Project Management/Planning Representative (early to mid-career)

Company: Lockheed Martin Corporation
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: June 7, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description

The coolest jobs on this planet or any other are with Lockheed Martin Space.

At the dawn of a new space age, Space is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing team is on a mission to make a difference in the world. Every single day we use our unique skills and experiences to craft, design and build solutions to some of the worlds' hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and build incredible products. We provide the resources, support, and the focus. You bring the passion and courage to envision limitless possibilities and we'll build a better tomorrow with you.

Going to space is just the beginning. It's what you do when you get there that matters! Lockheed Martin Space builds satellites and spacecraft that do amazing things in space for our government and commercial customers. Connecting people, advancing discovery, and protecting what matters most. Lockheed Martin-built satellites give earlier warning of severe weather, connect troops on the battlefield, and deliver GPS directions to a billion people worldwide. As we look to the future, we're driving innovations to help our customers do even more in orbit. That's why we're crafting smarter satellites that operate like smartphones in the sky, with apps that can be updated in orbit so they can adapt as mission needs on the ground change. Your mission is ours. As that mission evolves, we'll be ready. Will you? Come, join our Program Planning team in the dynamic world Space. Here, we are driven by innovation and integrity. By applying the highest standards of business ethics and a forward-thinking mindset, we believe everything is within our reach - and yours.

Our facility in Sunnyvale, CA has an immediate opportunity for an early to mid-career level Project Management/Program Planning Representative to join our mission. In this role you will support the Mission Solutions Line of Business (LOB) with planning and operations support for short and long-term tasking. You will support a program in close contact with its leadership supporting, modeling, and presenting schedule changes with an emphasis on AGILE methodology and EVM. The Mission Solutions planning team is located across the country but works together as a close-knit team of planners.

Summary of Key Duties: In this role you will.

• Work closely with Control Account Managers (CAM's) and Engineering to develop and maintain resource loaded Engineering Execution plans in support of multiple programs and Management
• Analyze effects of projects upon various areas such as Engineering, Procurement, and Manufacturing to identify and mitigate risk
• Provide status, maintains metrics and prepares presentations for customers and leadership
• Maintain weekly support to management with labor analysis, rough cut capacity and earned value metrics.

Our employees working in this level of position typically have 5 - 10 years of experience.

Join us. Let's do Space!

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters an inclusive work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking. Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Benefits you can enjoy include:

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• 25 three-day weekends
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition

Learn more about Lockheed Martin's competitive and comprehensive benefits package.

Basic Qualifications

• 2 years of previous project/program planning experience
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management, Risk Management.
• Proven ability in utilizing scheduling tools and MS Excel for scheduling and analysis
• Must be a United States citizen and be able to obtain a Top Secret security clearance

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