Project Scheduler

Location: St. Louis, MO

Required Clearance: Top-Secret

Employment Type: Full-Time Regular

Shift: Day

Travel: No

Relocation Assistance: Yes Primary Responsibilities:

• Partner with Product Owners and Leads for the creation and maintenance of project / program schedules, including (but not limited to) tasks, dependencies, dates, milestones, resources and costs
• Understands boundary effectivity for systems and dependencies within and bordering project scope
• Performing schedule analysis on projects
• Responsible for scheduling and dependency management within and across assigned portfolios and providing follow-up checks
• Lead / participate in schedule audits
• Interfaces with Product Owners / Leads to gather data and adjust scheduling parameters
• Interface as required with all stakeholders on a project level and program level
• Create and maintain the scheduling database for all schedule templates and historic/completed, proposed, and active schedules for projects and programs
• Advise management on best use of coding / templates / reports within the scheduling software (Microsoft Project)
• Provides forward looking schedule analysis to leadership
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas (Risks, Issues, Opportunities)
• Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules
• Establish, maintain and report baseline and current schedule status in efforts to communicate clear, accurate and objective project and program progress updates
• Proactive communication of scheduling impacts to major milestones and critical path activities in accordance with the project/program timeline commitments
• Partner with project manager and leads in preparation for the project's estimate-to-complete (ETC)
• Provide earned value support
• Perform schedule analytics and critical path management reviews to determine and communicate the quality and accuracy of the schedule
• Analyze and report anticipated and current schedule status for communication to proactively focus management's attention of known or potential areas of concern or risk
• Attend meetings, assist in taking and relaying meeting notes, action items
• Adhere to our client's Project Scheduler Standards
  
  

Minimum Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or related with 4+ years of scheduling experience using Microsoft Project. May consider more years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
• Solid understanding of Project Management and Project Management Office
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to have high level conversations with leadership teams
• Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required
• Strong attention to detail
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Work independently and follows through on assignments with minimal direction while keeping the team informed
• Possess a mastery of basic/generic data skills (tools & concepts)
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate
• Complex Problem Solving -- identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions'
• High degree of computer literacy including advanced knowledge of MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and the remainder of the MS Office suite.
  
  

Desired Skills:

• SAFe Agile Certifications
• Experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, Product Manager
• Understanding of AWS/Cloud technologies
• Experience with ArcGIS or geospatial technologies
• Experience with Aeronautical data and systems
• Experience supporting the NGA customer
• Experience using tools like Microsoft Project Web App (PWA), Structured Solutions Inc. (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project, and Monte Carlo Analysis tools.
• Professional certifications in Project Management (Project+, SP, CAPM, PMP, etc.)
• Experience in Excel skill set including Power BI, pivot tables, macros, lookup tables
• Experience linking Microsoft Project, Jira, Confluence.
  
  

Ennoble First is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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