Engineering Planning Specialist - PGS Worldwide

PGS Worldwide is actively seeking a skilled Engineering Planning Specialist to support ongoing projects for an Aerospace leader in Sterling Heights, MI. This is an initial 12-month contract-to-hire opportunity and I will respond immediately to all qualified candidates.

Job Description:

An Aerospace leader, Combat Mission Systems, is seeking an Engineering Planning Specialist to support multiple Engineering Program teams. You will support the program engineering manager (PEM) and various integrated product team (IPT) leads on a daily basis, responsible for supporting a PEM/IPT with the management of cost, schedule, and performance of the work directives. Tasks may include, but are not limited to: Developing and maintaining Project Planning Workbooks Support of Control Account Manager (CAM) duties for the WDs Risk management activities Maintaining program schedules/development of project plans Developing or reviewing estimates Monitoring work and expenditures to ensure schedule and budget are maintained Support of program management reviews and Lifecycle Management activities Preparation of status reports and other program documentation Development and analysis of program metrics, including program staffing Coordinate, proof, manage and assemble program deliverables for the customer as well as internal status reports and tracking documentation

Requirements:

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  Associate's Degree preferably in Business, Project Management, Engineering, or related field of study
• US Citizenship
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Candidate must be resourceful and work independently to develop approaches to solutions
• Ability to initiate, prioritize, and coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills Proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Minimum 8 years of related experience
• Basic project management / project controls experience such as scheduling, risk and / or planning
• Some experience with program financial reporting and analysis

Desired:

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in Business, Project Management, Engineering, or related field of study
• Experience reporting on Earned Value
• Experience with risk and opportunity management
• Proficiency in PM Compass for monitoring earned value MS Project, Access, and Visio
• Excel Pivot Tables Able to manipulate reports generated in PowerBI Technical knowledge of defense systems
• Experience working with engineers Bachelor's degree preferred

Job ID: 6765

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