Project Scheduler

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence and is the go-to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, respected and plays a vital role in the success of America's aerospace and defense industries. With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting-edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world-class work force. Join Kearfott and become part of a company that is recognized for technical expertise and respected world-wide as a 'full service' provider.

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Project Scheduler

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Project Leadership team to develop and maintain valid and effective schedules per the Generally Accepted Scheduling Principals (GASP) using MS Project.
• Request schedule updates, collect schedule updates, and update schedules including actual work, new work, and remaining work at a defined cadence.
• Generate Earned Value Management reports including Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS), and Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP).
• Generate projected schedule impacts due to recovery plan or mitigation options.
• Generate project staffing plans.
• Support the Project Leadership team with critical/driving path analyses, staffing analyses, and PowerPoint reports on deliverable and/or phase gate performance as required.
• Create What-If schedules.
• Identify major milestones, phase gates, deliverables, decision points, and other project events.
• Perform continuous Auditing of project schedules.
• Troubleshoot scheduling problems.
• Author planning documents which capture how each project's schedule management is executed.
• Drive consistency of project schedules using establish department processes and procedures
• Can maintain multiple schedules concurrently.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering or other relevant major or equivalent and 3+ years of project scheduling experience.
• Extremely Proficient in MS Project, MS Excel, and MS Office.
• Experience with Earned Value Management methodologies.
• Experience in managing highly technical product developments preferred
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills to foster a positive and collaborative team environment.
• Have flexibility in work style to respond to multiple requests/tasks and handle sudden changes in priorities. Able to embrace and participate in change direction.
• Strong organizational, analytical, verbal, and writing skills.
• Must be a US Citizen.

This position is 100% onsite at our Pine Brook, NJ location.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New Jersey is $81,000 - $115,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge and skills, experience, and internal consistency.

Additionally, we offer a medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, tuition assistance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, and a 9/80 work week with every other Friday off. Our work environment embraces our people as we enjoy monthly employee events that celebrates our workplace culture.

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans