Senior Business Analyst- Plan Scheduler

OUTSOURCE Consulting Services, Inc.•Aiken, SC

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking a Senior Business Analyst- Plan Scheduler to support a client in Aiken, South Carolina. The role supports Savannah River Nuclear Projects with schedule, trending, and cost. Under limited supervision, the contractor performs moderately complex planning and scheduling activities, organizing, developing, analyzing, and maintaining project controls and financial analysis or estimating applications used to monitor objectives and prepare status and management reports. The position helps management maintain cost and schedule control throughout the life cycle of complex projects or work activities. The role develops and maintains complex, logic-driven, integrated, resource-loaded schedules across short-, mid-, and long-range planning. It analyzes schedule progress, trends, and baseline variances; recommends corrective action; and supports effective resource utilization and milestone planning. The analyst also provides guidance and oversight to others, interfaces regularly with management, leads schedule review meetings or scheduling portions of Plan of the Day meetings, and may lead planning and scheduling for a large project, facility, department, or program. Walkdowns are required. A 40-hour work week is scheduled. The client uses several schedules, including 5/8s, 4/10s, and 9/80s; the anticipated schedule is Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Overtime is expected at times to meet deliverables, at the manager’s discretion. The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance; an active clearance is not initially required. U.S. citizenship is required for this government contract.

Requirements

Strong personal computer skills.
Considerable proficiency using automated accounting, budgeting, cost management, and estimating systems.
Working knowledge of project management and tactical-level cost and schedule control.
Knowledge of operations, maintenance, or project startup and construction.
Demonstrated skill in conceptual estimating and coordinating with technical personnel.
Experience interfacing with engineers and knowledge of field construction techniques, labor, and equipment requirements.
Ability to apply concepts and methods to quantify the cost impacts of work conditions.
Experience with People Soft, P6, OAS, and COBRA.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” security clearance.
U.S. citizenship is required to perform this government contract.
One of the following education and experience combinations: a master’s degree in business, construction management, a technical or engineering field, or a related area and 2 years of practical experience; a bachelor’s degree in one of those areas and 5 years of practical experience; an associate’s degree and 8 years of practical experience; or a high school diploma and 12 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

SRNS experience.
Possession of an active DOE “L” or “Q” clearance within the past two years.

Responsibilities

Organize, develop, analyze, and maintain project controls and financial analysis or estimating applications used to monitor objectives.
Prepare status and management reports that identify variances in work execution strategy and recommend solutions.
Develop, analyze, implement, and maintain complex, logic-driven, integrated, resource-loaded schedules for short-, mid-, and long-range planning.
Formulate schedule logic to support baseline milestones and award fee objectives.
Analyze schedule performance, progress, trends, and variance from the baseline, and recommend corrective actions to address potential problems or constraints.
Review planning technology and methodology and recommend improvements or alternatives to maximize the use of schedules and resources.
Develop project milestone schedules and help establish milestones for scheduled activities, obtaining management concurrence where necessary.
Provide supervision, guidance, oversight, and monitoring for others and for essential or critical planning activities.
Interface regularly with all levels of management.
Lead schedule review meetings or take primary responsibility for the scheduling portion of a division, department, or project Plan of the Day meeting.
Provide and disseminate guidance, instruction, and rules for effective scheduling functions in the assigned area.
May lead planning and scheduling for a large project, facility, department, or program.
Perform walkdowns.
Support Savannah River Nuclear Projects with schedule, trending, and cost.