Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

If you like coordinating complex planning and scheduling using your deep analytical skills, this is the opportunity for you! As a Principal Program Planning and Scheduling Analyst, you will be using your skills to develop, maintain, and coordinate the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to meet all program objectives. Candidate will perform schedule analysis in support of assigned programs or projects. Ensures major projects and program schedules are integrated across each applicable team, subcontractor or material, government, horizontally and vertically. In addition, expertise in performing Schedule Risk Assessments, identify and resolve critical path and network logic conflicts. Must have experience with Earned Value Management. Ensures compliance with internal program procedures

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries. Learn more about IAS (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/isr-aviation-security/)

Responsibilities:

• Develop integrated master schedules using SOW and WBS, IMP and any other requirements documents.

• Using EVMS guidelines for implementation and maintenance of program plans as well as mentor program teams schedule best practices.

• Experience in generating monthly Contract Data Reports to include the IPMDAR

• Perform regular status and ETC updates as well as analysis of program schedules to evaluate program and enterprise-wide resource needs through the integration of all program schedules including metrics on schedule status, schedule architecture, critical path analysis, schedule variance analysis, network logic validation and program baseline maintenance.

• Perform Monte Carlo Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA) and resulting analysis and documentation and manage Risks and Opportunities in the IMS

• End-to-end ownership of maintenance and coordination of schedule integration between supplemental schedules, the IMS, and the Program Summary Master Schedule.

• Must be able to identify and recommend insightful mitigation plans, to ensure the IMS is used as a predictive model and remains a valued management tool for the program.

• Simultaneously support multiple programs of varying complexity

• Lead and mentor team of junior schedulers

Must Haves:

• A Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related field and 14 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

• Experience with resource loading schedules, including timephasing and Baseline/ETC updates for dollars and hours

• Current working EVMS (Earned Value Management System) experience

Preferred:

• Microsoft Project/Project Online

• SRA toolset like Full Monte or similar

• Earned Value Management Certification

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 (https://www.sncorp.com/who-we-are/about-snc/)

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $138,634.92 - $190,623.01. SNC considers several factors when extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates’ key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications.

SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

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 (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/total-rewards/) .

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

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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!

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.