Job Description
Title: Scheduler
Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security.
Why Join Us?- Innovative Projects: KBR's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
- Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
- Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
- Strong understanding of scheduling best practices, technical project execution, and contractual obligations.
- Build and maintain a program-level IMS, comprised of multiple sub projects, which includes major milestones and deliverables with projected start dates, due dates, schedule status, assigned resources, priorities of work and alignment to Contractor's Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS).
- Coordinate and maintain an integrated project schedule that aligns with agile release train stories.
- Develop the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
- Coordinate the IMS with the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
- Lead cross functional team members in the definition of project tasks, establish task durations, define relationships, impose constraints, collect weekly status.
- Propose processes that will aid Integrated Scheduling and understand the impacts of any changes to program delivery.
- Develop process, procedures, and strategy for implementing scheduling best practices.
- Track the critical path in program activities, associated risks, and recommended mitigations in requested schedule and risk reviews.
- Experience using Microsoft Project to develop high level schedules and graphics utilizing Excel or Power BI to deliver to senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Ability to facilitate client-facing meetings to review the IMS and discuss potential schedule slips and mitigation plans.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic.
- Ability to identify, track, and integrate risks into the IMS.
- Leverages comprehensive metrics, customer and stakeholder feedback to assess program performance and risks and recommends resources and actions to ensure mission success.
- Leads after-action reviews, leverages performance benchmarking, and introduces best practices; conducts root cause analysis and develops disposition and corrective and preventive actions for recurring discrepancies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Top Secret with SCI.
- Proven experience with Risk Management.
- Working knowledge of industry standards.
- Ability to facilitate face-to-face meetings and brief the highest levels of the Government Customer PMO and the Program Sponsor.
- Must have excellent communication and written skills.
- Must demonstrate ability to work independently.
- Must possess a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- Must have excellent MS Project and Excel skills.
Desired Qualifications:
- Leading Gate Reviews and conducting Risk-based Process Evaluations.
- ITIL certification.
- PMP certification.
Basic Compensation: $115,000 to $125,000
This range is for the Maryland area only
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver - Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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