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Pratt & Whitney · 1 month ago

MDP Program Planning & Scheduling Manager (Onsite)

East Hartford, CT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$101K/yr - $203K/yr

5+ years exp

Pratt & Whitney is transforming the future of flight and is looking for a Planning Manager to support Military Development Programs (MDP). The role involves supervising program schedulers, ensuring quality planning and scheduling support, and promoting the Integrated Master Schedule as a key management tool.

Responsibilities

Supervising a team of program schedulers and planners to provide quality scheduling support

Provide consulting support to the team, infusing scheduling best-practices into Pratt & Whitney’s program plans

Foster team collaboration with cost analyst counterparts to provide valuable analysis that the programs can use to make decisions

Ensuring quality planning and scheduling support that is compliant to program requirements and earned value policy

Ensuring the timely and correct execution of contract program deliverables such as the IPMR and schedule risk assessments

Creating program scheduling procedures and standard work, continuously expanding and updating professional knowledge and honing training skills in order to enhance individual and team innovation / productivity as well as communicating improvements and efficiencies in scheduling processes

Continuously expand and update professional knowledge and hone training skills in order to enhance individual and team innovation and productivity

Qualification

Program PlanningScheduling SoftwareEarned Value ManagementCritical Path AnalysisTeam LeadershipMS Office ProficiencyCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsTime Management

Required

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience or advanced degree with 5+ years of experience working as a program planner using logic-driven scheduling software (i.e. Primavera, MS Project, Open Plan)

Experience analyzing for IMS quality (such as DCMA 14-point and DCMA DECM) and ability to produce valid critical paths, applying root cause analysis to variance recovery

Knowledge in the application of integrated cost/schedule techniques on programs

Experience in developing talent and driving team performance as well as experience influencing the program customer

Understanding of earned-value management and scheduling principles and their application to complex projects as well as experience with DoD reporting 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

Preferred

Familiarity with the NDIA's Planning and Scheduling Excellence Guide

Experience on Government compliance programs, reporting requirements, and familiarity with the DoD Earned Value Management System Interpretation Guide (EVM Sig)

Experience using a Monte Carlo schedule risk simulator (i.e. Primavera Risk Analysis, Acumen Fuse)

Understanding of systems/project engineering concepts and practices

Excellent verbal/written communication skills and effective interpersonal skills

Knowledge in the application of integrated cost/schedule techniques on programs

Experience working on schedules that require baseline change control and monthly IMS reporting

Organized and self-motivated with excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills

Strong creative problem-solving, collaboration, critical thinking and time management skills

Ability to efficiently and effectively handle multiple shifting priorities while meeting deadlines

Proficient in MS Office Programs (MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word)

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Company

Pratt & Whitney

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Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, is a global leader in propulsion systems, powering the most advanced aircraft in the world, and we are shaping the future of aviation.

Founded in 1925

East Hartford, CT, US

10001+ employees