Program Planner II - Onsite

Prattwhitney; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney, a RTX business, seeks a Program Planning and Scheduling professional to join the Planning & Activation organization at our US-MA site in Woburn. Onsite role focusing on IMS development, schedule baselines, EAC support, and cross-functional coordination to ensure contract alignment and performance.

You will work with MS Project/Primavera and related tools, contributing to credible baselines and timely program deliverables in a complex defense environment.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field and a minimum of 2 years of Program Planning, Scheduling or Project Management experience.
• Experience using scheduling software (MS Project, Primavera, Open Plan, Project Server or similar).

Responsibilities

• Onsite development and maintenance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in MS Project.
• Maintain IMS to reflect contractual and programmatic changes for current baselines.
• Ensure IMS compliance with government requirements across program phases.
• Resource-load IMS with target budgets and ensure cost/schedule integration.
• Conduct detailed IMS analysis for quality, completeness and compliance.
• Communicate schedule status and variance analyses weekly/monthly.
• Support EAC and LRE processes related to schedule performance.
• Develop and maintain the Program Master Phasing Schedule using Milestones Professional.

Skills

Program planning

Scheduling awareness

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Accounting

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Open Plan

Project Server

Deltek Cobra

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-10-09 Country: United States of America Location: US-MA-WOBURN-WB1 ~ 235 Presidential Way ~ SPENCER BLDG 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 Type: DoD Clearance: Secret Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required after day 1 At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon, an RTX business, is seeking an experienced Program Management, Planning, and Scheduling professional to join the Planning & Activation organization. This role supports complex programs across multiple Raytheon locations and business areas, requiring strong scheduling expertise, analytical capability, and the ability to collaborate across functions to support program execution. The successful candidate will lead or support the development, maintenance, and analysis of Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and program planning artifacts, ensuring compliance with government customer requirements. Our Planning teammates are valued business partners, influencing and developing executable program plans, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and providing schedule and predictive analytics and acceleration techniques, all in support of the products and services we deliver to our customers. This role is essential to establishing and maintaining credible program baselines, driving schedule performance, and supporting key program deliverables.

What You Will Do:

• Onsite support to the development and maintenance of program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in MS Project, based on requirements/scope provided by the customer.
• Detail plan and maintain the IMS throughout the program’s lifecycle that incorporates contractual and programmatic changes into the IMS in order to maintain realistic, current contract schedule baselines.
• Ensure the IMS is compliant with government customer requirements throughout all program phases.
• Ensure the IMS is resource loaded for applicable scope with target budgets and demonstrates thorough cost and schedule integration and is traceable to production scope.
• Conduct detailed analysis of the IMS and supporting documents to ensure quality, completeness and compliance.
• The weekly/monthly business rhythms will require communication (electronically and verbally) of schedule status including but not limited to, results of critical path analysis and schedule variance analysis.
• Support Estimate at Complete (EAC) and Latest Revised Estimate (LRE) processes as they relate to schedule performance.
• Development and maintenance of the Program Master Phasing Schedule using Milestones Professional Software.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field of study and a minimum of 2 years of Program Planning, Scheduling or Project Management experience.
• Experience using software designed for creating and maintaining industry related schedules. (MS Project, Primavera, Open Plan, Project Server or similar scheduling software)

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
• Familiarity with government regulations related to program planning and Earned Value Management.
• Understanding of Agile software development principles and product development lifecycle.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across all organizational levels.
• Familiarity with APEX, SAP/R3, Microframe Project Manager (MPM), Oracle ERP, Deltek Cobra, Deltek MPM Connect, or ForProject.

What We Offer:

Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

The salary range for this role is 68,900 USD - 131,100 USD.

Benefits include:

• 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

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.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.