Jr. Planning Specialist

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

Client is transforming into a customer centric sustainable mobility company and is looking for motivated and passionate individuals to join the team. The Project Management Office (PMO) is a critical function of the Cross Carline & Project Engineering Team and is responsible for oversight of common process and methods used to achieve technical, quality, timing and cost targets.

Description

The PMO Planning Specialist is responsible for supporting the Platform and Project Planning Manager in the achievement of project timing, labor and investment objectives of the vehicle.

• Coordinate the general and detailed (by phase) scheduling of the project/program to ensure timing consistency in execution
• Create and manage Bulletins and Bulletin responses
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create governance decks of product action requests
• Ensure that labor, validation and prototype financial targets are achieved
• Facilitate PMT and Program Review
• Manage vehicle build plan and delivery to support vehicle validation requirements
• Manage the commercial launch plan (volumes and dates) with the Brand(s), the Plant(s) and the Purchasing Department

The Planning Specialist's primary interface is with the Vehicle Project, Platform & Modules Teams Planning (QCTP) Manager and the Chief Project Engineer (CVE).

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance or Business from an ABET accredited university. Other degree/educational credentials, in combination with relevant experience, may be considered.
• Minimum of 2 years automotive industry experience at an OEM or large tier 1 in product development engineering, program management, finance, accounting or quality
• Highly motivated, detail oriented, and a self-directed process thinker
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Strong written and presentation skills
• Advanced to expert skill level in using Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to interface with all levels of management

Preferred Qualifications

• Full program life-cycle experience
• Client PDP understanding
• Launch experience
• Manufacturing process fundamentals understanding
• Ability to quickly learn proprietary software
• Advanced skills in manipulating, interpreting, comparing, and analyzing large data sets and financials

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of VEVRAA and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.