Project Planner

Job Title: Project Planner
Job Duration: 12 Months Contract on W2
Job Location: - Littleton/ Waterton, CO

Job Description

• Partner with Program & Senior Management to drive cost, schedule, and technical performance by facilitating integration across all functions.
• -Responsible for developing compliant Integrated Program Schedules which accurately validate the flow, budget, and resources required to execute contractual scope and overarching program strategy.
• -Provides the program with time-phased critical path predictive analysis and actionable planning data and develops recommended solutions to programmatic execution conflicts.
• -Ensures all commitments are tracked, monitored and statused.
• -Prepares/coordinates the development of planning artifacts for solicitation response.
• -Interfaces with program management, senior management and the customer as the programs planning integrator.
• -Ensures vertical and horizontal integration, and cost/schedule integration between all schedules and other program artifacts.
• -Devises modeling and measuring techniques to integrate risks and opportunities with schedule and cost baseline, and to perform schedule risk assessments.
• -Utilizes performance and health metrics analyses to drive actions resulting in improved program performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4-5 years of previous planning/scheduling experience
• Earned Value Management experience
• Ability to perform critical path and risk analyses
• Ability to communicate and work effectively across multiple disciplines
• Thrives in fast-paced environments and demonstrates a willingness to adjust to changing priorities
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills
• Past Lockheed Martin Space Experience

Desired skills :
• Experience with Microsoft Project Server, Open Plan, Acumen, and One Pager Pro
• Understanding of the end-to-end lifecycle of a spacecraft/satellite program
• Understanding of the Program Performance Management Process
• Demonstrated competency in integrating cost/schedule
• Prior team lead experience
• Ability to work independently as well as part of an integrated team
• Strong sense of follow-up and closure with attention to detail
• Self-starter able to operate with minimal guidance
• Desire and willingness to support dynamic proposal activities
• Strong influencing and relationship management skills