Currently, RG is looking to hire a Project Controller to support our US Army customer. To help make our customer successful, the chosen candidate can expect to be involved with developing integrated master schedules (IMS) for defense acquisition program(s). The candidate will work with the project manager to plan out the development, testing, and fielding for these systems. The successful candidate will be working with a diverse group of scientists and engineers and must have an ability to work independently. General PMO functions/duties may also be expected to include meeting facilitation, preparing meeting agendas, meeting minutes and action item registers. Assisting in Fiscal Year budget planning, preparation, and tracking, manpower planning and analysis, and overall project performance metrics can be expected as well. This role will be critical in supporting our customer’s overarching mission of Weapons Systems Research and Development. The US Army conducts operations all over the world and in order to maintain overmatch capability against adversaries, new technologies and systems are in development and existing systems are being improved. We work with our customers each day to ensure these new & improved technologies and systems get to our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines as quickly as possible so they can complete their missions and return home safely.

How You Can Make A Difference:

This role plays an important and vital part in our customers' mission success. The ideal candidate will be in a position to impact the Product Teams by developing and managing the master schedules and financials needed to successfully execute the projects. Our customers look to us for advice on how to not only improve project performance but identify and mitigate potential problematic areas before they impact the project.

Required Skills

The Project Scheduler / Coordinator is an exempt customer-facing business professional that provides a variety of information directly to customers for their ongoing programs, new initiatives, strategic planning, and measurement/evaluation in one or more of RG's solutions. They possess excellent customer service skills, remain current on industry trends, value teamwork, and have a wide range of interpersonal skills.

Required Experience

To be successful in this role, all candidates must meet the below qualifications to be considered.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Computer/Information Science, or Engineering
• 5+ years of current Scheduler experience using MS Project 2016 or later
• Schedule Development/Update/What-If Analysis/Critical Path Analysis experience
• Experience with preparation of monthly or as required program status reports for customer
• Familiarity with cost analysis and preparing budget plans
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to provide on-site support at Ft. Belvoir as required for staff call(s) or as program needs dictate
• Current NAC or ability to obtain

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Bring the WOW Factor:**

In addition to our core requirements that are an absolute must for this role, we want to highlight some of the qualifications that we consider to “Bring the WOW Factor”. Below are some of those “WOW Factors” that we would love to have, but that are not considered hard requirements to do the job.

• DoD Acquisition or DoD PM Experience
• EVM experience
• MS Project On-Line Experience
• Experience in Defense Industry

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Physical Requirements & Disclaimer:**

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required, only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. EOE, including disability/vets

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_At Robbins-Gioia (RG), we provide management consulting, managed services, and JFAST software. Our management consulting services combine leading-edge capabilities in management and technology with a seasoned understanding of our clients’ missions. Our managed services help our clients maximize their technology investments by providing experienced professionals that complement our clients’ strategy and operations. Our JFAST software is a suite of tools that perform advanced planning and scheduling operations and is the most capable intelligent scheduling platform for complex, mission-critical applications.

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The Project Scheduler / Coordinator is an exempt customer-facing business professional that provides a variety of information directly to customers for their ongoing programs, new initiatives, strategic planning, and measurement/evaluation in one or more of RG's solutions. They possess excellent customer service skills, remain current on industry trends, value teamwork, and have a wide range of interpersonal skills.