Manager 2 - Program Planning and Scheduling

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 146,600 - 219,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

9/80 Work Schedule

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is looking for a Program Planning and Scheduling Manager 2 in Sunnyvale, CA. The role involves managing scheduling efforts, supporting site schedulers, and ensuring compliance with corporate scheduling processes.

Candidates should have a bachelor's degree with significant experience in Program Planning or Scheduling. Excellent project management skills are essential. The position offers competitive benefits including a health plan and education assistance, alongside a primary salary range of $146,600.00 - $219,800.00.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with eight years of related experience or Master’s degree with six years of experience.
• Experience in Program Planning or Scheduling using Microsoft Project.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage all scheduling efforts and schedule baselines.
• Provide hands-on support to site schedulers.
• Ensure full compliance with scheduling processes and procedures.

Skills

Experience in Program Planning or Scheduling using Microsoft Project

Strong understanding of project management and earned-value management principles

Proficiency in MS Office (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)

Experience using Schedule Health Analysis and Monte-Carlo schedule-risk assessment tools

Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Master's degree

Job description

Relocation assistance may be available.

Security clearance required at start: None. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Position

Program Planning and Scheduling Manager 2 - Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Sunnyvale, CA.

Onsite 9/80 schedule.

Responsibilities

• Manage all scheduling efforts and schedule baselines.
• Provide site schedulers with day-to-day hands-on support, guidance, troubleshooting, and satisfaction of programmatic requirements.
• Act as a change agent, fostering an environment of trust, compliance, continuous improvement, and learning.
• Perform project management, managing multiple priorities against ambitious timelines.
• Support and coordinate internal and external surveillance audits.
• Ensure full compliance with corporate and sector scheduling processes and procedures, focusing on NGMS and Earned Value Management System implementation.
• Provide support to bids, bid reviews, integrated baseline reviews, and internal projects.
• Advise business managers in integrating project schedules with Earned Value Management.
• Attend site business-management meetings to define schedule needs and coordinate resource allocation.
• Assist the sector scheduling group in evaluating goals and objectives for site schedulers.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with eight years of related experience, or a Master's degree with six years of related experience (or twelve years of experience in lieu of a degree).
• Four years of hands-on experience in Program Planning or Scheduling using Microsoft Project.
• Strong understanding of project management and earned-value management principles applicable to complex projects.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Experience using Schedule Health Analysis and Monte-Carlo schedule-risk assessment tools.
• Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration or an engineering-related field.
• Experience in a DoD manufacturing or engineering-development environment.
• Production scheduling experience and familiarity with MRP.
• Familiarity with Earned-Value tools (e.g., Cobra).
• Experience applying integrated cost/schedule and critical-path methodologies within an EVMS environment.
• Familiarity with NDIA’s Planning and Scheduling Excellence Guide.
• Experience in aerospace and/or defense programs and familiarity with IPMDAR.
• Current active DoD Secret security clearance.

Benefits

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
• Additional benefits as applicable.

Primary Level Salary Range: $146,600.00 - $219,800.00.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.