The Senior Master Scheduler must meet the criteria below:

• Location: Required to be onsite in Greenbelt, MD
• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Year's Experience: 7+ years
• Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• Work Authorization: Must be authorized to legally work in the United States
• Key Skills: 
  • ​​​​​​​Primavera, MS Project and Agile experience required

Overview

Do you want to help IBR build a portfolio of next-generation mobile enabled data collection systems? As a Master Scheduler at IBR, you will support the program office and task teams to capture and maintain their work plans in an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in MS Project. The mobile enabled, web based platform will orchestrate device ordering, provisioning, and asset management functions for a nationwide field staff of 500K+.
 

Responsibilities

1. Develop and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for all activities across the program.
2. Coordinate with project teams to gather all levels of project plans and schedules; integrate schedules into server and manage dependencies across multiple schedules.
3. Coordinate with all technical and functional disciplines to ensure plans and schedule are comprehensive and accurate, encompassing defined requirements and scope.
4. Facilitate meetings with senior level program staff, making recommendations and putting plans into action
5. Participate in program activities related to the preparation and communication of Integrated Master Plans (IMP) and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
6. Participate in project planning and risk reporting; control and track changes to the schedule baseline.
7. Review, compare, and analyze schedule performance against baseline program plans.
8. Provide schedule performance visibility to program management through metrics, reports, and briefings.
9. Forecast performance and perform risk analysis of schedules, and provide management with an understanding of the current schedule, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions to address variance and predict future performance.
10. Communicate and report summaries of program schedule.
11. Familiarity of scheduling best practices and ability to implement best practices in a dynamic environment.
12. Maintain awareness of industry trends and technology to advise management of recommended improvements to processes and tools
13. Identify and manage anticipated resistance
14. Support training and communication efforts
15. Support and engage senior leaders
16. Support organizational design and definition of roles and responsibilities
17. Coordinate efforts with other specialists
18. Define and measure success metrics and monitor schedule process. Define, analyze, and present appropriate metrics as part of the continual service improvement lifecycle.

Qualifications

1. Experience posting schedule management information on project portals that contain project information and document repositories.
2. Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle including Agile.
3. Tools/Technology Experience: Advanced knowledge developing, implementing, and maintaining schedules in MS Project. Advanced knowledge in defining and administering a risk management program. Microsoft Project and Project Server proficiency to include schedule planning, schedule development, and schedule analysis.

About IBR

Imagine Believe Realize, LLC (IBR) is an emerging small business focused on delivering software and systems engineering solutions to government and commercial clients. Our talent acquisition strategy is tailored to career seeking candidates who embrace continuous learning and desire to grow as a professional in the software/systems engineering industry. We strive to enhance our team members’ ability to thrive in the workplace by creating a proper work/life balance and first class benefits package that includes:

1. Nationwide medical, dental, and vision insurance
2. 3 weeks of paid time off
3. 10 paid federal holidays
4. 401k matching
5. life insurance at no cost to our employees
6. short term disability insurance at no cost to our employees
7. long term disability insurance at no cost to our employees
8. health care flex spending accounts
9. dependent care flex spending accounts
10. training opportunities
11. education assistance opportunities

Learn more at http://www.teamibr.com

IBR is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. It is our policy to offer employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity/transgender status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.