Principal Earned Value Scheduler

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

This role is for a Principal Earned Value Scheduler at Northrop Grumman, focusing on preparing, developing, and coordinating integrated master plans and schedules for programs. The position involves ensuring horizontal and vertical integration across functional groups, tracking plans, performing risk analysis, and resolving conflicts using project management techniques like Gantt, PERT, and Earned Value Management. Proficiency in Microsoft Project and Office Suite is required, along with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. The role is within the defense domain and is not directly AI/ML related.

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. Uses 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 with 5 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR a Master's Degree with 3 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR Associate's Degree with 7 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR High School Diploma/GED with 9 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience
  • Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Project
  • ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated US government secret clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time

Nice to have

  • Aerospace/Defense Industry experience
  • Excel Macro/VBA Skills
  • Experience in Deltek Cobra
  • Experience in Deltek Acumen Risk

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance