Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Master Scheduler

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions • $100K — $120K *
Crane, IN 47522In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of DoD program scheduling experience
  • Expertise in MS Project
  • Strong proficiency in schedule analysis and critical path analysis
  • Ability to lead and influence across a matrixed environment
  • Excellent communication and coordination skills with diverse teams

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule (IMS) for on-time program delivery
  • Lead schedule planning and baseline change control
  • Perform schedule health assessments and prepare scheduling inputs
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for resource loading and planning
  • Interface with senior leadership to communicate schedule risks and updates

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead and mentor junior schedulers
  • Engaging work environment with cross-functional interaction
  • Exposure to diverse project management challenges
  • Support for professional development in scheduling and project management
  • Flexible location options including remote work opportunities
Full Job Description
GENERAL JOB SUMMARY:

The Master Scheduler is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing the integrated master schedule (IMS) to ensure on-time delivery of MSI's programs, prototypes, and production units. This role coordinates cross-functionally with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Test to convert customer demand and program requirements into an accurate, achievable, and fully resource-loaded schedule.

This position establishes schedule governance, collects real-time status from shop-floor teams, ensures constraints are visible, resolves conflicts, and drives accountability to execution milestones. The Master Scheduler will own MS Project schedule revision control, lead weekly schedule reviews, support MRP/ERP alignment (Costpoint), and serve as the central point for communicating schedule risk and recovery actions to leadership.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
  • Own and maintain the Program Master Schedule, ensuring traceability between Summary, Intermediate, and Detailed schedules
  • Lead schedule planning, baseline initialization, baseline change control, and support IBR/SRA program reviews
  • Perform schedule health assessments (DCMA 14 point compliance or equivalent), and prepare Earned Value lite scheduling inputs.
  • Partner with Product Teams, CAMs, Engineering Leads, and Mission Leads to ensure accurate resource loading, PMT assignment, and work-package planning.
  • Interface with MACH TB 2.0 leadership, including Program Director, Deputy Program Director, and Chief Engineer


Other Job Functions:
  • Lead and mentor multiple schedulers supporting MACH?TB 2.0, ensuring consistent scheduling standards across all mission threads.
  • Establish scheduling processes, review work products of other schedulers, and provide corrective guidance.
  • Coordinate across MACH?TB partners, subcontractors, and functional groups to ensure schedule alignment.
  • Support cross?program synchronization efforts, such as MACH?TB International Team and Financial Planning Tag?ups


EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
  • 10+ years of DoD program scheduling experience.
  • Expertise in MS Project
  • Strong proficiency in schedule analysis, critical path analysis, and resource loaded schedules.
  • Ability to lead teams, influence without authority, and manage multiple schedulers in a matrixed environment.
  • Excellent communication and coordination skills across engineering, PMO, subcontractors, and government customers.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Office and manufacturing shop-floor environment with routine interaction across engineering, supply chain, operations, and quality teams.
  • May be exposed to noise, vibration, dust, and chemicals (within OSHA limits).
  • Ability to sit or stand for extended periods (8-9 hours typical).
  • Ability to lift up to 40 lbs per TDI safety guidelines.
  • Ability to work at a computer workstation for long durations.
  • Occasional travel (0-10%) to suppliers or corporate sites.

LOCATIONS:

Crane, IN

Huntsville, AL

Remote

About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. provides mission critical products, solutions, and services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Kratos Government Solutions, Unmanned Systems, and Public Safety & Security. The Kratos Government Solutions segment offers microwave electronic products, satellite communications, training systems, modular systems, and defense and rocket support services. The Unmanned Systems segment provides unmanned aerial, ground, and seaborne, as well as command, control, and communications systems. The Public Safety & Security segment designs, engineers, deploys, operates, integrates, maintains, and operates security and surveillance solutions for homeland security, public safety, critical infrastructure, government, and commercial customers. The company serves national security related agencies, the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and classified agencies, as well as international government agencies and domestic and international commercial customers; and critical infrastructure, power generation, power transport, nuclear energy, financial, IT, healthcare, education, transportation, and petro-chemical industries, as well as government and military customers. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Learn more about Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Size
3,300 employees
Market Cap
$1.1 billion
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Net Income
$79.6 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+8.4%
Revenue
$747.6 million
NASDAQ
KTOS
* Ladders Estimates

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