk tools (Full Monte, Acumen Fuse, etc.) desired.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.
• Advanced experience using Microsoft Project. Experience with implementation and management of integrated scheduling tools.
• Basic understanding of EIA-748 standard earned value management (EVM) principles
• Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required:
• 13-15+ years of experience
• Prior NASA/Aerospace experience
• Experience using software like Acumen Fuse, Milestones Professional, Onepager Professional, and Sharepoint is desired.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other related certifications

ARES Benefits:

ARES offers a competitive compensation and benefit package. Full time employees may participate in:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• HSA/FSA Accounts
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
• ESOP
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off & Holidays

ARES is an equal opportunity employer and complies with E-Verify. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law. ARES shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a).