ENGINEERING PROGRAM SCHEDULER
About The Position
The Engineering Program Scheduler develops, maintains, and analyzes integrated master schedules (IMS) supporting program execution from contract award through production handoff. Working with cross-functional stakeholders and Technical Program Managers, this role supports accurate planning, forecasting, risk management, and schedule performance. It ensures schedule quality in accordance with DCMA requirements, conducts schedule risk assessments, analyzes critical paths and program metrics, and provides actionable recommendations to leadership. The role also supports program reviews, proposal planning, SDRL management, and risk/opportunity tracking to support successful program execution and on-time delivery. This position is 100% onsite at The Marvin Group’s Inglewood, California facility. The typical travel requirement is 2%. Applicants must meet export-control requirements and be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Management, or Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in program planning or program management.
- Experience developing integrated master schedules across a portfolio of programs using scheduling software such as MS Project, Primavera, Open Plan, or Milestone Professional.
- Knowledge of Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA).
- Knowledge of resource-loaded schedules involving people, equipment, tools, and other resources.
- Strong oral and written communication skills for interfacing with stakeholders.
- Critical-thinking ability to recommend different ways to assess program performance and execution and facilitate decision-making.
- Demonstrated proficiency in schedule analysis, including analyzing IMS quality against DCMA requirements, producing valid critical paths, and applying root-cause analysis to variance recovery.
- Knowledge of integrated cost/schedule methods.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
- Strong creative problem-solving, collaboration, critical-thinking, and time-management skills.
- Organized and self-motivated, with excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to efficiently manage multiple priorities while meeting program deadlines.
- Must be a U.S. person under ITAR requirements: a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, political asylee, or refugee.
Nice To Haves
- Project management experience.
Responsibilities
- Interpret contract requirements and objectives to create an executable integrated master schedule that meets customer, quality, and contract requirements.
- Collect program steps, durations, dependencies, and related information from stakeholders and assemble cohesive schedules covering development from contract award to production handoff.
- Recommend and support best practices for timely and accurate work status and forecasting.
- Analyze critical paths and facilitate root-cause assessments of baseline execution variances.
- Recommend actions to program management based on program metrics, trends, and variances.
- Assess IMS quality against DCMA requirements and recommend process improvements.
- Serve independently as the program IMS lead in program reviews and meetings.
- Support program risk and opportunity analysis related to the IMS.
- Lead development and delivery of Schedule Risk Assessments and IMS baselines across functional areas.
- Communicate schedule dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans to internal and external customers, and explain IMS assumptions and dependencies to leadership.
- Develop master phasing schedules for executive review.
- Support proposal planning and development.
- Perform ad hoc analysis and what-if scenario planning.
- Manage SDRLs across contracts, ensuring deliverable dates are met, plans to complete are established and executed with stakeholders, and deliverables are tracked in risk and IMS reporting.
- Establish and manage risk and opportunity plans, including stakeholder risk identification, mitigation or capture steps, and closure plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
