Principal Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst

About the role

The Planner/Scheduler will be hired directly into our Scheduling Center of Excellence and placed on programs within the Mission Systems (MS) Sector. The MS scheduling organization focuses on skill development and creates a pathway for professional development and progression.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of product development planning to establish and control the program schedule baseline
• Cook up with a multifunctional teams to update status for management decision making on complex development and production programs
• Cook up with business management and project management staff to develop an integrated program measurement baseline to manage cost, schedule and technical performance of the program
• Use project scheduling software to plan and gauge progress against the plan
• Identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas with the technical (engineering and operations) leads
• Work with the program team to develop courses of action and risk mitigation strategies to address performance issues
• Perform thorough project analysis through metrics reviews and predictive analysis to enhance cost, schedule and technical performance
• Perform Schedule risk analyses and work with the program manager to resolve risky schedules, critical path issues and network logic conflicts

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years professional related experience - OR - a Master's degree with 3 years of professional related experience
• Will consider 9 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement
• 2 years of project scheduling experience using Microsoft Project, Oracle P6, Deltek Open Plan or other related scheduling tool
• Experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically 10% of the time
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret level security clearance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• Experience with Schedule Analytics and Schedule Risk Assessment tools
• Current, active Secret level security clearance