Strategic Project Scheduler II – Space Missions

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Flexible schedule

Parental leave

Job summary

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena seeks a Project Schedule Analyst to join the project business team supporting Earth Science and/or Planetary Science programs. You will build and analyze schedules, support monthly change boards, and help integrate schedule risks into presentation materials.

We’re looking for a bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of related experience (or a master’s with 1 year, or a PhD) and strong MS Office skills.

Qualifications

• Typically has a bachelor’s with a minimum of 3 years of related experience, master’s degree with 1 year of experience, or PhD.
• Some scheduling experience and/or familiar with project planning concepts
• Resourceful and self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, analyze, and report schedule concerns, associated metrics, and schedule products.
• Identify and communicate anomalies in the schedule data, analyze horizontal logic and critical path traceability.
• Maintain detailed network schedules in MS Project Server including the extraction and analysis of various schedule related data required for monthly/quarterly reporting.
• Support monthly change control board meetings, and incorporate approved liens (BCRs) into the project baseline or estimate at complete (EAC).
• Assist in the production of high-level summary schedule reports.
• Conduct and report “what-if” schedule scenarios.
• Learn technical knowledge about a project to help derive schedule risks and potential negative impacts/opportunities to the project schedule
• Work with Lead Scheduler on integrating schedule impact artifacts into schedule presentation package and be able to identify and/or present major takeaways from any set of PSA analysis presentation charts
• Works on critical, often self-initiated, ad-hoc assignments and projects with minimal direction.

Skills

Scheduling experience

MS Project

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

MS Project Server

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Master’s degree in related field

PhD

Tools

MS Project Server

Job description

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena seeks a Project Schedule Analyst to join the project business team supporting Earth Science and/or Planetary Science programs. You will build and analyze schedules, support monthly change boards, and help integrate schedule risks into presentation materials.

We’re looking for a bachelor’s degree with 3+ years of related experience (or a master’s with 1 year, or a PhD) and strong MS Office skills.