Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Redondo Beach, CA +1 · Business Management Mult-Func

This role is for a Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst at Northrop Grumman, focusing on developing and coordinating integrated master plans and schedules. The analyst will work with finance, engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams, track plans, perform risk analysis, and identify schedule conflicts. Experience with project management tools like MS Project and EVMS is preferred. A Secret clearance is required.

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 2 years of experience or Master’s degree
  • Experience with Microsoft Office especially MS Excel
  • Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Strategic thinker with a knack for problem solving
  • Experience with Microsoft Project 2016 and newer
  • Experience with EVMS
  • Experience with schedule analytics and risk assessment tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance