Associate Director CORE PDC(Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-03-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CT-MIDDLETOWN-220A ~ Aircraft Rd ~ BLDG 220A

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

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.

What you will do:

• 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.

Qualifications you must have:

• 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.

Qualifications we prefer:

• 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.

What is my role type? In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment.

This role is:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to