Job Description

Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.

Responsibilities

In this role at JPL, you will be a Project Resource Analyst (PRA) and a member of the Project Controls Section. You will report administratively to a Project Resource Controls Group Supervisor.

The Resource Analyst responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Developing and maintaining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), WBS Dictionary and Responsibility Assignment Matrix.
Monitoring project funding for proper placement on contract, linking, and estimating anticipated exhaustion of funds
Developing, analyzing, and updating complex project task plan documents (i.e. statement of work, basis of estimates, and cost estimates) using project history, actuals, and supporting documentation.
Developing the project financial position relative to Institutional deliverables for the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE), Institutional Business Forecast, Cost Phasing, NF533 reporting, and monthly/quarterly reviews.
Developing time-phased budgets and EACs (may involve multiple work packages) in accordance with schedule plans; analyzing issues and recommending corrective actions.
Conducting in-depth analysis of program/project performance (may include earned value)
Preparing and presenting monthly/quarterly/yearly project financial reports.
Participating as an essential team member on teams inside and outside organization, project, activity or function.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related discipline
6 years of professional experience in project resource controls
Advanced knowledge, understanding and application of 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
Must be able to interface effectively with program/project management, technical organizations, industry partners, bypass centers, and Sponsor.
Must be resourceful and self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Must be a strong user of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint).

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced knowledge of Laboratory and NASA policies and procedures, and government regulations across a range of applications.
Previous experience in a project team environment with project reporting, integrated cost/schedule planning, EVM, and various performance measurement techniques.
Experience with cost-schedule baseline change control processes. Prior experience with PRISM, IBT, Data Extractor, and or OBIEE.

Valid through: 3/28/2021

About California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in the city of La Cañada Flintridge, with a Pasadena mailing address, in California, United States. Founded in the 1930s, JPL is currently owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology for NASA. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars 2020 mission, which includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter; the Mars Science Laboratory mission, including the Curiosity rover; the InSight lander; the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter; the SMAP satellite for earth surface soil moisture monitoring; the NuSTAR X-ray telescope; and the forthcoming Psyche comet orbiter. It is also responsible for managing the JPL Small-Body Database, and provides physical data and lists of publications for all known small Solar System bodies. JPL's Space Flight Operations Facility and Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator are designated National Historic Landmarks.

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