Sr. Manager, Project Management - Planning Tools Support (REMOTE)

Date Posted:

2025-01-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

RTX99: RTN Remote, Texas

Position Role Type:

Remote

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

Join our Program Planning and EVMS organization and embark on a journey of professional growth and achievement!   We are looking for a seasoned Program Planning Tools Support and Development professional who has expert planning and scheduling knowledge, excels in data analysis, proactively seeks out and engages stakeholders, and facilitates closure of commitments. 

As a key member of our team, they will be providing tool, process, and training support to the program planning/scheduling and earned-value management team.  This position reports to the Mission Systems Earned-Value Excellence Manager.

What You Will Do

• Act as a subject matter expert and advise program planners on the creation and maintenance of Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) that are compliant with government/customer and internal requirements.

• Assist planner/schedulers in problem solving and issue resolution.

• Provide development and maintenance of schedule and EVM-related tools/systems.

• Interface with other organizations on tool/process change control boards.

• Research alternative tools and coordinate changes with IT.

• Generate and conduct user training on tools and process.

• Create and update Process Maps and Work Instructions

• Assist in onboarding new employees to the Earned-Value Excellence organization.

​Qualifications You Must Have

• Must have minimally 10 years of professional experience performing scheduling/EVM an engineering/manufacturing environment (preferably DoD/aerospace); must have experience developing and maintaining EVMS or scheduling related tools/processes

• Hands on experience to Subject Matter Expert level knowledge of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel

• Experience creating training documentation and providing process/tool user training and experience with the PMX and RPM Tool Suite

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience.

• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access the financial management system due to government contractual requirements.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Knowledge of the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) or similar business process and Risk and Opportunity Management

• Familiar with applicable Government regulations, especially pertaining to program planning and Earned Value compliance.

• Experience analyzing and querying schedule data (including Schedule Metrics).

• Experience using numerous ancillary scheduling products such as Full Monte, @Rsk, OnePager…etc.

• Conversant in basic product development principles including Agile software development.

What We Offer

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!  

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