Check out this NEW Opportunity with Axient!

Axient is seeking a FMS Scheduler to support our customer in Huntsville, AL. 

What you will do...

Duties to include, but not limited to:

• Responsible for applying scheduling theory to develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and related artifacts in compliance with scheduling best practices and applicable standards
• Implement program scheduling business rhythms, developing baseline schedules and associated artifacts to meet contractual/project requirements, and monitoring, analyzing, and reporting performance against baseline schedules to ensure that contractual, cost and schedule
• Strong communications skills with the ability to work with the functional areas to identify and maintain all schedule tasks and dependencies.
• In conjunction with the Project Manager, and with input from the cross-functional team, generate, publish and maintain an accurate a Master Schedule, using MS Project, showing the tasks and resources required to deliver on-time, per customer requirements and milestones.
• Work closely with PMO, development, operations and other project teams to develop detailed schedules, keep these schedules current and seamlessly integrated into the Master Schedule.
• Provide hands-on development of layered schedules detailing how a specific project is progressing including how the project contributes to overarching program requirements and objectives.
• Develop and maintain linkages, dependencies and inter-dependencies with related projects.
• Ensure internal and external dependencies are documented and tracked for risk management.
• Identify major milestones, decision points, project life-cycle and other project events.
• Identify critical path and task dependencies.
• Set and maintain the baseline schedule and track all changes to the baselined schedule on a weekly basis.
• Perform ‘what if’ scenarios within the schedule.
• Perform schedule estimating through elicitation of team members and other stakeholders to capture estimations of new work, updated actuals and remaining work.
• Champion and support continuous Risk Mitigation and Issue Management through schedule analysis.
• Generate schedule reports based on planned vs actual work.

Skills you will need...

• Must have an active and transferable DoD security clearance with current investigation at the required level. Must be able to maintain the required clearance.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in MS Project and Milestone Professional.
• Knowledge of Scheduling theory and related best-practices.
• Knowledge of Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) architecture.
• Understanding of Critical Path.
• Able to work independently with overall responsibility for the Master Schedule.
• Proven ability to work well within a team/collaborative environment.

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