Key Tasks and Responsibilities

This role is for a Mars mission. In it you will have the following responsibilities:

• Provide schedule support in major tender evaluations of the projects;
• Provide support to, and/or participate in, contractual and technical negotiations for schedule aspects;
• Provide schedule support to the major technical reviews of the main projects in the Directorate to ensure schedule objectives are met;
• Support the projects in their schedule interactions with our international partners;
• Assist the projects in the day to day schedule monitoring and control of its industrial consortium against the baseline schedule;
• Conduct specific ad hoc schedule analysis of project activities as needed;
• Support the schedule and risk management process of the projects;
• Assist the HRE Project Control section in the design and implementation of new schedule control/progress monitoring techniques.

Skills & Experience

You will have the following qualifications and relevant experience:

• Masters in Business Administration or equivalent University degree from a recognized institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification;
• Demonstrated expertise with the use of modern schedule software tools (at least both MS Project, Primavera);
• Expertise with the techniques that allow the use of such software tools to provide active schedule management and best scheduling practices;
• Experience with the schedule peculiarities of spacecraft development is an asset;
• Proactivity, good communication skills and attention to detail;
• Ability to interact effectively with the technical personnel in our projects and colleagues of different backgrounds (engineering, management, legal);
• Capability to summarize and present complex information to colleagues and senior management in a concise and clear manner;
• Capability to work autonomously and at the same time be able to work effectively as part of a team;
• Fluency in English is mandatory; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.

This job is located in Noordwijk.

If you think you have what it takes for this job, please send your CV (in English and in Word or PDF) to Viktoria Panicharova, by clicking on the button “Apply for this job” quoting job NL-HP-5059.

An exciting and dynamic international working environment awaits you!