Program Planning Analyst/Scheduler

The Program Planning Analyst/Scheduler 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 team building skills, exhibit strong leadership potential, and possess comprehensive verbal and written communication/presentation skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

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

• Ensure major Projects and Programs Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality. 
• Utilize 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.
• Engage with the Program Team to perform thorough project analysis showing knowledge and understanding of the program and the principles of EVMS and suggests/creates/implements work around to enhance cost and schedule performance.
• Perform risk analyses and identify and resolve critical path and network logic conflicts.
• Understand numerous facets of scheduling and contribute to the development of new scheduling concepts, techniques, and standards.
• Provide interface/support to program office, IPT leads/CAMs and less experienced schedulers to achieve program objectives.
• Support new business proposal providing recommendations on schedule methodologies and proposal strategies and develop an IMP and IMS.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 to 5 years professional related experience -OR - a master’s degree with 0 to 3 years of professional related experience.  Additional years of related experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• 2 to 5 years of project scheduling experience using Microsoft Project.
• 2 to 5 years’ experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• Willingness to obtain and maintain a Secret level security clearance. US Citizenship is a prerequisite.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications

• Secret Clearance
• Organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills

Employee Incentives:? 401K; Educational Assistance;?Casual?work environment; Generous PTO; Work-life balance; Upward Mobility; Relocation??