Senior Planning Engineer — IPT & EVMS Lead

Northrop Grumman; Maryland; On-site; USD 85,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL; Oklahoma City, OK or Patuxent River, MD seeks a Principal Engineer Planning Analyst to coordinate with technical leadership and cross-functional IPTs to manage Training and Support Equipment development.

This onsite role emphasizes cost, schedule, and technical performance, with responsibilities ranging from budget tracking to IMS status. A background in CAM/EVM, project management, and security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years’ experience
• Master’s degree with 3 years’ experience
• PhD with 1 year experience
• Experience in project management and/or control account management
• Experience with CAM and EVM methodologies
• Experience in contracts executing full-earned value management
• Experience with MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with technical leadership in a cross functional Integrated Program Team (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule, and technical objectives
• Manage cross functional & horizontal execution for Training & Support Equipment development
• Develop and deliver presentations to customers, management, and other program stakeholders
• Define, plan, perform, monitor, control, and complete a variety of project tasks to include developing Engineering rhythm
• Serve as Work Package Manager for Training and Support Equipment disciplines
• Track budget actuals against predictions and financial performance against the full EV performance management baseline, participate in CAM status calls, prepare status for/attend weekly status meeting, provide bi-monthly Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) status, support stakeholder meetings, review Actual Hours reports for time charging accuracy and alignment with IMS status
• Support logistics team, generate staffing requirements, documentation, and forecasts
• Support agile alignment to QSST & IMS
• Adhere to all internal processes for Product Support
• Perform schedule risk assessments to identify and mitigate program cost and scheduling risks

Skills

Project management

Control Account Management

Earned Value Management

Contract management

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree (5 years’ experience)

Master’s degree (3 years’ experience)

PhD (1 year experience)

Tools

MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint)

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL; Oklahoma City, OK or Patuxent River, MD seeks a Principal Engineer Planning Analyst to coordinate with technical leadership and cross-functional IPTs to manage Training and Support Equipment development.

This onsite role emphasizes cost, schedule, and technical performance, with responsibilities ranging from budget tracking to IMS status. A background in CAM/EVM, project management, and security clearance is required.