American Systems is seeking Senior Project Schedulers and Senior Schedule Risk Analysts to support current and future task orders for DoW program offices and PEOs. These roles will support complex weapon system acquisition programs and work closely with government and industry stakeholders to develop, analyze, and improve program schedules and schedule risk profiles.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in schedule development, schedule risk analysis, and executive-level communication, along with experience engaging new customers and shaping schedule management practices in a federal acquisition environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and analyze Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for large, complex DoD acquisition programs.
- Perform schedule risk assessments for weapon system programs, including the development of schedule logic, identification of driving paths, and critical dependencies.
- Conduct Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) using Monte Carlo simulation techniques to quantify schedule uncertainty and identify key risk drivers.
- Provide actionable recommendations to mitigate schedule risks and improve program execution.
- Support planning and execution of customer engagements, including standing up new schedule management processes or improving existing processes.
- Interface directly with government program managers, technical leads, and executive leadership, delivering clear, concise schedule briefings and decision-support products.
- Conducts logical analysis of management problems and management information requirements and formulates mathematical models of problems for solutions by computer.
- Prepares mathematical models of problem areas in forms of one of several equations that relate constants and variables, restrictions, alternatives, conflicting objectives and their numerical parameters.
- Gathers, relates, identifies data with variables in models by applying personal judgment and mathematical tests.
- Reviews operations and testing of models to ensure adequacy or determines needs for reformulation.
- Analyzes operations methods, which require substantial competence in the rigorous methods of scientific and mathematical inquiry and analysis.
- Prepares written, non-technical reports to management, indicating solutions or range of possible alternatives in rank of desirability and probability of success when there is no single solution.
- May be assigned responsibility for the management of the function, including associated staff.
- Support proposal efforts, contract start-up activities, and transition-in planning as required.