Program Scheduler, Senior - Secret

DCS has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Program Scheduler providing support to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center/Airborne Warning and Control System (AFLCMC/HBS/WIW). The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Division, has the collective Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) mission responsibility to deliver airborne Battle Management Command & Control (BMC2) capabilities that support joint, allied, coalition, humanitarian, and homeland defense operations.

Modernization efforts enable continued involvement with worldwide operations by revitalizing legacy mission systems, replacing aging computer architectures, integrating multi‑sensor data fusion, and improving global expeditionary readiness and availability. Additionally, the Division assists in the planned divestiture of the E‑3 platform and in shaping development of follow‑on capabilities for future airborne C2 systems. This is a full-time Hybrid position located at Tinker AFB, OK.

Essential Job Functions:

Duties include, but not limited to:
Provide senior‑level scheduling support across multiple AWACS programs and upgrade efforts, ensuring alignment with E‑7 modernization objectives. Develop, manage, and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), Integrated Master Plans (IMP), Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and Enterprise Integrated Master Schedules (EIMS), ensuring accurate linkage of tasks, dependencies, and program phases. Define schedule relationships among acquisition phases, milestones, solicitations, contract awards, design reviews, deliveries, testing events, production phases, and deployment objectives.

Monitor monthly schedule inputs from IPTs, contractors, and government stakeholders; integrate them into the master schedule using Critical Path Method discipline. Support government planning and coordination activities related to schedule progress, award planning, and readiness to execute program milestones. Advise proposal evaluation teams on offerors’ approaches to schedule feasibility, mission capability, and proposal risk. Coordinate schedule activities among multi‑discipline teams within the program office, including USAF stakeholders and multiple major defense contractors supporting E‑7 simulation, training, and system development Prepare and deliver IMS technical products including Gantt charts, network diagrams, critical path analysis, milestone tracking, and schedule risk identification.

Ensure proper integration of sustainment and acquisition activities into the schedule, linking lifecycle phases where applicable. Communicate schedule objectives, status, and risks to leadership, customers, and contractor teams; propose corrective actions when schedule variances occur. Support requirements development, schedule feasibility assessments, and planning documents to ensure program objectives remain achievable. Travel: 20% (Hanscom AFB, Seattle)

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required. Must have and be able to maintain a Secret level clearance. Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and 5 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 3 of which must be in the DoD OR 8 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoD Technical Skills Develop, manage, and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), Integrated Master Plans (IMP), Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and enterprise-level schedules across AWACS programs.

Apply Critical Path Method discipline, baseline management, and schedule risk identification to ensure executable program timelines. Integrate monthly schedule inputs from IPTs, contractors, and internal AWACS…