Senior Program Analyst – Schedule Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the Schedule Architect and P6 Migration Lead for the Integrated Healthcare Transformation initiative within the Department of Veterans Affairs HEFP SEP program.

• Evaluate the existing Microsoft Project Web Access environment and translate legacy data elements to P6 destinations, ensuring documented rationale and Government approval.

• Design the enterprise P6 architecture, which encompasses EPS hierarchy, WBS standards, activity coding dictionary, calendar library, and UDF strategy.

• Create standardized fragnets and schedule templates for various infrastructure project archetypes.

• Transform milestone-focused legacy records into logic-driven activities while maintaining milestones and legacy reporting during dual operations.

• Establish and report on schedule health criteria, covering open ends, negative lag, constraints, out-of-sequence progress, excessive float, and missing predecessors or successors.

• Construct and oversee master schedules that provide traceability for program and project milestones.

• Manage baselines, oversee baseline changes, and ensure the preservation of schedule revision audit trails.

• Oversee schedule data across EHRM, recapitalization, and targeted infrastructure portfolios.

• Align the EHRM NRM Capital Integrated Schedule with the EHRMIO Integrated Master Schedule and collaborate with Oracle Health and VA stakeholders.

• Work closely with VISN and VAMC engineering personnel, site engineers, design and A/E firms, and general contractors to collect schedule events and determine dependencies.

• Assess critical path impacts, downstream program effects, and schedule variances across deployment sites.

• Identify and elevate schedule risks while supporting the SEP risk register.

• Coach and mentor federal program managers, lead engineers, and field staff in schedule interpretation.

• Develop training materials, job aids, bulletins, quick-reference guides, and SOPs; provide ongoing instruction.

• Create and maintain Power BI and SharePoint reporting views while monitoring user adoption.

• Generate weekly Capital Integrated Schedule and Risk/Event Reports, assist with variance reports, and prepare executive reporting.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.

• Over 8 years of professional scheduling experience in supporting design and construction or capital infrastructure programs, with at least 3 years at a senior or lead level within a multi-project portfolio.

• Experience in converting a milestone-based, spreadsheet-driven, or tracking-register system into a logic-driven CPM schedule, including responsibility for data mapping and conversion decisions.

• Expert-level proficiency with Oracle Primavera P6 Professional and EPPM, covering EPS and WBS design, activity coding, calendar libraries, user-defined fields, global changes, baseline management, and administration of multi-project master schedules.

• Proficient in Microsoft Project and Project Web App to interrogate, extract, and validate legacy scheduling data.

• Direct experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs, including VHA, VBA, OCFM, or VISN/VAMC engineering, with an understanding of the VA capital project lifecycle, terminology, and governance.

• Proven experience in training, instruction, or mentoring individuals outside of the scheduling field.

• Proficient with Power BI and SharePoint for scheduling reporting.

• Strong analytical, written, verbal communication, and stakeholder management abilities.

• Capacity to support organizational and process changes constructively while fostering positive customer relationships.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain the necessary federal public trust clearance for this position.

• Resume must be submitted in Word document format and include dates in each section.

• Candidates are required to complete the application form to the best of their knowledge.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, and vision).

• Paid time off.

• Federal holidays.

• Matching 401K plan.

• Reasonable accommodations throughout the application and hiring process.