Senior Manager, Engineering Business Office (hybrid)

at  Collins Aerospace

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations 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. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required
• https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Understanding and compliance with industry scheduling and earned value management practices, techniques, and standards.
• Experience developing metrics that assist senior leadership in decision making on resources and AOP
• Experience in Earned Value Management Toolsets (OPP, Cobra, MS Office, Power BI)
• Degree in accounting, finance, engineering, or business
• Aerospace experience
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
  At Collins Aerospace, our Interiors team is focused on innovation, safety and cost efficiency. But we don’t just get people from point A to point B. We’re committed to making air travel more comfortable, connected and secure. As a leader in aviation interior products and services, we’re helping airlines and original equipment manufacturers create a positive experience for their customers. With offices and manufacturing facilities in more than 12 states across the U.S. and more than 10 countries around the globe, we’re changing the game of aircraft interiors. Are you ready to join our team?
  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.

Hybrid
The Senior Engineering Business Office Manager is responsible for developing and implementing executable Cost and schedule baseline plans. The manager also monitors project performance and ensures that these systems comply with customer and company requirements.
This is a supervisory position over a talented group of EVMS analysts, schedulers, and project managers. We are looking for an effective leader to guide the team in developing, integrating, analyzing, documenting, and presenting earned value metrics for the duration of our programs. Support and oversee the team generating integrated master schedules independently from proposals, Statement of Work, and Supplier Data Requirement Lists (SDRLS).
YOU will have the opportunity to mentor and transform this team of 7 as it moves from project management to earned value. YOU will be a detail-oriented expert at managing through change in this site leadership role. The business, engineering group, and leadership at the business unit level will become familiar with YOUR work in this highly visible role. Come shape the future and build YOUR legacy.
As a major employer in the Jamestown, ND area for more than 50 years, Collins Aerospace manufactures cargo systems for both commercial and military aircraft. Come play a key role in this fast-growing segment and support our ability to create fast, easy, and secure systems.
This role is eligible for relocation support.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Understanding Earned Value Management Systems, project planning and scheduling, risk management, and program management.
• Implement and govern adequate project controls, ensuring compliance with planning and control processes.
• Monitor and report performance against plans, collaborating closely with cost analysts to reconcile cost and schedule.
• Develop and maintain work breakdown structures and project schedules for program capability deliveries.
• Guide project and control account managers in planning, analyzing, and assessing project cost and schedule performance.
• Ensure the integrity of data included in performance reports and estimates at completion.
• Tracks plans and schedules, solicits regular updates, and identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts. Utilizes milestone charts, earned value management, and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances
• Strong understanding of earned value management practices and procedures, which includes scheduling fundamentals and system tool usage, such as SAP and Microsoft products. Demonstrated experience in Earned Value Management Toolsets (OPP, Cobra, MS Office, Power BI)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Finance, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Quality, to integrate major projects and achieve program objectives.
• Experience with integrated schedules and logic networks using Microsoft Project software or can learn this tool. Background with Microsoft Office applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• Able to communicate and work effectively with external customers and vendors as required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to facilitate a decision-making process.
• Ability to create and generate standard reports and metrics and interpret them across functional boundaries.
• Demonstrates an intermediate-level understanding of assumptions in Estimates at completion and how they affect sales and earnings.