Project Schedule Analyst II

About the role

We are seeking a Project Schedule Analyst (PSA) to become an integral team member on the project business team, supporting one of our exciting programs and/or projects in Earth Science and/or Planetary Science. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the business planning of a JPL mission from the concept studies phase!

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, analyze, and report schedule concerns, associated metrics, and schedule products.
• Identify and communicate anomalies in the schedule data, analyze horizontal logic and critical path traceability.
• Maintain detailed network schedules in MS Project Server including the extraction and analysis of various schedule related data required for monthly/quarterly reporting.
• Support monthly change control board meetings, and incorporate approved liens (BCRs) into the project baseline or estimate at complete (EAC).
• Assist in the production of high-level summary schedule reports.
• Conduct and report “what-if” schedule scenarios.
• Learn technical knowledge about a project to help derive schedule risks and potential negative impacts/opportunities to the project schedule.
• Work with Lead Scheduler on integrating schedule impact artifacts into schedule presentation package and be able to identify and/or present major takeaways from any set of PSA analysis presentation charts.
• Works on critical, often self-initiated, ad-hoc assignments and projects with minimal direction.

Requirements

• Typically has a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of related experience, master’s degree with 1 year of experience, or PhD.
• Some scheduling experience and/or familiar with project planning concepts.
• Resourceful and self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a project team environment with project reporting, integrated cost/schedule planning, earned value management (EVM), and various performance measurement techniques.
• Experience with cost-schedule baseline change control processes.

Benefits

JPL offers a catalog of benefits and perks that span from the traditional to the unique, including a variety of health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans, paid time off, learning, rideshare, childcare, flexible schedule, parental leave and many more. Our focus is on work-life balance, and living healthy, fulfilling lives as we Dare Mighty Things Together. For benefits eligible positions, benefits are effective the first day of the month coincident with or immediately following the employee’s start date.

Pay

The typical full time equivalent annual hiring range for this job in Pasadena, California is $85,384 - $100,464.