Planning Specialist @ ALTEN Technology

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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.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Client is transforming into a customer centric sustainable mobility company and is looking for motivated and passionate individuals to join our 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.

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. Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

Coordinate the general and detailed (by phase) scheduling of the project /program to ensure timing consistency in execution
Create / Manage Bulletins and Bulletin responses
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create for 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 5 years automotive industry experience at an OEM or large tier 1 in any of the following areas: Product development engineering, program management, finance, accounting or quality
Must be a highly motivated, detail oriented, and a self-directed process thinker
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Strong written and presentation skills are a must
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 a plus
Manufacturing process fundamentals understanding
Ability to quickly learn use of proprietary software
Advanced skills required in manipulating, interpreting, comparing, and overall analysis of large data sets/financials

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (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.

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