MDP Program Planning & Scheduling Manager (Onsite)

RTX • East Hartford, CT

9d • 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? Pratt & Whitney’s Program Planning & Scheduling (PP&S) organization is searching for a Planning Manager, supporting Military Development Programs (MDP). The PP&S organization works with key program stakeholders to promote the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) as a healthy, integrated management tool. The master schedule is the program’s most powerful management tool and when properly maintained, the schedule can be used to influence program management decisions and actions. PP&S supports various programs by managing the IMS content, providing quality analysis of the product and ensuring that it meets government and company standards. The MDP Planning Manager works with program office stakeholders and partners to ensure quality planning support of MDP Integrated Master Schedules (IMS). The MDP Planning Manager applies their advanced knowledge in consulting with Program Office entities, Earned Value team members and Cost Account Managers (CAMs) on Military Engine Programs, promoting the IMS as a healthy, integrated management tool.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience or advanced degree with 5+ years of experience working as a program planner using logic-driven scheduling software (i.e. Primavera, MS Project, Open Plan)
• Experience analyzing for IMS quality (such as DCMA 14-point and DCMA DECM) and ability to produce valid critical paths, applying root cause analysis to variance recovery.
• Knowledge in the application of integrated cost/schedule techniques on programs
• Experience in developing talent and driving team performance as well as experience influencing the program customer
• Understanding of earned-value management and scheduling principles and their application to complex projects as well as experience with DoD reporting requirements
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with the NDIA's Planning and Scheduling Excellence Guide
• Experience on Government compliance programs, reporting requirements, and familiarity with the DoD Earned Value Management System Interpretation Guide (EVM Sig)
• Experience using a Monte Carlo schedule risk simulator (i.e. Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Fuse)
• Understanding of systems/project engineering concepts and practices
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and effective interpersonal skills
• Knowledge in the application of integrated cost/schedule techniques on programs.
• Experience working on schedules that require baseline change control and monthly IMS reporting.
• Organized and self-motivated with excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong creative problem-solving, collaboration, critical thinking and time management skills
• Ability to efficiently and effectively handle multiple shifting priorities while meeting deadlines.
• Proficient in MS Office Programs (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word).

Responsibilities

• Supervising a team of program schedulers and planners to provide quality scheduling support.
• Provide consulting support to the team, infusing scheduling best-practices into Pratt & Whitney’s program plans.
• Foster team collaboration with cost analyst counterparts to provide valuable analysis that the programs can use to make decisions
• Ensuring quality planning and scheduling support that is compliant to program requirements and earned value policy. This is including but not limited to: making sure that schedules are vertically and horizontally linked to perform program critical path assessments, manage changes to the baseline, analyze and provide information as needed on the health of the program schedule
• Ensuring the timely and correct execution of contract program deliverables such as the IPMR and schedule risk assessments
• Creating program scheduling procedures and standard work, continuously expanding and updating professional knowledge and honing training skills in order to enhance individual and team innovation / productivity as well as communicating improvements and efficiencies in scheduling processes
• Continuously expand and update professional knowledge and hone training skills in order to enhance individual and team innovation and productivity

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: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees