Principal or Sr Principal Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Oklahoma City, OK +4 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for a Principal or Senior Principal Program Planning 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 critical path conflicts. The role requires experience with MS Project and Earned Value Management (EVM), and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret 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. 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 program planning and scheduling experience or Master’s degree with 3 years of stated experience (Level 3)
  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of program planning and scheduling experience or Master’s degree with 6 years of stated experience (Level 4)
  • Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Project
  • Detail development of an IMS
  • Earned Value Management (EVM) practices
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Experience in material cost management
  • Experience with EVM
  • Experience with SAP and MPM &/or COBRA
  • Active DoD Secret Clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Proven background and experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)
  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance