Program Scheduler

The Program Scheduler will be a key member of the Persistent Surveillance Division within the Defense Systems Sector of Leidos.

This exciting role provides a direct scheduling leadership opportunity to support a Department of Defense radar program delivering multiple systems to the USMC, Army, & Air Force, including full life-cycle support, logistics, and site activation activities. This position will be housed at our Research Park Facility in Huntsville, Alabama, where you will be working with various production & manufacturing leads, Integrated Product teams, key program stakeholders, and an EVMS support Team; to improve program planning and execution while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and company policy and procedures.

The Program Scheduler position will be an integral part of the larger enterprise-wide Leidos Corporate Earned Value Management (EVM) Center of Excellence (COE).  The Leidos Corporate EVM COE is a team-leading and executing the core responsibilities of scheduling, planning, EVMS, the associated infrastructure and tools, implementations, training, and surveillance for Leidos. 

Primary Responsibilities.

• Responsible for applying scheduling theory/practice to develop the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and related artifacts in compliance with applicable standards and policies such as EVM standard EIA-748 and industry best practices (e.g., PASEG, NDIA) in alignment with the mission of the EVM COE and in support of programs.
• Ability to create “what-if/impact” scenarios within the schedule that inform program leadership and enrich programmatic decisions.
• Serves as a scheduling team member in assisting stakeholders with issue identification & resolution solutions
• Responsible for implementing practices to align the time phasing and plans for resources with the IMS to provide an integrated technical, schedule, and resource / cost baseline and forecast/ ETC for programs.
• Implement program scheduling business rhythms & best practices.
• Develop scheduling artifacts to meet contractual/project requirements.
• Monitor, analyze, and report performance against baseline schedules to ensure that contractual, cost, and schedule objectives are met.
• Provides scheduling support to EVM COE and programs for internal and external audits, reviews, and application of resulting corrective actions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate’s degree with 6+ years of relevant work experience - Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of prior relevant industry experience - Master’s Degree and 2+ years of prior relevant work experience.
• Must have Intermediate expertise using Microsoft Project scheduling software
• Must possess an understanding of scheduling theory including experience with:
  • schedule status processes
  • schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point Analysis)
  • resource loading/management
  • cost and schedule integration
  • baseline change control processes
  • schedule execution metrics (BEI, CEI, CPLI, SV, SPI etc.)
  • Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA)/Monte Carlo Analysis and tools
  • Critical Path Method (CPM) and Margin/Float management
  • Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA)/Monte Carlo Analysis and tools
  • Critical Path Method (CPM) and Margin/Float management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Aerospace/Defense Industry as prime contractor and/or major subcontractor
• Intermediate to advanced expertise using Structured Solutions Inc. (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project
• Utilization of MS Project Macros

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Original Posting:

January 14, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $65,650.00 - $118,675.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.