Program Planner II - Onsite

RTX•Tucson, AZ

4d•$68,900 - $131,100•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. Raytheon, an RTX business, is seeking an experienced Program Management, Planning, and Scheduling professional to join the Planning & Activation organization. This role supports complex programs across multiple Raytheon locations and business areas, requiring strong scheduling expertise, analytical capability, and the ability to collaborate across functions to support program execution. The successful candidate will lead or support the development, maintenance, and analysis of Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and program planning artifacts, ensuring compliance with government customer requirements. Our Planning teammates are valued business partners, influencing and developing executable program plans, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and providing schedule and predictive analytics and acceleration techniques, all in support of the products and services we deliver to our customers. This role is essential to establishing and maintaining credible program baselines, driving schedule performance, and supporting key program deliverables. This position is onsite in Tucson, AZ.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field of study and a minimum of 2 years of Program Planning, Scheduling or Project Management experience.
Experience using software designed for creating and maintaining industry related schedules. (MS Project, Primavera, Open Plan, Project Server or similar scheduling software)
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
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
Familiarity with government regulations related to program planning and Earned Value Management.
Understanding of Agile software development principles and product development lifecycle.
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across all organizational levels.
Familiarity with APEX, SAP/R3, Microframe Project Manager (MPM), Oracle ERP, Deltek Cobra, Deltek MPM Connect, or ForProject.

Responsibilities

Onsite support to the development and maintenance of program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in MS Project, based on requirements/scope provided by the customer.
Detail plan and maintain the IMS throughout the program’s lifecycle that incorporates contractual and programmatic changes into the IMS in order to maintain realistic, current contract schedule baselines.
Ensure the IMS is compliant with government customer requirements throughout all program phases.
Ensure the IMS is resource loaded for applicable scope with target budgets and demonstrates thorough cost and schedule integration and is traceable to production scope.
Conduct detailed analysis of the IMS and supporting documents to ensure quality, completeness and compliance. The weekly/monthly business rhythms will require communication (electronically and verbally) of schedule status including but not limited to, results of critical path analysis and schedule variance analysis.
Support Estimate at Complete (EAC) and Latest Revised Estimate (LRE) processes as they relate to schedule performance.
Development and maintenance of the Program Master Phasing Schedule using Milestones Professional Software.