2026 Associate Program Planning & Scheduling Analyst/program Planning & Scheduling Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for an Associate Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst or Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst at Northrop Grumman. The primary responsibilities include preparing, developing, and coordinating integrated master plans and schedules, ensuring horizontal and vertical integration across functional groups, tracking plans, performing risk analysis, and identifying/resolving conflicts. The role utilizes project management techniques like Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, and earned value management. It requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in fields such as Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, or related areas, and the ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Prepares, develops and coordinates the integrated master plan and integrated master schedule to meet all program objectives.
  2. Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
  3. Tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts.
  4. 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.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Major in Industrial Engineering, Communications, Education, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
  • U.S. citizenship

Nice to have

  • Overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher
  • Previous internship/co-op or other work experience
  • Leadership & teamwork capabilities
  • Interpersonal communication skills
  • Professional/community/extracurricular activities

What the JD emphasized

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  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite