VSFB VLS Planner, Sentinel
About The Position
The VLS Planner-Scheduler supports onsite planning and scheduling for the Sentinel VLS scope at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, reporting to the VSFB Schedule Lead. The role develops, maintains, updates, and monitors integrated Primavera P6 schedules and coordinates scope, logic, sequencing, durations, milestones, interfaces, and constraints with engineering, procurement, construction, subcontractor, and project controls personnel. It validates progress and forecast information, performs critical-path, variance, trend, and impact analysis, identifies emerging schedule risks, and supports corrective-action and recovery planning. The position also prepares schedule metrics, look-ahead information, forecasts, status reports, and management briefings to provide visibility into schedule performance and support project decisions. The role supports Bechtel’s work as part of the Northrop Grumman team delivering the U.S. Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system and launch infrastructure. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, pass pre-employment drug screening and background checks, and possess an active security clearance or be able to obtain one.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and at least 5 years of professional experience, or a high school diploma and at least 9 years of professional experience.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check, including verification of employment, education, and travel.
- Must possess an active security clearance or be able to obtain one.
- Experience preparing, monitoring, and reporting schedule information in engineering, procurement, and construction environments.
- Demonstrated capability with Primavera P6 and experience applying it to complex engineering, procurement, and construction projects.
- Ability to plan, organize, perform, review, and present planning and scheduling products.
- Skill in identifying and analyzing issues and recommending corrective actions.
- Proficiency with PC operating systems and Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to independently prepare and review products with minimal supervision, using professional judgment and knowledge of technical planning and scheduling, engineering design, and construction practices.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Flexibility to respond to urgent project requests and changing priorities.
- Ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.
Nice To Haves
- Construction experience on large, complex Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) jobs.
- Prior Earned Value Management System experience on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction job.
Responsibilities
- Identify the scope of schedule activities.
- Determine schedule dates for work activities within a discipline area or specialty.
- Determine milestones that support the project schedule.
- Coordinate work sequences with Area and Functional personnel and the total project plan.
- Conform work sequences and activity durations to the project execution plan for a specific discipline or specialty.
- Determine inter-discipline constraints or interfaces that define activity sequences.
- Assist discipline groups in determining information needs from other disciplines and how to interface with them.
- Provide ongoing schedule knowledge to support discipline planning and coordination.
- Monitor schedules, identify critical activities, and update schedules for specific applications, disciplines, or specialties.
- Assist in developing requirements for schedule updates and monitoring.
- Monitor schedule deviations for assigned disciplines or specialties, including subcontractor submittals, and recommend corrective actions or workarounds.
- Assist in developing schedule commentary for monthly progress and similar reports.
- Identify and report activities with a critical or potential schedule impact.
- Provide schedule analysis and reports to the project.
- Develop, maintain, update, and monitor integrated Primavera P6 schedules.
- Validate progress and forecast information and perform critical-path, variance, trend, and impact analyses.
- Prepare schedule metrics, look-ahead information, forecasts, status reports, and management briefings.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Optional disability and supplemental insurance options.
- Paid time off: 160 hours annually, accrued at 6.16 hours per pay period.
- Nine paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Discretionary bonuses.
- 401(k) plan with matching and profit-sharing components.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
