Senior Project Analyst (PA) (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-09-15

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX36: Richardson, TX 3200 E Renner Rd , Richardson, TX, 75082-2402 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

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.

This onsite Project Analyst (PA) position based in Richardson, Texas will provide technical and program support to Cost Account Managers (CAM) on a variety of tasks.  Interpret and maintain program requirements for project repositories.  Acts as the liaison between Engineering and the Value Stream Office flowing overall program\project status.  Track tasks and requirements to ensure the teams are on target to meet their deadlines.  Serves as the focal for analyzing and reporting Earned Value (EV) data, creating and presenting program metrics. 

What You Will Do

• Review/Analyze Variance reports for data integrity/work with finance to resolve issues

• Analyze engineering drawings and support estimation of labor hours and material costs to build a product 

• Setup Work Package Baselines in our Integrated Status and Assessment Tool (iSAT)

• Develop and maintain Quantifiable Backup Data (QBD) files

• Maintain updates to EV and analyze drivers for performance

• Analyze work packages to determine remaining labor/material ETC

• Monitors and tracks program status, escalating and reporting challenges, shortfall, issues, etc. to leadership and key stakeholders 

• Facilitate and support program CAM review meetings

• Develop task-based schedules for new bids based on discipline estimates 

• Track spend by cost center for engineering 

• Monitors and tracks program status, escalating and reporting challenges, shortfall, issues, etc. to leadership and key stakeholders

• Lead stand-up meetings for team to obtain task status

• Identify critical path and near critical path tasks within the program schedule

• Back-up for scrum master/project lead

• Maintain\update Strategic Comm System portion of Strategic Solutions Control Tower

• Design, build, and manage Excel models and Power BI dashboards to track metrics, staffing, etc

• Analysis of staffing demand and supply

• Coordinate and consolidate data requests across multiple functions, ensuring “one-time collection, multiple-use” efficiency

• Manage organizational charts, distribution lists, and process templates to streamline operations

• Oversee and improve onboarding effectiveness, including setup, integration, and new hire check-ins

• Organize centralized data repositories for business knowledge management

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field

• Experience with Microsoft (Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel and Power BI) 

Qualifications We Prefer

• Active or Existing Secret Security Clearance Preferred

• Understanding of Collins Management System (CMS) 

• Experience with understanding technical projects including schedule and earned value management, risk management, customer interaction, and briefings 

• SAP and Jira knowledge and experience 

• Understanding of Quality and DCMA processes

• Excel and Power BI expertise

• Comfortable flexing between structured projects and ad-hoc urgent tasks

What We Offer​

• 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  ​