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This position is for a project management professional with expertise in developing project plans, budgets, and schedules. The role involves identifying and resolving project challenges, documenting delays, conducting critical path analyses, and delivering progress reports to senior leadership while ensuring compliance with supplier standards. Additionally, the candidate must possess strong proficiency in Earned Value Management (EVM) to effectively monitor and analyze project performance, ensuring cost and schedule objectives are met. A background in manufacturing and/or operations is highly desirable, as this role requires collaboration with production teams and an understanding of operational processes. The ideal candidate is a highly collaborative leader capable of navigating crucial conversations, fostering teamwork, and driving solution-oriented outcomes. 

What You Will Do:

• Develops project plans, schedules, and budgets, making necessary adjustments to ensure adherence to project objectives. 

• Documents and communicates delays, changes in scope, and any other incidents that impact the scope of work or schedule. 

• Develops project budget and pursues all cost saving opportunities to maximize project profitability. 

• Performs critical path analysis and implements work-around plans to ensure successful project completion. 

• Implements Earned Value Management (EVM) practices to measure project performance and analyze variances against cost and schedule baselines, including Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI). 

• Leads meetings and presents consolidated plans, status reports, and progress reports relating to business aspects of the project(s) to key stakeholders including senior leadership. 

• Identifies and reacts to project problems and recommends solutions, such as reallocating resources or changing contractual specifications. 

• Oversees and manages the lifecycle and operational aspects of projects, and liaises between project management and planning, project team, quality, and line management. 

• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction goals and objectives. 

• Regularly interacts and interfaces with customers. 

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Qualifications We Prefer: 

• Strong knowledge and practical application of Earned Value Management (EVM). 

• PMP certification is a plus. 

• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and project stakeholders. 

• Background in manufacturing and/or operations, with an understanding of production processes and operational workflows. 

• Highly collaborative individual with the ability to navigate crucial conversations, resolve conflicts, and foster a solution-driven work environment. 

• MS office proficiency utilizing MS Project, Power Point, and Excel. 

• Working knowledge of SAP. 

What We Offer:

Benefits:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• 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!  

This position may be eligible for relocation to Cedar Rapids.

Avionics delivers advanced cockpit displays, vision systems, and comprehensive digital solutions for global government, commercial and business aviation customers. We provide connectivity and managed data services to ensure safety and seamless communication for passengers, crews, and militaries, from aircraft and airports to air traffic management. Join us in creating solutions that connect the world, one flight at a time. Start your application today.

Role Type: Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products. 

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day.

The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, 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, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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