Description

Performs schedule analysis in support of assigned programs or projects. Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality. Tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies, and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts. Utilizes Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas. Ensures compliance with internal program procedures and project control system guidelines. May lead or participate in scheduling status reviews.

• Works under general supervision. May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. May be responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the job area. May manage projects at this level with responsibility for the delegation of work and the review of others' work product.
• Communicates within and outside of the organization which includes customers or vendors. Works to influence others to accept individual or team’s views or practices and changes to concepts, practices, and approaches. Communicates with leadership regarding matters of importance to the functional or business area. May conduct briefings with leaders.
• Work consists of making significant improvements of processes, systems, solutions, or products to enhance performance of job area. May develop new concepts or standards. Opportunities for problem solving and innovation are undefined, where information is difficult to obtain. Conducts extensive investigation to understand root cause of problems. Problems span a wide range of difficult and unique issues across the function and/or business area.
• Implements strategic goals established by leadership. Establishes operational plans for job area with short-term impact on results (e.g., less than 1 year). Provides input into new products, processes, standards and/or operational plans that will have measurable impact on the achievement of overall function or business results.
• Interface with all functions at all levels in creation and maintenance of schedule data including presentation of schedule activity status and gathering of status in meeting with all functional levels.
• Analyzes program schedule status (resources, schedule duration, activity constraints, relationships of activities, critical path)
• Performs special projects and studies as required. Performs varied program planning, scheduling, and monitoring of an involved nature, such as assist senior planning personnel by researching and gathering specific data, i.e. resources, schedule duration, activity constraints, relationships of activities, and interdependencies.
• Analyze historical program performance data to develop schedule and cost estimates in support of responses to proposal requests.
• Assist in the creation and development of proposal schedules, negotiations, audits, and fact-finding.
• Participates or contributes to process/quality improvement teams or initiatives. Identifies and recommends improvements to processes, practices, or materials which lead to positive results in quality and efficiencies. Supports or implements performance driven changes in processes and procedures.
• Preparation of monthly Internal Program Reviews and required US Government reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or minimum 1 year of prior related experience.
• Software PC skills including Microsoft Project, Excel, Word & Power Point.
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.