Senior Principal Program Scheduler with Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 123,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr Principal Program Planning Analyst/Scheduler for onsite work in Linthicum, MD, operating on a 9/80 schedule. The role focuses on coordinating with engineering and operations to decompose scope and develop the program schedule baseline, providing exposure to contract management and program execution.

The ideal candidate has strong communication and teambuilding skills, and a background in scheduling tools. A Secret clearance and US citizenship are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 6 years of related experience.
• Will consider 12 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement.
• 4 years of program scheduling experience using Microsoft Project, Oracle P6, Deltek Open Plan or other related scheduling tool.
• Experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
• US Citizenship is required
• Current, active US Government Secret security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of product development planning to establish and control the program schedule baseline.
• Coordinate with multifunctional teams to update status for management decision making on complex development and production programs.
• Coordinate with business management and project management staff to develop an integrated program measurement baseline to manage cost, schedule and technical performance of the program. Use project scheduling software to plan and gauge progress against the plan.
• Identifies performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas with the technical leads.
• Works with the program team to develop courses of action and risk mitigation strategies to address performance issues.
• Perform thorough project analysis through metrics reviews and predictive analysis to enhance cost, schedule and technical performance.
• Perform Schedule risk analyses and works with the program manager to resolve risky schedules, critical path issues and network logic conflicts.

Skills

MS Project

Oracle P6

Deltek Open Plan

MS Office Suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Oracle P6

Deltek Open Plan

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr Principal Program Planning Analyst/Scheduler for onsite work in Linthicum, MD, operating on a 9/80 schedule. The role focuses on coordinating with engineering and operations to decompose scope and develop the program schedule baseline, providing exposure to contract management and program execution.

The ideal candidate has strong communication and teambuilding skills, and a background in scheduling tools. A Secret clearance and US citizenship are required.