Senior Principal Program Planner & Scheduler — Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 129,300 - 193,900; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Program Planning & Scheduling Analyst in San Diego, CA, for a full-time onsite role with a 9/80 schedule. You will lead scheduling activities within the Mission Systems sector, coordinating across engineering, operations and management to ensure on-time program execution.

The ideal candidate has deep scheduling experience, strong communication skills, and a DoD Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years professional related experience -OR - a Master's degree with 6 years of professional related experience.
• 4 years of project scheduling experience using MS Project, Oracle P6, Deltek Open Plan or other related scheduling tool.
• Experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• Current, active DoD Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with engineering and operations to decompose scope and develop the program schedule baseline.
• Work with program management to develop an integrated measurement baseline for cost, schedule, and performance.
• Use scheduling software to plan progress and identify variances for management decisions.
• Perform metrics reviews and predictive analysis to improve performance.
• Conduct schedule risk analyses and work with the program manager to resolve critical path issues.

Skills

Scheduling

Project coordination

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Oracle P6

Deltek Open Plan

MS Office Suite

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Program Planning & Scheduling Analyst in San Diego, CA, for a full-time onsite role with a 9/80 schedule. You will lead scheduling activities within the Mission Systems sector, coordinating across engineering, operations and management to ensure on-time program execution.

The ideal candidate has deep scheduling experience, strong communication skills, and a DoD Secret clearance.