Program Scheduler

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Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission‑critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end‑to‑end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title:

Program Scheduler

Job Code: 32677

Job Location:

Colorado Springs, CO OR Palm Bay, FL

This role manages the development and maintenance of integrated, resource‑loaded program schedules with a strong focus on Earned Value analysis and schedule performance. The position supports the standardization of planning and scheduling processes by helping define common tools, formats, and reporting methods for enterprise‑wide resource management. The individual partners closely with program teams to integrate inputs across functions such as finance, engineering, manufacturing, materials, and quality into a cohesive IMS.

Responsibilities include schedule and risk analysis, critical path and network logic assessment, and identification of performance variances using industry standard project controls techniques.

• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules (IMP IMS) using SOW, WBS, and Agile or traditional planning approaches, ensuring alignment across all program phases.
• Perform critical path analysis, schedule risk analysis, and schedule metrics analysis (BEI, CEI, CPLI, SPI, etc.) to assess performance, identify variances, and resolve network logic issues.
• Integrate program schedules across functional organizations including finance, engineering, manufacturing, materials, and quality, supporting enterprise‑wide resource visibility.
• Drive IMS readiness and team engagement for customer IBRs, internal reviews, and senior leadership briefings, including leading schedule status reviews.
• Ensure compliance with internal procedures, EVMS requirements, and project control system guidelines, including DECM related metrics.
• Utilize scheduling and analysis tools such as MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Gantt charts, PERT, milestone charts, and Earned Value techniques to support decision making.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and training to schedulers and program team members while contributing to process and system improvements.
• Communicate effectively within and outside the organization, including customers and external stakeholders, to gain alignment on schedules, processes, and corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with internal procedures and DECM metrics as well as support or lead regular schedule status reviews.
• Ability to obtain US Government security clearance.
• Travel up to 10 percent as required to support program and customer need.

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience;
  Or, Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience;
  Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

• Experience in Microsoft Project (working knowledge of scheduling and project management principles).
• Experience supporting integrated master schedules, project controls, or Earned Value Management in a program environment.
• EVMS, PMP, or scheduling related certifications are considered a plus.
• Experience developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules and supporting schedules for complex programs or projects.
• Experience preparing and presenting IMS driven reports, briefings, and deliverables that communicate schedule risk and status to program and senior leadership.
• Knowledge of project management practices within a planning and scheduling or program controls environment.
• Working knowledge of EVMS and related guidance including PASEG (latest version),…