Program Planner

Janicki Industries•Layton, UT

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Program Planner's primary responsibility is program planning, project requirement planning, and scope planning. The Program Planner supports Project Management and Operations in the design, creation, and execution of project schedules and budgets using SAP Project Management software. This position provides support to Project Management, Operations Management, and Accounting by performing a variety of requested tasks, project schedule performance, critical path analysis, job cost tracking, and global/project performance.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.
Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
Must agree to enter a Continuous Evaluation program.
Must have effective verbal and written communication skills in the English language.
Must be familiar with a variety of the fields' concepts, practices, and procedures.
Must be able to rely on extensive experience, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with scheduling software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, or SAP.
SAP experience is considered a strong plus.
PMP certification.
Previous ERP experience.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain project schedules in SAP using templates and calculators or based on SOW, drawings/proposals. Enter WBS/activity details, resource loading/budgeting, activity durations, logic, and relationships. Define the critical path for projects and monitor schedule and budget performance.
Keep project plans and schedules accurate in SAP, including adding activities, adjusting budgets, adjusting schedules, and changing work centers.
Communicate with PMs and Operations Managers about schedule needs, including flowing down project information, linking work products and documents to activities, making PDFs of documents, and running work orders when needed.
Create reports about project cost and schedule performance.
Meet with Project Managers, Program Management, and customers to provide schedule support for large projects.
Field daily schedule and budget questions and concerns from Program Management and Operations Management; understand business systems, procedures, and processes and how they are integrated.
Stay up-to-date with activities associated with each process; possess knowledge of materials and scheduled duration needed for these processes and an understanding of each cell’s capability. This involves visiting each cell, when possible, to watch work in progress, learn about processes, and aid in updating project status.
Invoicing – Compiling milestone costs according to contract requirements.
Sales Support – Gathering information to assist in the generation of sales proposals.
Estimating – Reviewing project requirements during the sales process and generating cost tables.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Work well under pressure, meeting and completing multiple deadlines.
Demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors.
Be at work on time and maintain good attendance.