Program Scheduler/Earned Value Specialist

About the role

The primary function of the Program Scheduler/Earned Value Specialist is to manage the program scheduler, risk activities, and analyze data to provide earned value metrics to senior management. This role involves using program management knowledge and/or subject matter expertise to integrate engineering into the earned value process and manage the interface between schedule and business administration.

Responsibilities

• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities to complete assigned projects that are of moderate complexity/value to ensure that projects are completed within prescribed contractual requirements, time frames, and funding parameters.
• Develops plans that lay out all engineering to be completed with related deadlines (Integrated Master Schedule), the integration of engineering into the earned value process, and the costs associated with the project.
• Interacts with customers to maintain a high level of effective communications and resolve problems and issues as they arise.
• Prepares and sends status reports to the customer and to management.
• Planning and managing the activities of a cross-functional project team.
• Analyzes and resolves problems that threaten the successful completion of the project.
• Interface with internal functional teams and external customers for planning, prioritization, and issue resolution of overall activities in the support and achievement of customer goals.
• Analyze requirements, interface with other professionals to generate program documentation such as plans, schedules, briefings, reports, correspondence, contracts/contract modifications, technical instructions/procedures and/or related materials.
• Analyze and track project budgets, schedules and deliverables, conduct research into specific areas, prepare findings and report findings to the customer.
• Prepare required contract reporting.
• Interface with internal and external principal program participants for planning, prioritization and resolution of overall activities to support customer goals.
• Coordinates with Program Managers, Engineering Managers, and other project team personnel to assist in achieving project goals by holding status meetings, monitoring deliveries against customer schedule, monitoring costs vs. budgets, assisting in generation of recovery plans and formulating/implementing cost reduction measures.
• Aids Program Managers in proposal generation and submittal by holding kickoff meetings, coordinating cost inputs to Estimating/Financial Administration and interfacing with all participating proposal personnel to assure that all elements of proposals are generated, published and reviewed within the planned schedule.
• Interact with customers, governmental agencies, and other departments when assisting program managers with projects.
• Communicate with management and others when reporting on program schedule status, earned value, and metrics.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Project.
• Solid understanding of Integrated Master Schedules, Earned Value Techniques, and Schedule and Cost Reporting.
• Comfortable reporting and presenting to senior management and customers.
• Experience in the Aerospace/Defense industry a plus.
• Able to communicate and negotiate with customers in a polite and professional manner, exercising tact and diplomacy.
• Effective communications when coordinating the activities of support personnel and others.
• Able to read, analyze, and interpret very complex documents and to write business correspondence and reports.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree Required.
• A minimum of 1-2 years program management, scheduling, and earned value or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Compensation and Benefits

• Compensation ranges for roles at TTM Technologies vary depending on a wide array of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
• Additional compensation: An annual or quarterly company bonus may apply based on position assignment.
• Positions hired for alternative shift may be eligible for a shift premium based on the assigned shift and location.
• Benefits are available on the 1st of the month following date of hire. For some positions, only PTO and holiday benefits are offered.

Export Statement

• Must comply with TTM Export Control Policies and Procedures and all applicable laws including ITAR, EAR and OFAC including but not limited to:
• a) being able to identify ITAR product on the manufacturing floor and understand that access to these products and related technical data is restricted to only US Citizens and US Permanent Residents;
• b) recognition of Foreign Person visitors by badge differentiation;
• c) understand and follow authorization procedures for bringing foreign visitors into facilities (VAL);
• d) understand the Export and ITAR requirements for shipments leaving the US;
• e) manage vendor approvals for ITAR manufacturing and services.