Project Scheduler (Temporary)

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence and is the go-to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, and respected and plays a vital role in the success of America's aerospace and defense industries. With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

Project Scheduler (Temporary)

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Project Leadership team to develop and maintain valid and effective schedules per the Generally Accepted Scheduling Principals (GASP) using MS Project
• Request schedule updates, collect schedule updates, and updates schedules including updating actual work, new work, and remaining work at a defined cadence
• Generate Earned Value Management reports including Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS), and Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP)
• Generate projected schedule impacts due to recovery plan or mitigation options
• Generate project staffing plans
• Support the Project Leadership team with critical/driving path analyses, staffing analyses, and PowerPoint reports on deliverable and/or phase gate performance as required
• Create What-If schedules
• Identify major milestones, phase gates, deliverables, decision points, and other project events
• Perform continuous Auditing of project schedules
• Troubleshoot scheduling problems
• Author planning documents which capture how each project's schedule management is executed
• Drive consistency of project schedules using establish department processes and procedures
• Can maintain multiple schedules concurrently

Required Skills:

Required Qualifications:

• Extremely Proficient in MS Project, MS Excel, and MS Office
• 3+ years of project scheduling experience
• Associate's degree in business or other relevant major
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills to foster a positive and collaborative team environment
• Have flexibility in work style to respond to multiple requests/tasks and handle sudden changes in priorities. Able to embrace and participate in change direction
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal, and writing skills
• Must be a US Citizen or be a US Permanent Residence Card Holder

Desired Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Business Administration, Engineering or other relevant major
• Experience with Earned Value Management methodologies
• Experience in managing highly technical product developments

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.