Associate Director CORE PDC(Onsite)

RTX • Middletown, NJ

35d • Onsite

About The Position

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious. Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future. At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond? CORE, Customer Oriented Results & Excellence (formerly ACE), is the RTX operating system. It focuses on the drivers of competitive excellence — our people and our work processes. Our leadership and empowered employees work together to implement CORE practices in all of our activities across every RTX business to benefit our customers and share owners. Selected applicant will be a key member of a dynamic team responsible for assembling & testing engines and APU’s that will deliver to our military and commercial customers around the globe.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Statistics or Operations, Supply Chain or similar field and 12 years of experience; or an Advanced Degree with 10 years of experience
• U.S. Citizen - U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

• CORE Apprentice Certification or 3 or more years of working experience in lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, operations or preferably six sigma background
• CORE Professional Certification, Six Sigma Training or other continuous improvement training
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to manage, work with, coach, motivate, and influence others.
• Ability to work independently, while delivering on executive leadership expectations.
• Experience/Proficiency using project management and statistical analysis tools.
• Experience leading large scale continuous improvement initiatives across functions.
• Proven project management experience or certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead CORE & Overall Continuous Improvement activities at the Product Delivery Center (PDC) that drive tangible action and metric improvements across all product lines of the business.
• Collect, standardize, report, and automate where possible, PDC level, product level, and flow line level Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics and utilize that data to identify areas that require improvement plans.
• Manage and deploy the PDC industrial engineering and digital technology resources to improve metrics that are lagging.
• Assess, establish and execute improvement plans for KPI metrics, CORE maturity level, Standard Production System (SPS), OpX/WAVE, Industry 4.0, and other P&W and RTX initiatives.
• Plan and lead business level CORE events & quarterly CORE Leadership Weeks, drive follow up actions, and provide regular report outs to leadership team.
• Ensure robust process execution by creating & ensuring continual improvements of PFMEA’s across product lines in support of MRL and other product execution readiness activities.
• Establish & oversee CORE proficiency growth of the PDC employee population working in collaboration with Black Belt & Red-X Specialists to leverage PDC activities for broad employee skill growth.
• Support PDC business process audit preparations and follow up activities.
• Minimal travel may be required as needed.

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level