Senior Specialist, Project 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:
Senior Specialist, Project Scheduler

Job Location:
Ottawa, ON

Job Schedule:
Day Shift

• Create and tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies, and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts;
• Perform Critical Path Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis, and Schedule Metric Analysis - such as BEI, CEI, CPLI, SPI, etc.;
• Develop integrated master schedules using IMP, SOW, and WBS;
• Develop integrated master schedules in an agile environment;
• Drive IMS and team engagement during customer I  and internal reviews;
• Manages complex projects or processes with general oversight;
• Provide support for guidance, coaching, and training to other employees;
• Communicate within and outside of own function to gain cooperation on operational processes, practices, and procedures;
• Make/recommend substantial improvements to systems and processes;
• Contribute to achievement of departmental goals and operating plans with direct impact on the departmental results;
• Perform regular analysis program schedules to evaluate program and enterprise-wide resource needs through the integration of all program schedules including metrics on schedule status, critical path analysis, schedule variance analysis, network logic validation and program baseline maintenance including support of Earned Value Management performance metrics;
• Utilize Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas;
• Prepare, develop, and coordinate integrated master plan and integrated master schedule (IMP/IMS) using MS Project, Excel, and PowerPoint;
• Ensure projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality;
• Ensure compliance with internal program procedures and project control system guidelines;
• Work consists of making significant improvements of processes, systems, solutions, or products to enhance performance of job area;
• Provide measurable input of new products, processes or standards in operational plans that will have some impact on the achievement of overall functional results;
• Communicate within and outside of own function or business area and has responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.) when necessary;
• Explain, interpret, and gain cooperation on policies, procedures, and practices;
• Conduct extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems that span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across the function and/or business area;
• Attend and lead scheduling status reviews and conduct briefings with senior leaders which requires ability to communicate matters of importance to the function or business area;
• Work to influence others to accept individual or team’s views or practices and changes to concepts, practices, and approaches;
• Participate in schedule training, engineering, and program excellence organization;
• Work to achieve operational targets within job area with some impact on department results.

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience;
  Or, Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience;
  Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience;