Strategic Integrated Master Scheduler

Battelle Memorial Institute; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Compressed work schedule

Tuition assistance

401(k) retirement plan with company 5%

Job summary

Battelle Memorial Institute is seeking an experienced Senior Master Scheduler to support planning, coordination, and execution across the AMS Spectrum Solutions portfolio. This role will serve as the central scheduling authority for production activities, laboratory utilization, engineering resources, and program execution across multiple concurrent efforts.

Approximately 50% of this position will support production planning and laboratory resource management in partnership with production

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Program Management, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience managing complex project, production, or portfolio schedules.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules (IMS).
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis, resource loading, schedule forecasting, and risk management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet, or similar scheduling tools.
• Experience working across engineering, manufacturing, testing, and program management organizations.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Integrated Master Scheduling: Develop and maintain integrated master schedules across production, engineering, laboratory, and program activities.
• Establish schedule dependencies, milestones, critical paths, and execution priorities.
• Provide leadership with consolidated schedule status, forecasts, and execution metrics.
• Identify schedule risks, resource conflicts, and potential bottlenecks before they impact program performance.
• Maintain schedule baselines and support planning and change management activities.
• Maintain a consolidated portfolio resource schedule and proactively identify conflicts involving personnel, laboratories, test assets, production resources, and critical milestones.
• Production & Resource Planning: Coordinate production runs, hardware builds, laboratory activities, test events, and demonstrations.
• Manage utilization of shared laboratory facilities, specialized equipment, engineering resources, and production assets.
• Balance competing priorities across production, development, integration, and test activities.
• Ensure technical teams have clear visibility into upcoming schedules and resource requirements.
• Program & Portfolio Synchronization: Partner with Spectrum Solutions Program Managers to develop and maintain detailed project schedules.
• Synchronize schedules across customer‑funded programs, IRADs, proposal efforts, production activities, and product development initiatives.
• Support planning for major reviews, demonstrations, test events, and customer deliveries.
• Provide a portfolio‑level view of key milestones, resource demands, and schedule impacts.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Serve as the central coordination point between program management, engineering, production, and operations teams.
• Lead recurring schedule synchronization meetings and drive resolution of resource conflicts.
• Support proposal planning through schedule development, resource forecasting, and execution planning.
• Promote consistent scheduling processes and planning best practices across the organization.

Skills

IMS (Integrated Master Scheduling)

Critical path analysis

Resource loading

Scheduling tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

DoD clearance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree (Engineering/PM)

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

Power BI

Job description

Battelle Memorial Institute is seeking an experienced Senior Master Scheduler to support planning, coordination, and execution across the AMS Spectrum Solutions portfolio. This role will serve as the central scheduling authority for production activities, laboratory utilization, engineering resources, and program execution across multiple concurrent efforts.

Approximately 50% of this position will support production planning and laboratory resource management in partnership with production