Scheduling SME

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the resident expert in the DoD acquisition processes, and analytical methods or techniques to gather, analyze, and evaluate information required by the USG to include drawing conclusions and devising solutions to problems relating to improvement of acquisition effectiveness and compliance; developing and drafting acquisition documentation and quality control; performing work measurement studies, program or operations efficiency reviews, cost studies, or workload change impact analyses; use automated management information systems in performing fact finding, analytical, and advisory functions.
• Shall be completely autonomous and well versed in Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition (SAF/AQ) and AFLCMC scheduling processes, able to perform at an acquisition scheduling expert level and provide technical guidance and advice to the Government PM and PEO
• Consult with the Government to define issues/tasks, and recommend solutions.
• Work with the technical team to derive scheduling tasks and requirements, brief the schedule to the Government PM/PEO, and follow up to close any action items.
• Advise and assist the Government in the development of weapon system program execution strategies to achieve capability outcomes as documented in the program acquisition strategy document and acquisition program baseline.
• Provide technical advice to the Government PEO, PM and senior staff on mission critical scheduling challenges and assist in developing recommendations for improvement, mitigation, or avoidance of such challenges.
• Apply demonstrated practical experience to develop, analyze, and maintain an IMP/IMS.
• Apply demonstrated experience with complex, high visibility, high-tempo programs, to include the applicable DoD and USAF scheduling regulations and requirements relative to various phases of the program.
• Apply in-depth experience in scheduling and project control best practices to assist the Government in the use and development of metrics, data collection and tracking tools, and schedule input to assess the health of the IPTs throughout the assigned program.
• Apply DoD acquisition procedures, analytical methods and techniques to gather, analyze, and evaluate information required by program/project managers, customers, and the Defense Contract Management Agency.
• Identify and analyze the critical path to milestones and events and provide the results of the analysis and any risks associated with the critical path to the Government.
• Develop, report, and maintain schedules and metrics that are needed to track program status.
• Apply a working knowledge of EVM principles in order to evaluate and report program health and status.
• Accurately advise the Government PEO, PM, senior staff, and integrated product teams on weapon system contractor quality, health of the schedule, and analysis of EVM relative to the schedule baseline.
• Arrange and support various program actions such as meeting attendance; meeting minutes; milestone planning, tracking, and scheduling; briefing preparation; staff coordination; risk management plan and strategy development and integration; and decision documentation preparation.
• Provide schedule training to PMO and designees upon Government request.
• Support key acquisition events and reviews as needed such as System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Technical Coordination Meetings (TCM), Functional Configuration Audits (FCA), Physical Configuration Audits (PCA), Production Readiness Reviews (PRR), and others as applicable.
• Ability to establish/maintain databases and develop/analyze of key program metrics.
• Track technical metrics and reporting status.
• Apply an understanding of DoD and AF program/project analysis to plan, organize, complete, and present assessments of program/project activity, management concepts, analyses, studies, and procedures to the USG
• Perform analyses to support program strategy decisions and courses of action
• Evaluate implications of existing or proposed projects, programs, processes, and policies/laws and recommend improvements to the USG.
• Develop, review, and approval processes for requirements document development and the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process and staffing. Assist in translating user requirements documents such as the Capability Development Document (CDD), Capability Production Document (CPD), and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) into Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation for the directorate.
• Support USG implementation of policies, processes, and tools for capability planning and development. Assist capabilities managers in arranging and supporting High Powered Teams (HPTs) for capabilities development. Assist in developing and implementing capability-based planning processes for AFMC. Assist in facilitating AFMC support to Capability Review and Risk Assessment (CRRA) and integrate AFMC/Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) capability-based planning activities and by providing input for Integrated Summits (I-SUMMITs).
• Promote the use of Modeling Simulation & Analysis (MS&A) throughout the acquisition lifecycle process and foster the development and maintenance of common use MS&A tools useful to the divisions/groups/industry.
• Assist in integration of intelligence information and infrastructure to ensure cross-enterprise capabilities planning and system acquisition.
• Provide support for all aspects of program cost, schedule, and performance. Assist with Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), data calls, and reviews. Support and assist in planning, organizing, and managing of general and critical aspects of the development, production, and/or deployment of the systems, subsystems, and equipment as well as the acquisition program management of the full life cycle requirements.
• Develop and collect technical data and inputs for staff summary packages to support coordination and signature of all associated documents for milestone approval.
• Assist in producing or supporting the development of draft documentation and presentation materials as requested or necessitated by programmatic limits based on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Assist with developing, analyzing, reporting, and maintaining schedules and metrics that are needed to track program status. Assist with providing schedule analysis of overarching program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with knowledge of OEM-specific scheduling tools, or other tools mandated by the USG and integration techniques.
• Interface and coordinate with lateral USG organizations, including but not limited to, headquarters, major commands, aircraft wings/squadrons, test agencies, and USAF Centers or other external agencies to accomplish assigned tasks. Assist with the resolution of programmatic issues including, but not limited to, interfacing/querying Air Staff, Air Force Major Command, and DoD personnel.
• Provide technical support, planning, coordination, and participation in integrated program reviews and conferences, including but not limited to, the following: executive, readiness, technical, budget, design, weapon system, requirement working groups, supportability, and management reviews.
• Support DAG and PEG processes, including but not limited to, Execution Reviews, Monthly Acquisition Report (MAR), Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES), Selected Acquisition Reports (SAR), other acquisition reports.
• Participate in process improvement activities as members of, or advisors to, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and Product/Process Improvement Working Groups (PIWGs).
• Facilitate meetings as needed.
• Create CDRLs.
• Review Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Create PCN.
• Create WORK REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION (WRD).
• Demonstrate an understanding of PWS, SOW, DIDs, CDRLs, & ASP.
• Conduct Market Research, draft Early Strategy and Issues Session (ESIS), Acquisition Strategy Plan (ASP), Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) and Virtual Staff Summary Sheet (vSSS).

Required Experience:

One of the following combinations of education/experience:

• Advanced Degree (Master of Arts (MA)/Master of Science (MS)) and twelve (12) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, five (5) years of which must be in the DoD -OR-
• BA/BS degree in related field or equivalent experience, and fteen (15) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, ve (5) of which must be in the DoD - OR-
• HS Diploma, and twenty (20) years of directly related experience, eight (8) of which must be in the DoD
• Expert-level proficiency in scheduling tools including but not limited to Microsoft Project.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance; U.S. Citizenship required

Preferred Qualification:

• Knowledge of CCaR, PIIE, WAWF, FAR, and DFAR
• Demonstrate an understanding of Form 1067, and Form 206.
• Knowledge of Commercial Asset Visibility Air Force (CAV AF) system