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Blue Origin

Lunar Permanence Program Planning And Controls Specialist, L

Blue Origin, Denver, Colorado, United States, 80285


At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit. To further Blue Origin's mission of having millions of people living and working in space, we are building the sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the Lunar Surface.

As part of a hardworking team of diverse specialists and accomplished experts in Program Planning & Controls (PP&C), you will execute project schedule and cost management for our Lunar Lander programs. Partnered with Program Managers and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), there are multiple facets to your support of the program.

You will be responsible for supporting the creation of integrated schedule and cost baselines in Primavera P6 and Deltek Cobra, which will be used to execute and measure our projects. This will require clear communication and strong organizational skills as you solicit inputs on requirements and dependencies across your assigned IPTs. Establishing these plans will involve supporting the development of Work Breakdown Structures, Integrated Master Schedules, and the formation of detailed IPT-level schedules. This position will drive execution to these plans by coordinating status updates, collecting and inputting schedule performance, performing regular schedule forecast updates, and providing actionable schedule reporting. You will use schedule performance data to generate actionable metrics, key performance indicators, and schedule reporting artifacts to inform IPT leaders and influence future schedule updates.

Through on-the-job training and mentorship, your role will expand beyond input collection and reporting, to driving assigned IPTs to execute to the program plan, holding IPT leaders accountable, and proactively mitigating roadblocks. A strong attention to detail and proactive analysis of schedule status and variances is needed to influence future performance on our projects and deliver project objectives on schedule and within cost. This position requires you to implement effective change management to account for approved scope changes, as well as actively vetting schedule forecast updates for accuracy and realism, cost estimate to completes (ETC) and Estimate at Complete (EACs) exercises. As part of the PP&C team, you will also support (or lead!) initiatives aimed at driving maturity into the schedule and cost processes, tools, and reporting. Reporting to the assigned program's PMO or PP&C Manager and utilizing your experience in analysis, exemplary communication, and high attention to detail and accuracy, you will work to increase the speed and efficiency of our programs by supporting the timely delivery, quality, and transparency of schedule and cost data to support program stakeholders including IPT leaders and Program

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.... For full info follow application link.

To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1157-1158. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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