Principal Program Planning & Scheduling Analyst (supporting the Air Force Research Lab)

ASRC Federal•Edwards Air Force Base, CA

About The Position

ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work™ ASRC Federal Systems Solutions, a subsidiary of ASRC Federal, is seeking a Senior Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst for our support to the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Edwards, AFB, CA. The support would include reviewing site wide test schedules, identifying resource conflicts, resource needs and ensure test sites are all supported. Key Role: Provide advanced level scheduling support for a customer test area. Maintain an overview of all projects on the site and provide guidance to improve and enhance schedules. Participate in training junior staff schedulers and overview of scheduling principles to both Contract and DoD personnel. Identify add-on software that will enhance Project reporting. Maintain, status, and control project schedules using MS Project to include documenting changes and revisions to the project schedule, gathering status information and inputting the data into the project schedule. Identify project milestones and activities necessary to achieve project objectives Meet with all layers of support to ensure the schedules are tracking. Identify and document schedule and programmatic interdependencies among project activities and related external projects Develop project logic networks and estimate, validate and analyze project activity sequencing, duration and resource requirements Interface with project resource analysts to ensure correlation of project schedules Conduct analyses of project schedules Monitor contractor schedules and scheduling systems to ensure compliance with the Schedule Management Plan, SOW, and CDRLs Perform schedule analysis to determine overall project performance, variances and risk areas Follow Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and schedule hierarchy structure Provide what-if scenarios, work around and recovery plans, critical path, and vertical and horizontal traceability Compliance with AFRL regulations and procedural requirements is mandatory Maintain daily activity logs that list all movements throughout the Site Support test operations by receiving communications from the Test Area concerning their status in testing

Requirements

8+ years of Project Management experience.
BA Degree
Must be able to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

Provide advanced level scheduling support for a customer test area.
Maintain an overview of all projects on the site and provide guidance to improve and enhance schedules.
Participate in training junior staff schedulers and overview of scheduling principles to both Contract and DoD personnel.
Identify add-on software that will enhance Project reporting.
Maintain, status, and control project schedules using MS Project to include documenting changes and revisions to the project schedule, gathering status information and inputting the data into the project schedule.
Identify project milestones and activities necessary to achieve project objectives
Meet with all layers of support to ensure the schedules are tracking.
Identify and document schedule and programmatic interdependencies among project activities and related external projects
Develop project logic networks and estimate, validate and analyze project activity sequencing, duration and resource requirements
Interface with project resource analysts to ensure correlation of project schedules
Conduct analyses of project schedules
Monitor contractor schedules and scheduling systems to ensure compliance with the Schedule Management Plan, SOW, and CDRLs
Perform schedule analysis to determine overall project performance, variances and risk areas
Follow Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and schedule hierarchy structure
Provide what-if scenarios, work around and recovery plans, critical path, and vertical and horizontal traceability
Compliance with AFRL regulations and procedural requirements is mandatory
Maintain daily activity logs that list all movements throughout the Site
Support test operations by receiving communications from the Test Area concerning their status in testing