Int. Program Planner Senior-Skunk Works® Integrated Planning

Job Number 720201BR

Description:We are Lockheed Martin

How to be part of our Skunk Works® Team - Join Program Planning!

Have you ever imagined influencing programs that develop the world's most advanced fighter jets, design cutting-edge unmanned aerial systems, or modernize national defense aircraft? At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, technology connects people and protects nations, and we're accelerating tomorrow's breakthroughs to help our customers stay ahead in an ever-changing world. Driven by innovation and integrity, we believe that applying the highest standards of ethics and visionary thinking opens the door to extraordinary possibilities-both for the company and for you as a Lockheed Martin Aeronautics team member. Your skills, training, and education are valued here. Come experience your future with us.
Skunk Works®, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, is seeking world-class talent in Program Planning to join a team that creates shaping world-changing technology at our Marietta, GA location.

What is Program Planning to Lockheed Martin?
Integral to Lockheed Martin's Program Management & Enterprise Performance, it organizes tasks for mission success, scheduling design, development, and sustainability of products. It breaks down products into tasks, sets sequences & durations, ensuring on-time, in-budget, desired quality outcomes. Aeronautical program planning is an exciting process that combines creativity, science, and technology to create amazing machines that enable humans to explore and travel in the air and beyond!

What's In It For You:
We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security. Learn more about Lockheed Martin's comprehensive benefits package here.

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Summary of Key Duties
As a Skunk Works® Staff Integrated Program Planner, you will lead the planning team for a Skunk Works® program. You will develop, maintain, and analyze program schedules, serving as a trusted advisor and modeling planning excellence for the team. You will collaborate across multiple functional areas including engineering, procurement, contracts, business management, production, and quality control. Success in this role depends on strong communication, collaboration, and expert use of program planning tools.

Primary Tools Used:
1. Deltek Open Plan Scheduling Tool
2. Milestones Professional
3. Microsoft Excel

Secondary Tools Used (Not limited to):
1. Microsoft Project
2. SAP

***Must be a US Citizen. Must have an Interim Secret Security Clearance prior to starting; must have the ability to obtain and maintain Final Secret Security clearance.

**This role may have occasional travel to suppliers or other facilities

A level 3 employee Typically has 4-6 or more years of professional experience.

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AeroBusiness, AeroPlanning
Basic Qualifications:
The following Basic Qualifications are skills that a candidate must possess to be considered for this position:

- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
- Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities
- Experienced at developing/maintaining Network Schedules including integrity checks, critical path analysis, and Schedule Risk Analysis
- Experiences delivering project briefings to internal and external customers
- Experiences with Earned Value Management (EVM) including Cost / Schedule Integration
- Demonstrated team building skills
- Demonstrated influencing and relationship management skills
-Bachelors degree
- U.S. Citizen
- Must possess at minimum an Interim Secret Security Clearance; ability to obtain and maintain Final Secret clearance
- 3+ years of professional experience in operational planning or scheduling
- Experience analyzing planning metrics and trends and implement actionable improvement plans
Desired Skills:
The following Desired Skills are not required but are those skills that would set a candidate apart from the other candidates:

- Degree in Construction Management, Program Management, Business Administration
- Experience with networked schedules, integrity checks, and critical path methodology.
- Experience with Schedule Performance Management Techniques, e.g. Earned Value Management
- Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Previous experience with Deltek OpenPlan
- Excellent Communication and Organizational skills
- Active Secret Security Clearance
- Experience as a planning team lead and/or contract planner
- Supplier integration experience, performance analysis, and corrective action recommendation skills
- Familiarity with Risk and Opportunity Management, including identification, integration, and mitigation
- Deep knowledge of Deltek Open Plan
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Yes
Career Area: Program Planning
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First