Job Description

Role Overview

• Responsible for monitoring schedule progress and partnering with the desired Subject Mater Experts on schedule risks, constraints, opportunities, and other scheduling needs.
• Critical Path Analysis
• Creates Schedule What-If models and presents outcome to IPT.
• Maintains an operating cadence where project performance is updated monthly and integrated into our Earned Value Management Tool
• Understand what the Earned Value information is saying about the projects performance and provides recommendations to the team on potential scenarios that will prevent further degradation of performance to baseline.
• Helps manage and document all the change management scenarios regarding adjustments to the projects baseline.
• Ensures other functions have access to accurate current reports and projections and relevant reports are available for the customer.
• Will deliver on a Project Management Cadence that includes Schedule Management, Schedule Variance Analysis, Change Management, Forecasting, Demand Profiles, and other project deliverables, related to reporting within the Integrated Product Team meetings.
• Collaborates with multiple functional teams, integrates with other interdivisional teams, and contributes to the projects goals and objectives. (Engineering, Finance, Sales, PMO)
• Will have autonomy to make informed suggestions to the IPT team regarding project execution.
• May provide guidance in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures.
• Will participate in Director and Executive level meetings that address Project Health and may help the Project Manager deliver the projects message to leadership.
• A job at this level requires good interpersonal skills.
• Develops strong internal customer relationships and serves as the interface between the project team and the business.
• Explains programmatic variables to others.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years of related experience)

• Plus, a minimum of 7 years of experience in Project Management & Project Planning
• This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens.  GE will require proof of status.

Additional Information

• There may be a need for travel, although not expected.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS Project knowledge beyond basic schedule creations.
• Preferred platform for scheduling experience, MS Project, with the ability to adapt to other scheduling tools like Deltek Open Plan.
• High competency with MS Office Tools, particularly Excel (pivot tables, X or VLOOKUP) Word, and Power Point.
• EVMS Proficiency
• PMP Certification or some formal training on the PMBOK guidelines.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience building, updating, and leading schedules and their reviews.
• Understands change management in regard to updates within the schedule and its Control Accounts. Channel baseline change requests.
• Knows how to interpret Project Dashboards in regard to SPI.
• Ability to influence and gain trust within different skill levels and hierarchies in the business.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance that begins on the first day of employment
• Permissive time off policy for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• And more!

This position may be eligible for the following flexible work arrangements (FWA):

• Candidates must reside locally for a hybrid work schedule (i.e. 3 days onsite at the Dayton, OH facility and 2 days remote)