Principal / Sr Principal Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst at Northrop Grumman

Principal / Sr Principal Program Planning Scheduling Analyst

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking for a Principal / Sr Principal Program Planning Scheduling Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals! This position will be located on site in Melbourne, Florida. The selected candidate will work closely with the Program Leadership to meet the goals and objectives of the AS Business Management organization.

Essential Functions:

• Prepares, develops and coordinates the integrated master plan and integrated master schedule to meet all program objectives
• Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality
• Tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts
• Uses Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas

Basic Qualifications:

• For the Principal Program Planning Scheduling Analyst level: Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR a Master's Degree with 3 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR Associate's Degree with 7 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR High School Diploma/GED with 9 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience
• For the Sr Principal Program Planning Scheduling Analyst level: Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR a Master's Degree with 6 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR Associate's Degree with 10 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience OR High School Diploma/GED with 12 years of business, finance, accounting, program control and/or similar industry related fields experience
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Project
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated US government Secret Clearance (must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace/Defense Industry experience
• Excel Macro/VBA Skills
• Experience in Deltek Cobra
• Experience in Deltek Acumen Risk