Sr Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst (Aerospace)

Location: In-office role in Lone Tree, Colorado, United States; other listed location: Plano, Texas. Occasional travel may be required for training or meetings.

Estimated starting salary: $131,010.00–$180,138.75 per year, plus annual performance incentive pay.

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace and national security company developing and integrating advanced intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, aviation, and command-and-control systems.

What you will do

• Lead the preparation, development, and coordination of integrated master plans and schedules for complex projects.
• Track and maintain project schedules, ensuring horizontal and vertical integration across the enterprise.
• Conduct schedule risk analysis and proactively mitigate risks affecting project timelines.
• Identify and resolve critical-path, network-logic, and schedule compliance issues using Gantt, PERT, milestone, and related techniques.
• Prepare schedule status reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, including insights and corrective-action recommendations.
• Mentor junior and intermediate analysts and support the development of advanced scheduling practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 6 years of experience in project planning and scheduling; 10 years is required in lieu of a degree.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project Professional or a similar scheduling toolset.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management, DCMA 14-point analysis, IPMDAR DI_MGMT-81861, MIL-STD-881, critical-path analysis, and schedule-risk analysis.
• Experience building Integrated Master Schedules and analyzing schedule performance, health metrics, and engineering lifecycle concepts.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required; U.S. citizenship is required for employment.

Nice to have

• Experience with resource-loaded schedules, rolling-wave planning, schedule health assessments, and driving-path analysis.
• Knowledge of Integrated Master Plan, Work Breakdown Structure, and event- versus product-based schedule development.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, teaching, and delivering stakeholder learning sessions.
• Knowledge of Department of Defense, government contracting, or public auditing policies and procedures.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, mission-focused work supporting the modernization of next-generation airborne command-and-control systems.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with a 150% match up to 6%.
• Life insurance, three weeks of paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Office-based work environment with computer-intensive responsibilities and occasional lifting of up to 20 pounds.