What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Scheduler position at Cordia Resources by Cherry Bekaert?
Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a dynamic and impactful role? We're seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler to join our team at Fort Meade, MD, where you'll be at the heart of our operations, coordinating and managing critical schedules for training events. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a knack for organization and communication, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Key Responsibilities:
- Engage with government officials, customers, program personnel, and senior technical staff to develop and maintain a comprehensive integrated master schedule for all training events.
- Monitor schedules, report performance, identify potential issues, and propose effective courses of action to mitigate those issues.
- Maintain a high-level calendar to track and display upcoming program reviews, milestone decisions, and deliverables.
- Create, revise, and update a “dashboard” overview of all program document statuses on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis.
- Collaborate with project teams to coordinate, schedule, and facilitate daily project team meetings, as well as weekly meetings with the government and various stakeholders.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or an Engineering discipline preferred. Equivalent work-related experience will be considered.
Required Experience & Skills:
- 8 years of experience working on government DoD programs.
- Proficient in working within an Agile environment utilizing Jira and Confluence.
- Expertise in developing and maintaining schedules and status reporting using Jira and Confluence, including linking schedules to Sprints and automating graphical reports.
- Strong proficiency in MS Office applications.
- Demonstrated ability to generate schedules for training events and integrate them into a master schedule.
- Skilled in generating courses of action and illustrating their effectiveness in mitigating issues.
- Ability to create professional briefings suitable for high-level military and government personnel.
- Excellent presentation, communication, and training skills.
- Strong analytical skills and a proven ability to work well in team settings.
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple activities efficiently.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and with minimal supervision.
- Possession of CompTIA Security certification (or another DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification) or the ability to obtain it within 90 days of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
- PMI Certification (e.g., PMI-SP, CAPM, PMP).
- Experience with the Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC).
Special Requirements/Security Clearance:
- TS/SCI clearance is required. Candidates with a collateral TS will be considered if the SSBI is still in scope.
