Senior Planning Engineer & IPT Lead (Onsite)

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal Engineer Planning Analyst to join a team coordinating with technical leadership and IPTs to ensure cost, schedule, and technical objectives are met. The role is onsite across multiple locations including Melbourne, FL, OKC, and Patuxent River with no remote work.

You will manage Training & Support Equipment development, deliver customer presentations, and track budget against the EV baseline while supporting logistics and staffing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years’ experience, OR Master’s degree with 3 years’ experience; PhD with 1 year.
• Experience in project management and/or control account management.
• Experience with CAM and EVM methodologies.
• Experience with contracts executing full-earned value management.
• Experience with MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with technical leadership in a cross functional 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.
• Serve as Work Package Manager for Training and Support Equipment disciplines.
• Track budget actuals against predictions and manage EV baseline; participate in status calls and IMS reviews.
• Support logistics team, generate staffing requirements, documentation, and forecasts.
• Support agile alignment to QSST & IMS; adhere to processes for Product Support.
• Perform schedule risk assessments to identify and mitigate program cost and scheduling risks.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Earned Value Management

CAM

MS Office suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal Engineer Planning Analyst to join a team coordinating with technical leadership and IPTs to ensure cost, schedule, and technical objectives are met. The role is onsite across multiple locations including Melbourne, FL, OKC, and Patuxent River with no remote work.

You will manage Training & Support Equipment development, deliver customer presentations, and track budget against the EV baseline while supporting logistics and staffing