Master Scheduler - Programs

This opportunity is located in Duluth MN, North Dallas TX, Knoxville, TN, Phoenix AZ East Valley, or Grand Forks, ND.

Cirrus gives priority to candidates interested in moving to our Duluth headquarters for innovation and activity center of our manufacturing, engineering, and enterprise operations. We will also consider candidates who are interested in working with us from our other facilities listed above.

Summary:

Team member will be responsible for developing and maintaining master program schedules, identifying critical path, and forecasting resource requirements. The Master Scheduler reports to the Program Manager and will routinely interface with Engineering, and the cross-functional program team.

Duties and Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Maintain master project schedule(s) for platforms and programs

• Work with program managers and project engineers to develop, integrate, and maintain project schedules

• Work closely with resource managers and program managers to assign work, identify resource gaps, and critical path items
• Provide weekly reports to communicate upcoming deliverables and resource forecasts
• Develop and maintain MS Project Enterprise calendars, lookup tables, custom fields, templates, reports, & filters
• Add, edit, archive MS Project Enterprise users and resources
• Provide user support for troubleshooting MS Project issues
• Train project team members, program managers, and resource managers in MS Project Enterprise
• Works to understand the Cirrus New Product Introduction System (NPIS) a phased gating system methodology for project and reporting standards.
• Support development of Power BI reports
• Work closely with Program Managers and IT to continuously improve the MS Project Enterprise environment
• Create standard project tools, reports, and dashboards.
• Develop heuristic models to drive predictability of future project plans.
• Responsible for data management and analysis of project metrics.
• Managing project schedules requires extreme attention to detail with a high level of accuracy required.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years project scheduling experience preferably in a product development, or engineering environment
• Expertise with MS Project Desktop, & Enterprise
• Experience with resource loading schedules
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from four-year college or university. (highly desirable but not required)
• Experience performing MS Project Enterprise / PWA administrative functions (highly desirable but not required)
• Experience with integrating MS Project with Power BI, Power Automate, SharePoint, and TEAMS
• Project coordination or project management experience preferred
• Proficiency in full Microsoft Office Suite including Visio, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Excellent communication skills. Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization
• Self-motivated; able to work with minimal supervision.

As the home to our corporate headquarters, Duluth is a four-season city on the western tip of Lake Superior and was voted “Best Town” by Outside Magazine. The splendor of the largest freshwater lake in the world offers a multitude of outdoor activities for adventure or rejuvenation. The North Shore lifestyle is known its year-round activities, including bicycle and snowmobile trails, kayaking, rock climbing, fishing, hiking, golfing, sailing and skiing. And as a top employer in the area, Cirrus Aircraft was recently named “Best Overall Large Company to Work for in the Northland” and “Best Workplace Culture” by the Duluth News Tribune readers.

Cirrus is dedicated to a drug free work environment promoting equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, national origin, color, age, disability, religion, pregnancy, veteran status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, receipt of public assistance, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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