Sr Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst (Aerospace)

Location: Plano, TX or Lone Tree, CO; hybrid or in-office work. Occasional travel may be required for training or meetings.

Company

hirify.global develops aerospace, aviation, ISR, C4ISR, and national security systems, including next-generation aircraft for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center mission.

What you will do

• Lead integrated master plan and schedule preparation, development, and coordination for highly complex projects.
• Track and maintain project schedules, ensuring horizontal and vertical integration across the enterprise.
• Perform advanced schedule risk, critical path, network logic, compliance, health, and performance analysis, implementing corrective actions where needed.
• Prepare and present schedule status reports, insights, and recommendations to senior stakeholders and customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and support advanced scheduling practices and continuous improvement.
• Mentor junior and intermediate analysts on scheduling techniques and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, with relevant experience accepted as a substitute; without a degree, at least 10 years of related experience is required. A higher-level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• At least 6 years of project planning and scheduling or related experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project Professional or a similar scheduling toolset.
• Knowledge of Earned Value Management, DCMA 14-point and IPMDAR DI_MGMT-81861, and Mil Standard 881.
• Ability to apply Critical Path Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis, and Schedule Performance and Health Metric Analysis.
• Experience assembling and building Integrated Master Schedules.
• Strong follow-up and follow-through skills, proactive questioning, issue resolution, and status communication.
• Ability to collaborate with multifaceted teams and drive roadblocks and issues to closure.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required; U.S. Citizenship is required for employment.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of engineering design, life-cycle concepts, event-based and product-based schedules, IMP, IMS, and WBS development.
• Experience with resource-loaded integrated master schedules, rolling-wave planning, schedule health assessments, schedule risk assessments, and critical or driving path analysis.
• Experience facilitating resource leveling, validating remaining work, resolving critical path conflicts, coaching, mentoring, and teaching.
• Ability to conduct stakeholder learning sessions and work across multiple software systems.
• Understanding of program management processes and DoD, government contracting, or public auditing policies and procedures.
• Experience coordinating Schedule Risk Assessments and analyzing schedule data for complex projects.
• Experience preparing reports and presentations for senior leadership and customers and integrating major subcontractor schedules.
• Willingness to support employee training, onboarding, and continuous education.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role with hybrid or in-office work in Plano or Lone Tree.
• Annual performance-based incentive pay.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans; life insurance; and a 401(k) with a 150% match up to 6%.
• Three weeks of paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
• Computer-based work for extended periods, requiring strong hand and finger dexterity.
• Security clearance eligibility is subject to U.S. government adjudication; non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible.

Hiring process

• The posting will remain open for at least 5 days and may be extended based on business needs.