Scheduler (Job #716)

Defense Acquisition Support Services•Sterling Heights, MI

About The Position

DAS Services is seeking an experienced Scheduler to join our team in Sterling Heights, MI. Responsibilities Assist product/project team by developing, integrating, and presenting task-oriented activities in a comprehensive Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using Microsoft Project and Milestone Professional. Develop a detailed IMS for all activities important to the teams success, and present IMS data in a clear and concise manner consistent with accepted schedule management techniques and processes. Provide services to team leads with schedule status reviews and schedule update meetings. The contractor shall perform IMS health checks and what-if analysis using Government-approved software at the request of USG team leads. Present information related to the IMS during recurring meetings, and develop presentation slides and other materials as needed using Microsoft Office tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc. About DAS: Defense Acquisition Support Services is a Women Owned Small Business focused on hiring the very best people in Defense Contracting. As a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) focused organization, we partner with the government to help them achieve Mission Success. Established in 2007, we have remained People Focused and understand the secret to organizational success is the team. Our People Focused approach enables us to hire, retain, and help our teammates succeed and assist them by providing the very best possible support available to our government customers. The DAS Culture: We are People Focused. Each team member gets an employee concierge who is charged with helping ensure personal and professional success for our people. We care and try to help people find the right fit so they can find happiness, development, and a rewarding career. We succeed by helping you succeed. DAS Benefits: We provide real benefits for our team that includes: Free Health Care from Aetna Dental Coverage Vision Coverage Paid Time Off 401K Employer Paid Group Life Flexible Spending Accounts Professional Development Training

Requirements

Active Secret Clearance
A Master's Degree in a specialized field plus a minimum of 1 year of applicable experience or, a Bachelor's Degree in the specialized field plus 7 years of applicable experience or, a Bachelor's Degree in any field with a minimum of 9 years of specialized experience or, fifteen or more years of scheduler experience with a minimum of two years in Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) Acquisition Category (ACAT I/II) programs.
Specialized Degree Field: Project Management, Business Management/Administration or other related field.
Specialized/applicable experience must be in the area of Project Management, Business Management/Administration or other related field.
A minimum of five consecutive years, within the last ten years, experience as a program scheduler developing and maintaining schedules of complex government or commercial engineering or technical programs (preferably ground combat vehicle systems experience).
Experience working on military acquisition programs.
A minimum of five years of experience utilizing project management/ scheduling tool software suites: Microsoft Project; or KIDASA Milestone Professional; or Oracle Primavera; or Barbecana Full Monte; and software using the Monte Carlo simulation tools.
Have regularly and on a recurring basis participated as an active member of a process team in the formulation of integrated project plans, and have been directly responsible for representing the activities and tasks of that plan in the form of an integrated schedule.
Shows wide-ranging past experience working with cross functional and with integrated process teams on complex activities; works well with groups;
Demonstrates an understanding of how to employ participatory leadership techniques and management fundamentals in the process of working with teams in the planning, development, and management of integrated, complex project schedules; Can lead and manage a group when necessary
Shows an ability to analyze technical requirements, budget and management timelines, mandatory processes and procedures, and leadership guidance, translate them into complex integrated project schedules.
Have the ability to understand and analyze complex systems and activities.
Able to apply fundamental and advanced project development techniques to the creation and formulation of complex integrated project schedules.
Grasps the essentials of schedule development and schedule management; demonstrates experience and competency in current schedule development (e.g. Microsoft Project and Powerpoint/Excel), schedule logic (Defense Contract Management Agency 14-point evaluation and analysis techniques), and schedule analysis tools, techniques, and software to ensure the integrated schedules developed are complete, technically sound, and can be assessed for the impacts of possible changes to timing and task content.
Has familiarity with scheduling tools of the trade to include logic and analysis software.
Modeling techniques with respect to cost and schedule.
DoD Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule Preparation and Use Guide; DI-MGMT-81650.

Responsibilities

Assist product/project team by developing, integrating, and presenting task-oriented activities in a comprehensive Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using Microsoft Project and Milestone Professional.
Develop a detailed IMS for all activities important to the teams success, and present IMS data in a clear and concise manner consistent with accepted schedule management techniques and processes.
Provide services to team leads with schedule status reviews and schedule update meetings.
The contractor shall perform IMS health checks and what-if analysis using Government-approved software at the request of USG team leads.
Present information related to the IMS during recurring meetings, and develop presentation slides and other materials as needed using Microsoft Office tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.