[Hiring] Program Schedule Analyst @RTX

Role Description

The Strategic Communications group is seeking a Program Schedule Analyst to support multiple programs within our Airborne & Sustainment portfolio. In this role, the candidate will provide guidance and analysis in the areas of Project Management, Budgeting, Scheduling, and Variance Analysis. The candidate will become an integral part of the Program Management Team providing advice, consultation, and analysis with regard to creation and execution of the program plan.

• Responsible for supporting scheduling activities on multiple programs.
• Monitors and reports performance against plans to ensure the contractual, cost and schedule objectives are met.
• Understanding of earned value management practices and procedures, which includes scheduling fundamentals and system tool usage, such as SAP and Microsoft products.
• Contributes to the completion of organizational projects and goals. Develops solutions to a variety of problems.
• Frequent use of technical knowledge and industry scheduling practices, techniques, and standards.
• Works with senior specialists to prepare, develop and coordinate the integrated master plan and integrated master schedule to meet program objectives.
• Ensures major projects are integrated across company functional groups including Finance, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, Quality, etc.
• Tracks plans and schedules, solicits regular updates, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts.
• Utilizes milestone charts, earned value management, and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances.
• Work in parallel with the cost analyst of the program to ensure the cost and schedule are reconciled.
• Take steps to correct any mismatched items and address root cause.
• Contributes ideas for training materials. Offers suggestions for areas in processes or tools that need enhancement.
• Experience with integrated schedules and logic networks using Microsoft Project software or have the ability to learn this tool.
• Background with Microsoft Office applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Understands and complies with requirements in DI-MGMT-81861A, DCMA Schedule Assessment Guide and Planning and Scheduling Excellence Guide.
• Abides by company policies and procedures, with special attention to ethics and standards of business conduct.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Project.
• Experience with Earned Value Concepts.

Requirements

• Aerospace & Defense Experience Preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
• And more!