Business Analyst - Planner / Scheduler

Position Summary

The Senior Planner / Scheduler is responsible for supporting project and program teams through all phases of the project lifecycle by developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated project schedules. This position prepares schedule performance reports, identifies variances in execution strategies, recommends corrective actions, and provides management with timely feedback to improve project performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare project schedules, performance monitoring reports, status reports, and management reports that identify variances in execution strategy, provide timely feedback, and recommend solutions to improve or mitigate schedule-related issues.
• Support program and project teams throughout all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze Primavera P6 schedules, including resource loading analysis.
• Create and maintain high-level integrated roadmap and presentation schedules using Milestones Professional, driven directly from Primavera P6, for meetings with integrated project teams and key stakeholders, including NNSA customers.
• Effectively develop and manage the weekly integrated scheduling process to support standardized reporting across multiple project programs.
• Serve as the Change Control Administrator, providing management and oversight of the project change control process.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum of five (5) years supporting commercial or federal science, nuclear, engineering, or other task-relevant programs or projects.
• Ability to comprehensively analyze schedule variances.
• Strong understanding of baseline schedule development and change control processes.
• Experience with data mining, data analysis, and modeling techniques.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6, Milestones Professional, and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Primavera P6 Certification.