Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst III

Are you looking for an opportunity to deepen your planning and scheduling skills in a meaningful work environment that supports and protects explorers and heroes? Join our team! As a Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst III, you will be using your skills and expertise to prepare, develop and coordinate our integrated master plan and integrated master schedule to meet our program objectives and ensure major projects and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across the enterprise. You'll be expected to be proficiently tracking plans and schedules, performing risk analysis, identifying and resolving critical path and network logic conflicts utilizing Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques. You'll evaluate the level of schedule compliance and identify reasons for completion shortfalls.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains - air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Responsibilities:

• Oversees and coordinates the administrative/operational aspects of ongoing projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports. Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• May conduct performance/project analyses during phase-down to benefit future/other projects, missions, and programs.
• Develop, track and update schedules; facilitate resource leveling; validate remaining work; identify and resolve critical path conflicts; analyze impacts to schedule of any proposed changes.
• Handling multiple projects at one time and must be able to prioritize tasks, integrate data, and be focused on achieving mission results.
• Interface with various teams and must be able to coordinate schedule reviews and updates.
• Coordinate routine integrated master schedule (IMS) meetings with Program, Operations, Engineering, Management as well as Customer Representatives.
• Use of Microsoft Office Suite of applications including MS Excel, Word, and Power Point for documentation of deliverables, technical reports, and presentations.
• Recommend and develop schedule management solutions, processes and procedures to improve the reporting system.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• A Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related field and 6 years or more of related work experience.
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Experience in Microsoft Project Professional
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills to maintain overall integrity of program plans
• Effective problem solving skills
• Effective multi-tasking skills to handle multiple impacts to the program plan simultaneously
• Strong math skills and the ability to make precise calculations
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize tasks, integrate data, and be focused on achieving mission results
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to coordinate schedules and operational activities efficiently

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Program Planning and Production Scheduling Experience
• Working Knowledge of Throughput, Bottlenecks and Capacity Planning
• Understanding and Experience with Critical Path Analysis
• Understanding of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Development
• Understanding of Event versus Product based schedules
• Understanding of Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Understand How to Decompose Work
• Knowledge and Experience with Engineering Design Concepts
• Knowledge and Experience with Schedule Health Analysis (ex: DCMA 14 pt Assessment)
• Knowledge and Understanding of Schedule Performance
• Resource Loading / Planning / Levelling
• Knowledge and Experience Baselining Program Schedules
• Knowledge and Understanding of IPMR DI-MGMT-81861
• Knowledge and Understanding of MIL-STD-881-C and NDIA-IPMD-PASEG-v3
• Knowledge and Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
• Experience with Rolling Wave Planning
• Experience with Baseline Change Control
• Experience / Trained as a Control Account Manager (CAM)
• Understanding and Experience with Different Contract Types
• Ability to Work Across Multiple Software Systems and Comprehend System Relationships
• Ability to Develop and Conduct Relevant Stakeholder and Learning Sessions
• Knowledge of COBRA is a Plus

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America's fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC

This posting will be open for application for a minimum of 5 days and may be extended based on business needs.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more .

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

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SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We're known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation's most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

SNC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made based on merit without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.