Sr Project Analyst

Kansas City National Security Campus•Kansas City, MO

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Analyst manages a wide variety of complex activities in support of project or program planning, execution, and sustainability maintenance. Performs detailed analysis and interpretation of complex data from various business systems or external data sources. Performs or leads start-to-finish project planning, scheduling, monitoring, reporting activities, and special projects for departmental to cross-functional business groups. May be responsible for aspects of contract management. May lead a small team of peers and mentor less experienced or new project analysts.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience in project planning, management, or similar role/discipline
Bachelor’s degree or, in lieu of Bachelor’s degree, a minimum 2 additional years of experience above minimum (5+2) in a directly related field
United States Citizenship
Ability to obtain and maintain, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (some positions require additional DOE designations)
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Ability to work remote, hybrid, or on-site as directed by management and is determined by the needs of the business
Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a manufacturing or engineering environment
Proficiency in Microsoft 365 (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Word)
Experience identifying, analyzing, recommending, and implementing resolutions of project related problems.
Knowledge of commercial or governmental budgetary processes and guidelines
Demonstrated oral and written communications skills; ability to effectively interface and build strong relationships with internal and external customers.
Detail oriented; possess professional presence, and problem-solving and decision-making judgement.

Responsibilities

Leverages organizational project management experience and subject matter expertise to analyze, develop, and coordinate plans for assigned programs or projects.
Develops and maintains project planning networks for complex projects.
Acts as FM&T point-of-contact for internal and external customer projects as assigned.
Reports status of project plans and collaborates with project step owners and other stakeholders to assure commitments and timelines are met.
Constructively contributes to developing, implementing, and/or negotiating changes to project plans with internal and external customers.
Escalates issues, initiates customer contact when warranted, and partners with team members to develop, present, and implement appropriate recovery or corrective action plans.
Compiles data, analyzes results, prepares and maintains documentation, and proposes and implements recommendations, for a variety of organizational requirements, projects, and special studies.
Effectively prioritizes and manages concurrent multi-project priorities.
Understands department systems and functions, identifies opportunities for efficiency and improvement, and initiates, participates in and /or leads, implementing continuous improvement actions.
May perform contract management activities related to establishing/setup, maintaining, or closing of customer order contracts.
May compile, coordinate, monitor and maintain financial and budgeting reports.
Mentors and coaches less experienced and/or newer project analysts and other team members.
Track metrics such as Lead times on time to fill for onboarding new hires , trainings, deployments, & conversion rates from each Career Event to leadership.
Maintain the master repository for all project documentation.
Gather and analyze data to justify strategy for Hiring decisions.
Maintain project dashboards and status reports for internal and external stakeholders.
Provide onboarding assistance for New Hires.
Use tools such as Excel, Tableau to visualize trends and support decision‑making.
Identify bottlenecks in document workflows, event planning, or administrative processes; propose and implement enhancements.
Document standard operating procedures (SOPs) for repeatable tasks