Theater Liaison/Integrated Master Scheduler

OBXtek is currently staffing for a Theater Liaison/Integrated Master Scheduler position supporting the Army’s Product Manager Global Enterprise Network Modernization – OCONUS (GENM-O) organization.  

Major Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Must have detailed familiarity with MS Project, Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), and managing/supporting individual projects. 
• Serve as the conduit between the Fort Belvoir HQ team and the personnel in Europe (EUR). 
• Provide direct support to the monitoring and reviews of all project schedules. 
• Have a detailed understanding of the day-to-day operations taking place in EUR to include ongoing projects and contract deliverables. 
• Provide detailed reviews of major contract deliverables (key briefings) sent from EUR to Fort Belvoir. 
• Provide administrative support to include development of SOPs, funding documents, PowerPoint presentations, and after-action reports. 
• Work concurrently with a dedicated Project Coordinator assigned to EUR at Fort Belvoir, ensuring the Theater is provided adequate and timely support. 
• Participate in bi-weekly sync meetings with the EUR team. 
• Participate in required meetings; some meetings will be held during normal business hours for Europe, so expect early morning participation based on the time difference. 
• Track and report on project deliverables as required. 
• Analyze the IMS to estimate and verify attainability of project objectives; to evaluate progress toward meeting implementation requirements; and to integrate within the project schedule all Work Breakdown Structures, critical milestones, events, related dependencies and associated activities.  
• Assist in developing and proposing solutions for mitigating schedule related risks and integrate mitigations steps into the IMS; develop reports and displays as requested and/or in conjunction with project reviews; perform and/or assist in critical path analysis and other ad-hoc forms of schedule-related analysis.  

• Oversee the incorporation of technical, logistical, contractual, and programmatic changes into the IMS on a real-time basis to maintain accurate and current project baselines and projections, and to establish realistic and attainable project execution goals and objectives.  
• Leverage a working knowledge of system acquisitions, specifically in Army and DoD environments, covering the DoD 5000 series policies.  
• Assist Integrated Product Team Lead with planning and scheduling tasks, planning and integrating schedules, and recording project schedules and bi- monthly updates to Microsoft Project and posting to Project Server using SharePoint. 
• Provide program scheduling support expertise to monitor, update, and control program activities  
• Collaborate and interface with System Contractors and all external stakeholders to review and provide comments to their respective schedules.  
• Participate and/or facilitate weekly schedule working group meetings. 
• Establish and monitor program activities for milestones, key events, and significant accomplishment criteria  
• Develop and manage schedules that effectively communicate to all levels of the project team and stakeholders.  
• Provide assessment and analysis of the IMS  
• Provide management briefing pertaining to the program IMS as needed. 

Travel can be expected. Travel will consist of weeks' long trips both CONUS and OCONUS. 

Secret Clearance is Required

Experience:

• MS Project experience is required. 
• Army Acquisition Process experience preferred but other DoD relevant experience is accepted. 
• 8 years (minimum) related PM experience 
• Experience providing oversight of large, multi-functional project teams, preferably in an information technology environment, and planning and managing complex tasks sometimes under tight budget and time constraints across multiple regions overseas 
• Strong management and leadership skills, written and oral communications skills; experience in Government acquisition; familiarity with industry best practices; and Government contract and subcontract management. 
• 3-7 years of relevant experience in project planning and scheduling. 
• Must have extensive experience with integrated master scheduling (IMS) 
• MS Project Server experience is required.  

Education/Certifications: 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or DAU Level III Project Management certification. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or Business 

Desired Qualifications:  

• Master's Degree in IT or Business 

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia and founded in 2009, OBXtek is a fast-growing leader in the government contracting field. Our mission is Our People…Our Reputation. Our people are trained professionals who enhance our customers’ knowledge and innovation using technology, collaboration, and education.

We offer a robust suite of benefits including comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, matching 401K, paid time off, tuition reimbursement plans and much more.

As a prime contractor for 93% of our current work, OBXtek pairs lessons learned across disciplines with industry standard quality practices such as CMMI-Dev Level III, ITIL, 6Sigma, PMI, and ISO. Our rapid growth has been recognized by INC500, the Washington Business Journal, and Washington Technology magazine.

OBXtek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law

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