Engineering Scheduler

ARES Corporation•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

The Engineering Scheduler provides expert scheduling support for the EM32 Metal Processes & Manufacturing Branch, managing and coordinating production schedules, resource allocation, and workflow optimization to support efficient manufacturing operations. The position is integrated with the Manufacturing team and coordinates with other project schedulers to assess schedule impacts and develop mitigation plans. The role develops and maintains integrated production schedules and resource-loaded schedules, establishes schedule logic networks, coordinates inputs across engineering and support functions, and performs baseline development and configuration control. It supports resource allocation, shop-floor capacity planning, schedule integration, and coordination with NASA Centers, other Government agencies, industry partners, vendors, and internal project personnel. The scheduler analyzes schedule performance, risks, trends, and opportunities; produces status reports and health assessments; performs what-if and impact analyses; and recommends recovery and optimization actions. The work involves manufacturing operations and production flows, including fabrication, assembly, integration and test, quality inspection, material handling, and staging, as well as coordination of procurement, material deliveries, equipment, and shop-floor resources. Deliverables include maintained integrated and resource-loaded schedules, recurring status reports and schedule metrics, schedule health assessments, risk analyses and register updates, impact analyses, integrated planning products, configuration-controlled schedule documentation, review and briefing materials, and what-if analysis recommendations.

Requirements

Extensive experience developing, managing, and coordinating technical schedules for large- and medium-scale manufacturing programs.
Proven ability to create and maintain Integrated Master Plans (IMPs) and Integrated Master Schedules (IMSs) for manufacturing operations.
Expert knowledge of critical path methodology and schedule network logic for manufacturing workflows.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 or equivalent schedule management tools.
Demonstrated ability to implement and manage integrated scheduling tools.
Experience with resource-loaded schedules in automated schedule management systems.
Ability to integrate schedule and resource data across multiple platforms.
Understanding of manufacturing shop-floor operations, production processes, and workflow sequences.
Knowledge of manufacturing capacity planning and resource leveling.
Familiarity with production control systems and manufacturing execution systems (MES).
Understanding of shop-floor constraints, equipment availability, and production dependencies.
Thorough understanding of EIA-748 standard Earned Value Management (EVM) principles.
Ability to analyze schedule performance measures, including SV and SPI, in relation to manufacturing operations.
Experience integrating schedule data with cost and technical performance measures.
Capability to provide schedule variance analysis and corrective-action recommendations.
Ability to analyze budget and resource requirements for manufacturing programs or projects.
Experience ensuring cost and schedule compatibility in manufacturing environments.
Ability to assess and manage impacts of changes to project scope, resource requirements, production priorities, and equipment availability.
Extensive experience implementing probabilistic schedule risk assessment techniques.
Knowledge of schedule risk analysis tools such as At Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis, or similar.
Ability to develop and maintain schedule risk registers for manufacturing operations.
Experience implementing schedule health assessment processes.
Capability to identify and report schedule quality indicators, logic density and relationship ratios, critical-path stability, resource-loading anomalies, and schedule adherence trends.
Knowledge of manufacturing work-center operations and constraints.
Understanding of production flow, including fabrication, assembly, integration and test, quality inspection, and material handling and staging.
Familiarity with manufacturing standards and workmanship requirements.
Ability to coordinate schedules with shop-floor supervisors and leads.
Experience with production planning and control in a manufacturing environment.
Understanding of shift operations and crew resource planning.
Knowledge of tooling, fixture, and equipment scheduling requirements.
Ability to integrate procurement and material delivery schedules.
Understanding of material availability impacts on production schedules.
Experience coordinating with supply chain and logistics personnel.
Knowledge of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and vendor delivery coordination.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain integrated production schedules for the EM32 Metal Processes & Manufacturing Branch.
Create resource-loaded schedules reflecting labor, equipment, material requirements, and shop-floor capacity constraints.
Establish and maintain schedule logic networks for manufacturing work packages.
Coordinate schedule inputs from engineering, quality, procurement, logistics, shop-floor personnel, and other support functions.
Develop schedule baselines and maintain configuration control of schedule revisions.
Coordinate technical schedules across manufacturing work and integrate schedule data with shop-floor capacity and resource availability.
Provide guidance on schedule integration and support resource allocation decisions and conflict resolution.
Monitor and report resource utilization and constraints.
Coordinate with NASA Centers, other Government agencies as required, industry partners, and vendors.
Participate in program and project scheduling reviews and meetings; present schedule status, risks, and recommendations to management.
Interface with engineering and project office personnel on schedule requirements.
Analyze schedules to identify trends, risks, and opportunities; generate management reports and metrics.
Conduct what-if analyses and assess impacts from engineering changes, delays, resource constraints, procurement delays, or production-priority changes.
Recommend schedule recovery, mitigation, and optimization actions.
Perform schedule variance analysis and corrective-action recommendations, including analysis of schedule performance measures such as SV and SPI.
Conduct schedule risk assessments, maintain schedule risk registers, and report recommended mitigations.
Perform schedule health assessments, including logic quality, relationship density, critical-path stability, resource-loading anomalies, and schedule adherence.
Integrate procurement and material delivery schedules and coordinate with supply chain and logistics personnel.
Coordinate schedules with shop-floor supervisors and leads, considering work-center operations, shifts, crew resources, tooling, fixtures, and equipment scheduling.
Provide integrated planning products, schedule risk and impact reports, status briefings, and schedule documentation as required by the contract.