ARES Corporation

Senior Scheduler

ARES Corporation$110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in scheduling and project management, ideally within aerospace or a related field.
  • Proficient in conducting probabilistic schedule risk analyses and health assessments.
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Project and Office Suite, with experience in integrated scheduling tools.
  • Knowledge of EIA-748 earned value management principles.
  • Familiarity with industry-standard scheduling software and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain complex project schedules as per NASA's Schedule Management Handbook.
  • Create and manage proposal, life cycle, and closeout schedules to facilitate program planning.
  • Integrate multiple schedules for resource analysis and strategic decision-making.
  • Conduct routine assessments of schedule health and generate performance metrics.
  • Collaborate in project meetings, gathering status updates and communicating progress.
  • Prepare comprehensive schedule status reports, including milestone updates and critical path information.
  • Evaluate potential schedule changes through what-if analyses and recommend solutions.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
  • Life and disability insurance options.
  • Critical illness and accident insurance.
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
  • Retirement 401(k) plan participation.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday benefits.
Full Job Description
Join the NASA CPSS team at Johnson Space Center as a Senior Scheduler.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The Senior Scheduler is responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing project schedules in alignment with the NASA Schedule Management Handbook. This role supports projects of varying size and complexity by ensuring schedule accuracy, integrity, and visibility across the program lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain detailed, logic-driven project schedules that comply with NASA Schedule Management Handbook standards.
  • Create proposal schedules, full project life cycle schedules, and closeout schedules to support program planning and execution.
  • Integrate multiple project schedules to enable cross-project resource analysis and inform decision-making.
  • Perform routine schedule health assessments, generate performance metrics, and conduct trend analysis on a weekly to monthly basis.
  • Participate in project meetings and collaborate with technical points of contact to plan tasks and milestones, gather status updates, and present schedule progress.
  • Prepare and deliver schedule status packages, including summary reports, milestone updates, and critical path assessments.
  • Conduct what-if analyses to evaluate schedule workarounds and provide data-driven recommendations.
  • Perform recurring schedule risk assessments, including uncertainty and sensitivity analyses.
  • Integrate contractor and contributor schedules into comprehensive Integrated Master Schedules (IMS).
  • Lead a team of schedulers in integrating many sub-tier schedules, integrate those schedules in one master schedule, and create reporting schedules that integrate with peer NASA Programs.
  • Provide expert scheduling guidance in response to rapidly evolving programmatic requirements.
  • Support optimization of project schedules and resource allocations to improve overall program performance.


Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

  • Experience performing probabilistic schedule risk analysis (SRA and JCL) and schedule health analysis.
  • Experience using Milestones Professional and schedule risk tools (Full Monte, Acumen Fuse, etc.)
  • Advanced experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc. -Advanced experience using Microsoft Project. -Experience with implementation and management of integrated scheduling tools.
  • Basic understanding of EIA-748 standard earned value management (EVM) principles


Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required:

  • 20+ years of experience -Prior NASA/Aerospace experience a plus
  • Experience using software like JACS, Acumen Fuse, Milestones Professional, ASIT (Artemis Schedule Integration Tool) Onepager Professional, and Sharepoint.
  • Working knowledge of NASA NPR 7120.5F and experience developing a NASA SRA and JCL in support of a Key Decision Point (KDP) for an Agency Baseline Commitment (ABC).
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other related certifications


ARES Benefits:

ARES offers a competitive compensation and benefit package. Full time employees may participate in:
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • HSA/FSA Accounts
  • Life & Disability Insurance
  • Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
  • ESOP
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Paid Time Off & Holidays

About ARES Corporation

ARES Corporation is a privately held company that provides engineering, project management, risk management, and technology solutions for clients in the aerospace and defense industries. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. ARES Corporation has worked on a variety of projects, including the development of the Orion spacecraft for NASA and the design of the Air Force's next-generation bomber. The company has also provided support for the Department of Defense and other government agencies.
Learn more about ARES Corporation
Size
1,000 employees
Market Cap
$9.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$484 million
Revenue
$1.5 billion
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