Program Planner

Lockheed Martin•Silverdale, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lockheed Martin Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program Program Planning and Documentation (PP&D) Department is searching for an early career Integrated Program Planner to join our Program/Advanced Planning Team located on Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Washington. This role involves partnering with program and senior management to drive cost, schedule, and technical performance by facilitating integration across all functions. The planner will provide time-phased critical path predictive analysis and actionable planning data, developing recommended solutions to programmatic execution conflicts. Key responsibilities include ensuring all commitments are tracked, monitored, and statused, preparing planning artifacts for solicitation response, and interfacing with program management, senior management, and the customer. The role also ensures program, cost, and schedule integration between all schedules and other program artifacts, and devises modeling and measuring techniques to integrate risks and opportunities with schedule and cost baselines, performing schedule risk assessments. Performance and health metrics analyses will be utilized to drive actions resulting in improved program performance. Additional data analysis, special projects, or duties may also be assigned. This job may require travel approximately 10% of the time, or as necessary to support relevant projects.

Requirements

Demonstrated critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Well organized and detail-oriented
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Microsoft Project (or other project management software) skills
Demonstrated success performing in a team environment
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance with an Interim Secret clearance obtained prior to start; U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a business unit within the Fleet Ballistic Missile program
4-year degree or certification in any Business, Technical, or Project Management field
Active security clearance
Experience creating and managing light/medium-weight Integrated Master Schedules
Ability to correctly prioritize and execute work in an ambiguous environment
Ability to self-start and drive action to closure
Great communicator who takes the initiative to communicate
Ability to maintain a positive attitude and remain flexible while managing multiple priorities and/or handle other potentially unrelated duties, as assigned
Demonstrated experience in a position requiring a high level of attention to detail and organization.
Great relationship management skills and can interface with co-workers and management from different organizations and backgrounds
Leverage creativity and skill to quickly assemble a professional presentation
Can take control of an ambiguous situation
Utilize critical thinking skills to anticipate new planning factors or roadblocks

Responsibilities

Partnering with program & senior management to drive cost, schedule, and technical performance by facilitating integration across all functions.
Providing the Program with time-phased critical path predictive analysis and actionable planning data, and developing recommended solutions to programmatic execution conflicts.
Ensuring all commitments are tracked, monitored and statused.
Preparing the development of planning artifacts for solicitation response.
Interfacing with program management, senior management and the customer.
Ensuring program, cost and schedule integration between all schedules and other program artifacts.
Devising modeling and measuring techniques to integrate risks and opportunities with schedule and cost baseline, and to perform schedule risk assessments.
Utilizing performance and health metrics analyses to drive actions resulting in improved program performance.
Additional data analysis, special projects, or duties may also be assigned based on the needs of the program.