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| Posted/Modified on: 02/28/2014 22:54 PDT | |||||||||
| Job Title: | |||||||||
| MS Project Master Scheduler | |||||||||
| Contact Name / Company: | |||||||||
| Lewis Fowler | |||||||||
| Contact e-mail: | |||||||||
| gellis@lewisandfowler.com | |||||||||
| Contact Phone: | |||||||||
| 303-931-9289 | |||||||||
| Industry: | |||||||||
| Aerospace | |||||||||
| Location: | |||||||||
| Phoenix, AZ | |||||||||
| Salary: | |||||||||
| DOE | |||||||||
| Job Description: | |||||||||
| Master Scheduler
Contact Marti O'Loughlin at moloughlin@lewisfowler.com Responsible for planning and scheduling various project workloads. Gathers and analyzes information to prepare status reports. Ensures that assignment and scheduling of work follows company policy. Evaluates current procedures and recommends changes to improve the efficiency of planning and scheduling of projects. Requires a bachelor's degree and 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to a head of a unit/department. Primary Responsibilities: ? Lead development and modifications to the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), schedule, and cost accounts by using a variety of inputs (contract, SOW, technical baseline, and guidance.) ? Generate and maintain activities that capture basis of estimate for both task cost and duration ? Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) that facilitates and supports the integration of program Cost, Schedule, and Technical Requirements and is well defined, properly linked and sequenced. ? Work with engineering technical managers to create the program schedule and later to status schedules at the task level. ? Analyze critical path(s) and communicate status and risk to the program team. ? Perform variance analysis against the program baseline (cost and schedule impact) and participate with the team in root cause / corrective action analysis ? Schedule and facilitate weekly schedule review meetings for the purpose of updating status. ? Execute the monthly cycle to create standard reports that support internal management and customer reviews ? Drive the cost accounting structure that enable Earned Value reporting based on WBS deliverables (CPI / SPI), report and understand Earned Value on all projects ? Maintain the site planning systems that supports integration to the ERP (SAP) for EV reporting. ? Develop and maintain program risk management schedule linkage throughout the life of the program ? Analyze program status and recommend courses of action to the Program Manager ? Manage multiple high level programs that span multiple sites ? Drive and lead innovative approaches to define work and participates in creative problem solving Skill and aptitude are important in being successful in this position. The following are examples of the primary skills that the candidate has developed in order to prepare himself or herself for the Senior Scheduling role: Skill Skill Applicability: Effective Communication Able to effectively facilitate cross functional meetings & communication to structure, execute, and disposition day to day programmatic issues. An effective meeting organizer who sets clear meeting objectives & agenda, understands who needs to be engaged, is able to maintain control of the discussion to achieve the desired outcome, and possesses the organization & leadership skills to follow through & drive closure. Talent to convey complex subject matter clearly and engagingly. Problem Solving Ability to identify and quickly resolve complex issues. Is able to assess risk/challenges/impact and recommend solutions and options. This includes solid root cause analysis, driving corrective action plans to closure, effective engagement, communicating & influencing stakeholders at all levels. Ability to deal with change, delays, or unexpected events. Integrative Thinker Able to coordinate, coalesce, and summarize inputs of others for presentation to all levels in order to drive understanding & resolution of complex issues. Leadership Impact Demonstrated leadership skills including ability to lead project teams to establish and maintain master schedule baselines (PMB) including ?what-if? scenarios to simulate multiple paths to achieve program goals and objectives Development Life Cycle Thorough understanding of the product development life cycle to enable ability to recommend changes to recover or mitigate Cost, Schedule, and Technical performance Scheduling (Best Practices) Ability to master the use of a complex scheduling program. Superior ability to organize work flow from multiple and overlapping schedules. Scheduling (Risks) Thorough understanding of schedule risks, pitfalls, and weaknesses including ability the recognize these at a glance and with add-on tools Critical Path Analysis Thorough understanding of critical path analysis and how to work the schedule to mitigate risk, recover schedule delays, and add robustness Risk Management Thorough understanding of risk management process Interpreting Metrics Thorough understanding of how to interpret metrics including knowing what drives the trends Leading Indicators Thorough understanding of how to establish and read leading indicators using historical trends Earned Value Thorough understanding of all EV metrics and trend analysis (interpretations, calculations, limitations) Advanced Analysis Demonstrated ability to perform advanced analysis and make program recommendations based on information from the analysis IPDS Integrated Product Development System: Possesses an understanding of the AEROSPACE product development processes and is able to navigate it, leading others through the design and intent of IPDS, to drive the appropriate level of rigor and control. MS Project Thorough understanding of Microsoft Project© and other add-on tools to perform schedule quality checks, critical path analysis, and Monte Carlos simulation on key milestones Tools Thorough understanding of all Scheduling, EV and RDE tools, scorecards, and dashboards Basic Qualifications ?Minimum Education Level: Bachelor?s degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, or related field ?Minimum Years of Experience: 3-5 years of applicable experience in program environment ?Microsoft Project Experience: minimum of 5 years MS Project including developing resource loaded schedules and complex schedules ?Microsoft Excel Experience: understanding of Excel functions, pivot tables, and charts/graphs ?Microsoft Office: Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Additional Skills / Qualifications ? SAP Project Systems, Dassian Project Builder ? Minimum Certification Requirements: PMI CAPM or PMP Certification preferred ? Minimum Certification Requirements: Six Sigma Green Belt preferred ? Knowledge of aerospace industry preferred ? Recognized leader within peer group and a willingness to champion change in a rapidly evolving environment ? Strong verbal and written communication skills ? Ability to work with team members located across the globe ? High bias for action and integrative thinking skills Contact Marti O'Loughlin at moloughlin@lewisfowler.com |
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