Engineering Planner

Location: Kansas

This master requisition covers all position levels for Engineering Planner at our Client. Your application to this master requisition will allow our recruiters to assess your skills and experience, and determine the most appropriate position level.

Job Description:
SCHEDULING TASKS:
Assists in the development of program schedule; produces and analyzes metrics and reports. Helps to facilitate planning or re-plans on large programs. Helps facilitate the development of an Integrated Master Plan and Integrated Master Schedule using customer or proposal documentation and/or IPDS.
This candidate shall facilitate the development and maintenance of the cost/schedule baseline as well as create the interface files between the schedule and cost management tools. They must also be able to identify cost/schedule traceability issues, perform root cause analysis and identify corrective actions.

This candidate must possess the ability to explain concepts related to schedule analysis including:
Quantitative Schedule Analysis
Critical Path Analysis
What-If Analysis
Variance Analysis
Forward Look-Ahead Analysis
Risk Analysis

This candidate must participate in the IPDS process as it applies to the development of the Integrated Master Plan and the Integrated Master Schedule as well as possess sufficient knowledge of product development flows to be able to identify missing or incorrect schedule inputs when developing the IMP/IMS.

EVMS Expertise required of this candidate shall be to facilitate the integration of the schedule and the cost baseline and use indices to predict future performance. They shall also facilitate management decision making processes using EVMS information.

BIDS AND PROPOSAL TASKS:
The candidate for this job must be able to identify skill codes and incorporate into spreadsheet without assistance from a higher level bid estimating person. This person must be able to assist the Program Manager and Project Engineer with the Statement of Work as well as prepare bid sheets with some functional assistance from a higher level bid estimating person utilizing comparable and actual program history or estimating standards to ensure that all items have been completed for accurateness. The candidate will also have a basic understanding of how bids from other functional groups are prepared. Having some knowledge of the Marketing Requirements Document and how it is used in the bidding process from conception to entry into service.

OTHER TASKS INCLUDE:
Creating Filters, Plots and Charts
Perform Data Analysis
Validation and Integrity Checks
Understanding how bids are input into the database system and can input with minimal assistance from a higher level bid estimating person
Basic Understanding of a Supplier Statement of Work and how it applies to the proposal
Must have the ability to prepare and create a Manufacturing Bill of Material with the help from a higher level estimating person
Must have the ability to create an Engineering Bill of Material with the help from a higher level estimating person
Must be able to develop a Risk Management Plan with the help from a higher level estimating person
Interface Scheduling Tools Electronically with Access and/or Excel

Required Skills:
SOFTWARE USED:
Microsoft Office and Project
*MUST POSSESS STRONG PC SKILLS

Desired Skills:
Six Sigma Training
Knowledge of a specific functional discipline such as engineering is valuable in the development of schedules and ensuring that all required activities and deliverable documentation is included.

Required Education(including Major):
Bachelor’s Degree plus 4 years of work experience or 16 years related work experience

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Please send us a copy of your resume, along with a cover letter stating the position you are applying for.

Email: engineering@aviationrecruiting.net

Mail to:

Aviation Recruiting, Inc.

420 College Drive Suite 207

Middleburg, FL  32068

Phone: 904.264.0097

Fax: 904.264.0230