Program Planning Scheduling Analyst – Level 3

Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector is seeking a Program Planning Scheduling Analyst – Level 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.  The selected candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman's Program Scheduling and Compliance Center of Excellence. This position is located in Aurora, CO. Work expected to be conducted onsite.

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

The Program Planning Scheduling Principal Analyst is responsible for the implementation of standard processes and tools, and program planning and control practices.  This position will work within a team environment consisting of program management, technical, production, financial and other supporting staff. 

The ideal candidate will have strong teambuilding skills, exhibit strong leadership potential, and possess comprehensive verbal and written communication/presentation skills.

Roles and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Create valid and effective Program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) that incorporate all dependencies, aligns to resource availability, and identifies and aligns program milestones with contractual need dates. 
• Establish ground rules and assumptions, and ensure compliance with applicable EVMS guidelines.
• Identify & validate the critical path, run performance and health check metrics.
• Conduct trend analysis and report data, e.g. late start/finish, forecast dates impacts, manage program schedule margin, and changes to critical path(s). 
• Monitor and develop work around utilizing schedule acceleration techniques to achieve additional margin, monitor & de-conflict internal and external influences to resources and the critical path.
• Provide schedules visibility, reporting, and schedule analyses, performs risk analyses, and identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts.
• Monitor the Program IMS to ensure the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) supports the Programs execution Plan & ensures cost/schedule integration.
• Works with the technical lead, functional managers and control account managers to identify internal and external dependencies, milestones and deliverables.
• Frequent use of industry scheduling best practices, and specific Scheduling Tool properties and functions.

Basic Qualifications for a Level 3:

• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of related professional experience - OR - a Master's degree with 4+ years of related professional experience.  10+ years of related experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• 2+ years of project scheduling experience using Microsoft Project or other related scheduling tool.
• Integrated Master Scheduler (IMS) experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint and Word.
• Current, active DoD Top Secret Security Clearance.

 
Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field. 
• 5+ years project scheduling experience and advanced scheduling skills in Microsoft Project or other related scheduling tools.
• Experience using Schedule Health Analysis (SHA) tools and Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA) tools.
• Experience working with SAP production schedules.
• Experience supporting Projects/Program of different size, contract types, and complexity.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Working knowledge of EVMS guidelines and processes.
• Current, active DoD Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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