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Principal or Sr. Principal Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst

Principal or Sr. Principal Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst

CompanyNorthrop Grumman
LocationEl Segundo, CA, USA
Salary$100300 – $187300
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of Program/Project Management, Earned Value Management, Business, Cost, and/or Finance experience, OR a Master’s degree with 3 years of stated experience
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel (including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP), and PowerPoint
  • Experience with scheduling software tools to include any of the following: Primavera, Open Plan Professional, Cobra, or Microsoft Project (preferred tool)
  • Active DoD Secret Clearance
  • Aerospace/Defense Industry Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of Program/Project Management, Earned Value Management, Business, Cost, and/or Finance experience, OR a Master’s degree with 6 years of stated experience
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel (including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP), and PowerPoint
  • Experience with scheduling software tools to include any of the following: Primavera, Open Plan Professional, Cobra, or Microsoft Project (preferred tool)
  • Active DoD Secret Clearance
  • Aerospace/Defense Industry Experience

Responsibilities

  • Prepares, develops and coordinates the integrated master plan and integrated master schedule to meet all program objectives
  • Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality
  • Develops plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts
  • Applies Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management (EVM) and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas
  • Manages scheduling statement of work (SOW) working with associated project controllers to ensure schedule and budget/forecast are consistent
  • Analyzes schedule for critical path, recognizing implications of changes and assists in the development and incorporation of work-around plans into the schedule when change is required
  • Develops necessary reports and metrics to enable management decisions
  • Utilizes the Earned Value Management (EVM) system to analyze schedules to ensure they are consistent with budgets and forecast
  • Performs IPT Scheduling for complex program IMS in a lead scheduling role for smaller projects

Preferred Qualifications

  • Excel Macro/VBA Skills
  • Experience working in Microsoft Project Server Environment
  • Experience in Deltek Acumen Risk
  • Knowledge of DCMA health metrics