A Project Resource Analyst V/VI position just opened up in Pasadena, CA at the JPL/NASA facility. In this role you will be assisting with creating, maintaining, analyzing, and reporting of all project level schedules and associated performance metrics.

Location : Pasadena, CA 91109 (Hybrid, 2 days remote)

Position : Project Resource Analyst V/VI

Pay Rate : $63 – 117/hour DOE

Duration : 18 months or longer

Work schedule: 9/80

We do offer PTO, holidays, 401k, medical, dental, and vision

Job Description :

Serves as an integral partner in the project business team. Works with the Project/Program team to schedule the: project elements, project lifecycle, production detail, materiel, etc. Provides program, project or institutional scheduling products including comprehensive integrated master schedule products, schedule assessment and performance analysis. Provides reporting and tracking requirements, to ensure project/program or institution is compliant with contractual requirements. Analyzes and validates current schedule status to current plan, and historical/baseline schedule products. Analyzes efficiency and trends; forecasts impact to project, program, proposal, and/or institutional requirements. Responsible for the earned value schedule integration, and other schedule related support and services.

Required Skills:

• Subject matter expert with knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas: Project planning and control principles and standards, including cost estimation, budgeting, and scheduling; performance measurements, including earned value, as required for the planning and implementation of complex projects.
• Strong leadership ability and proficiency in decision making and delegation, communication, time management, problem solving, and strategic leadership.
• Experienced with analysis and reporting for schedule performance, risks impacts and mitigation, and flagging/identifying trending metrices that could impact schedule deliveries.
• Strong experience in developing/maintaining schedule plans, identifying and flagging schedule and cost issues, running what-if scenarios in schedule for mitigation planning, analysis, earned value performance measurement, assessment and reporting, contracts, subcontracts, and procurements.
• Strong Experience on a flight project with emphasis on implementation phases.
• Demonstrated ability to meet constantly evolving project needs and handle contending priorities.
• Confirmed leadership skills and demonstrated ability to develop, empower, mentor, and maintain a robust team.
• Effective communication skills in verbal, written, and presentation forms.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of program/project management, technical organizations, peers, subcontractors, other NASA Centers, and the sponsor.
• Strong user of Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint) with advanced to expert Excel and Microsoft Project Pro skills
• Ability and passion to rapidly learn new technical skills
• Experienced user of Microsoft Project, Milestones Pro, WBS Schedule Pro, STATs Health Check (or similar tool)
• Able to identify and communicate anomalies in the schedule data, analyze horizontal logic and critical path traceability between subsystem schedule plans, recommend and implement mitigated schedule plans.
• Able to work closely with the Project Resource Analyst (PRA) team in implementation and verification of the complete cost and schedule integration plan.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in leading the implementation of project resource planning and control activities and earned value management (EVM) on a complex technical project.
• Experience in a project team environment with project reporting, coordinated cost/schedule planning, EVM, and various performance measurement techniques.
• Experience with cost-schedule baseline change control processes.
• Experience in conducting or participating in Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs)
• Experience in all phases of the flight project life cycle.
• Experience supporting audits and Integrated Baseline Reviews and performing independent assessments
• Proficient with EMPOWER (Encore Analytics), Acumen Fuse, Power BI
• Familiar with IPMR and IPMDAR Implementation Requirements