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BAE Systems, Inc. · 1 day ago

Principal Program Planner – CEMA (Onsite)

Merrimack, NH

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$99K/yr - $169K/yr

BAE Systems, Inc. is an international defense, aerospace, and security company that delivers a full range of products and services. As a Principal Program Planner, you will develop and coordinate integrated master plans and schedules to meet program objectives, ensuring compliance and performance monitoring across various functional groups.

Defense & Space

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop and coordinate the integrated master plan and integrated master schedule to meet all program objectives

Ensure major projects and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across company functional groups including but not limited to finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality

Monitor program schedule performance, track plans and schedules, perform risk analysis, identify and resolve critical path and network logic conflicts

Utilizes 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

Update and prepare reports for customers

Lead/facilitate the planning, establishment and maintenance of the Performance Measurement Baseline

Communicate schedule guidelines/techniques to program team for IMP/IMS development

Ensure that all schedules are fully compliant with internal policies, customer, and industry requirements (DID IPMDAR)

Develop and conduct critical and driving path analyses on the baseline schedule in compliance with, internal, customer, and industry requirements

Identify trends using common schedule Metrics (DCMA 14pt, BEI, data driven metrics, etc.), suggest corrective actions in a timely manner and supports implementation

Possess a thorough understanding of US DoD schedule policies and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) requirements

Perform Schedule Assessments and Analyses on the baseline IMS to identify schedule risks and opportunities

Review, recommend and implement, as appropriate, schedule work-around or recovery plans in a proactive manner

Routinely assist program management by monitoring SPI/CPI and BEI performance and preparing schedule status reports for customer and/or business management reviews

Perform and analyze schedule risk assessments (SRA) as required

Train and assist program and proposal teams in preparation for planning sessions and is instrumental in the generation of the program or proposal schedule

Ability to develop solutions to complex problems using ingenuity & innovation

Strong interpersonal skills to influence diverse work teams

Ability to prioritize and self-manage a multi-tasked workload in a fast paced environment

Proficient in MS Project or other Planning SW, MS Excel, and MS Office applications

Qualification

Earned Value Management SystemsSchedule Risk AssessmentPerformance Measurement BaselineMS ProjectRisk ManagementMulti-taskingInterpersonal SkillsProblem SolvingCommunication Skills

Required