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About the Role

Lead Program Planner supporting a large, long-term program. Duties include managing the development and maintenance of complex program schedules, including resource loading, cost/schedule integration, and schedule analysis. This position supports program teams in developing plans and integrating inputs from all program elements.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and coordinate Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to meet all program objectives.
• Perform schedule analysis in support of assigned programs or projects.
• Ensure major projects and program schedules are integrated across functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
• Perform Schedule Risk Analysis, integrate Subcontractor effort, identify and resolve critical path and network logic conflicts.
• Utilize Gantt, milestone charts, Critical and Driving paths, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances.
• Ensure compliance with internal program procedures and project control system guidelines.
• Lead and participate in scheduling status reviews.
• Coordinate with Control Account Managers (CAMs) and cross-functional Integrated Product Team (IPT) members in the development, maintenance, and analysis of work package schedules.
• Provide insights into program scheduling trends and best practices to assist program teams with formulating achievable program schedules.
• Manage Risk and Opportunity in the IMS.
• Perform end-to-end ownership of maintenance and coordination of schedule integration between supplemental schedules, the IMS, and the Program Summary Master Schedule.
• Identify and recommend insightful mitigation plans to ensure the IMS is used as a predictive model and remains a valued management tool.
• Simultaneously support multiple schedules of varying complexity.
• Develop process improvements to achieve program goals.
• Mentor program teams and CAMs in schedule best practices and Earned Value methodologies.
• Travel to various subcontractor/supplier sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum 9 years planning experience or 7 years minimum related experience with graduate degree.
• Minimum of 13 years of prior related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.
• Demonstrated Experience on programs with responsibility for development and execution of the IMS, including setup, baseline management and update/maintenance, schedule analysis, critical path analysis, SRAs, and CDRL deliveries.
• Experience with schedule health metrics (e.g. DCMA 14-point check) and Schedule Metric Analysis – such as CEI, BEI, CPLI, SPI, etc.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Skills

• Microsoft Project
• Excel
• Excel Pivot Tables
• Word
• PowerPoint
• MS Project to Cobra cost/schedule integration
• FullMonte SRA
• SSI Tool
• OnePager Pro

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• 9/80 schedule; Every other Friday off

Experience Level

• Minimum 9 years planning experience
• Minimum 7 years related experience with graduate degree
• Minimum 13 years of prior related experience (in lieu of degree)

Education Level

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Graduate degree