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Planning Schedule Officer
2019-09-25 08:15:46| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are looking for a Planning and Schedule Officer M3 to join our Modis Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. Modis Aerospace is a specialized Engineering consultancy with more than 30 years experience providing aerospace Engineers to our key partners in The Netherlands. Modis is a longstanding business partner of the European Space Agency ESA, with more than 120 employees recruited from across Europe currently supporting ESAs activities. Specific tasks to be performed The work covers foremost schedule control activities and may cover project control, administration support and document management task, as required by the projects. As such it includes the following main tasks Contribute to the preparation, development and maintenance of the overall schedule aspects of the projectmissions, including all mission elements. The post holder shall establish and maintain regular schedule reporting from all mission elements, aggregate and integrate the schedules to a project reference schedule Advise on Schedule and Control methods Assist in establishing schedule data interfaces within the science project and the various mission elements ground segment, spacecraft, payload, launcher Support implementing and operating planning and control procedures to provide full visibility on all activities related to the progress, utilizing established procedures and information systems the post holder shall interact and, if necessary, provide schedule support to mission participants in industry and academia to ensure the uptodate and accurate schedule reporting Participate in the establishment of baseline schedule and plans Perform schedule analysis through Critical Path Analysis, Trend Chart Analysis and simulations Assist in the identification of potential problem areas and proposing mitigation actions preparing reports as required Verify consistency between the schedule of the project Prime Contractors and the ones of his Subcontractors Support in the preparation of tender documents with respect to schedule requirements and participating in the evaluation of proposals assist in preparing information required for subsequent contract negotiations Support the Project Controllers of the assigned missions and the Head of the Project Control and Risk Management Service in executing their duties. Support the consolidation of inputs for the Cosmic Vision overall schedule. Utilisation of relevant local andor Corporate management support tools at both project and programme level. To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background experience is required Masters in Engineering or equivalent or MBA or equivalent University degree from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, with relevant experience Applicants should have a good working background in scheduling and other disciplines related to the tasks described Experience is essential in The application of schedule management and control principles The preparation, negotiation and implementation of industrial procurements The ability to establishutilize advanced schedule control techniques Applicants are expected to demonstrate good planning and organisation skills, an ability to synthesise information and a capability to work in a team environment Experience in controlling andor management of activities and resources in aerospace industry Ability to rapidly understand and adapt to ESA specific context and environment including ESA corporate IT applications. Past experience with ESA in relevant activities is an asset. About ESAESTEC The European Space Agency ESA has sites in several European countries. The European Space Research and Technology Centre ESTEC is the largest site and the technical heart of ESA. This nursery of European space activities is located in Noordwijk, Netherlands. At ESTEC, about 2500 engineers, technicians and scientists work handson with mission design, spacecraft and space technology. Almost all ESA projects except launchers are managed from ESTEC. In Noordwijk, people work on science missions, manned space missions, Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation satellites. ESTEC provides extensive testing facilities to verify the proper operation of spacecraft, such as the Large Space Simulator LSS, acoustic and electromagnetic testing bays, multiaxis vibration tables and the ESA Propulsion Laboratory EPL. Please send your CV to recruitmentaerospacemodis.com before 27092019
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