Senior Schedule Planner

Leonardo Electronics US Inc•Tucson, AZ

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Leonardo Electronics Inc. Laser Solutions Division is hiring a Senior Schedule Planner to work with program managers, technical staff, finance, and other team members to plan, create, and manage project schedules. The role supports program decision-making and delivery of quality products and capabilities to customers. It includes preparing program plans, supporting risk management, monitoring execution, reviewing labor and materials costs, operational budgets, and schedules, and tracking deliverables and inventory. The planner recommends corrective actions—including schedule revisions, manpower adjustments, funding allocations, and work requirements—and partners with Program Finance to communicate schedule status and performance. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced environment and maintain a high level of accuracy. The planner develops and maintains Integrated Master Schedules, integrates plans and inputs across functions, analyzes schedule feasibility and health, monitors progress against baselines, reports risks and impacts, and provides forecasts, scenario analyses, and recovery recommendations. The position must be performed in person on a project team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 6 years of prior relevant experience, or at least 10 years of prior related experience in lieu of a degree.
Advanced proficiency with scheduling software, including MS Project.
Proficiency with MS Office Suite and SharePoint.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to translate complex schedule information into clear recommendations.
Experience integrating schedule, risk, and cost information within a project controls environment.
Self-starter with attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills.
Ability to interact professionally and respectfully with clients and coworkers, work in a team environment sharing roles and responsibilities, and work with limited supervision.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills with a proactive, delivery-focused approach.
Ability to work in person on a project team.

Nice To Haves

Experience interpreting and forecasting data and translating it into actionable plans.
Proven effective communication and collaboration with project managers, program leadership, and external vendors.
Experience on DoD projects in a Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) environment.
Prior experience with laser systems, including diode arrays, solid-state, or fiber systems, and some knowledge of optics or optical components.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules that represent program scope, sequence, dependencies, durations, and resource constraints.
Ensure schedules align with program objectives, contractual milestones, engineering workflows, and organizational standards; update schedules based on progress, new information, and change requests.
Generate a standard schedule template for new programs and proposals.
Coordinate with program managers, engineering, supply chain, finance, manufacturing, and leadership to integrate team plans into a cohesive schedule.
Link cross-functional activities using logical relationships, including predecessors, successors, and constraints.
Evaluate schedules for feasibility, risk, and alignment with requirements; perform critical path analysis and assess schedule health using float, baseline variance, and resource loading.
Track execution against the baseline schedule and provide schedule updates, metrics, and what-if analyses to Program Managers and stakeholders.
Flag schedule risks and impacts early, including missed milestones and slipping tasks.
Identify schedule risks, such as long-lead items, compressed timelines, or heavy dependencies, and work with the team to develop and integrate mitigation strategies.
Analyze constraints across multiple programs and run scenarios to assess the impacts of delays, resourcing changes, or shifting priorities.
Recommend recovery plans and path-to-green strategies.
Support program planning, risk management, execution monitoring, review of labor and materials costs, operational budgets, and schedules, and tracking of program deliverables and inventory.
Recommend corrective actions, including schedule revisions, manpower adjustments, funding allocations, and work requirements.
Partner with Program Finance to communicate schedule status and performance to the program team.