SkillBridge - Operations Infrastructure Professional

RTX • Andover, MA

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon seeks an Operations Infrastructure Professional SkillBridge fellow in Andover, Massachusetts, to support operations and program activities. The fellow will contribute to factory infrastructure, capital execution, and continuous improvement while learning the systems, standards, and rhythms of aerospace and defense manufacturing. This mid-level-scope opportunity supports the CCM infrastructure portfolio through coordination, ownership, and cross-functional leadership. Training and mentorship are provided.

The fellowship includes support for infrastructure strategy and capital portfolio planning and execution; coordination of facility utilities and environmental controls; production equipment readiness; property, inventory, space, and layout processes; continuous improvement and reporting; and stakeholder and shift support. The participant will work with internal partners, facilities teams, engineers, contractors, and vendors. The role is onsite in Andover, MA, and requires U.S. citizenship and an active, existing DoD Secret clearance after the first day. SkillBridge participants remain under military chain-of-command control and receive no compensation or employee benefits from RTX; they continue to receive military pay and benefits. Following successful completion, fellows are encouraged to apply for open positions.

Requirements

• Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and at least 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in operations, facilities/utilities, maintenance, logistics, or production support.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; the posting requires an active, existing clearance after day one.
• Must be on active-duty orders in the U.S. Armed Forces.
• Must be eligible to participate under DoD Instruction 1322.29.
• Must complete all TAP and transition requirements before the start date.
• Must receive approval from the Unit Commander or an O4+ in the chain of command.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with CAPEX stage gates, portfolio trackers, and ROI/risk framing.
• Experience coordinating factory utility systems.
• Knowledge of Lean/CORE OS/5S, TPM, and Six Sigma concepts; experience supporting kaizen events.
• Exposure to property accountability and audit readiness.
• Experience with floor-planning tools or digital layout mapping.
• Power BI or Tableau skills for dashboards and KPI refresh.
• Experience coordinating vendor programs such as smock/vending programs and common equipment procurement.
• Familiarity with RACI matrices and escalation management across shifts.

Responsibilities

• Support the CCM multi-year infrastructure roadmap by gathering inputs on capacity, capability, reliability, compliance, and continuity; refresh it twice yearly and track changes.
• Coordinate capital stage-gate readiness by assembling scope, schedule, budget, ROI, and risk artifacts; maintain project packets for capital review and document RACI and escalation paths.
• Track capital portfolio timelines, milestones, and issues; assist project owners with on-time, on-budget delivery and sustainment reporting.
• Help align common equipment procurement with long-term strategy and consolidate standards for operational supplies and site-wide practices.
• Coordinate utility uptime with Facilities for electrical, nitrogen, compressed air, vacuum, DI/RO water, process exhaust/VOC abatement, and power/UPS; monitor status and escalate outages.
• Partner with EH&S and Quality to maintain compliance with policies and procedures, and support audits and corrective actions.
• Help define standard expense equipment lists across CCM with technical and operations teams.
• Support the ESD smock program and vending readiness by tracking contracts, availability, compliance, and replenishment cadence.
• Facilitate property and inventory processes with site custodians at approximately 25 locations, including training coordination, documentation, processing, and audit-ready compliance.
• Maintain CCM seating maps; process move/add/change requests; coordinate badge, network, phone, and desk readiness with Facilities and IT; and track asset locations.
• Update digital floor plans and space-utilization trackers, log layout changes with revision history, and maintain standard work and SOPs tied to configuration updates.
• Refresh KPI dashboards with operations data; support 5S audits and EH&S checks such as signage, spill kits, and walkthrough notes; escalate issues promptly.
• Prepare concise stakeholder communications, including status summaries, risk and issue logs, and dependency callouts.
• Support infrastructure-related second-shift escalations by routing them to primary owners with clear context and documentation.
• Build relationships with internal partners, facilities teams, engineers, contractors, and vendors.

Benefits

• SkillBridge fellows are not eligible for employee benefits; benefits may be available upon conversion to full-time employment.
• Participants continue to receive military pay and benefits through their military service.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level