Job Description Summary

This role plays a significant part in the Planning and Monitoring/Controlling Process Groups within Project Management. The Project Analyst will work with engineering project teams to manage project: metrics, earned value, cost, schedule, subcontracts, and materials through the project life cycle. In this role, you will proactively analyze project data and work directly with project teams to address variances and properly report and manage project data and metrics.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Deliver on a Project Management Cadence that includes Cost Tracking, Schedule Management, Earned Value Management, Variance Analysis, Change Management, Forecasting, Demand Profiles, and other project deliverables, related to reporting and Integrated Product Team meetings.
• Ensure project implementation as well as work packages and constraints are accurately integrated into project planning scenario. Responsible for monitoring progress and producing accurate projections. Ensure other functions have access to accurate current reports and projections and relevant reports are available for the customer.
• Collect earned value and forecast data from project teams, and in turn help them understand the status of their projects relative to the project baseline and fiscal year constraints
• A basic understanding of key business drivers, especially Earned Value Management, and use this understanding to recommend project actions to the Project Manager and other supporting team members. Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area (Engineering, Finance, Sales, PMO).
• Will have autonomy to make informed suggestions to the Engineering teams regarding project execution. May provide guidance in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures. Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters.
• Will participate in Director and Executive level meetings that address Project Health and may help the Project Manager deliver the projects message to leadership.
• Supports Earned Value process governance/audits and ensures compliance with standard project management principals
• Participates in the development of training content to support stakeholder execution of engineering NPI programs
• A job at this level requires good interpersonal skills. Develop strong internal customer relationships and serve as the interface between the project team and the business. Explain programmatic variables to others.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Project Management & Project Planning.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in Project Management & Project Planning.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience building, updating, and leading schedules and their reviews.
• Preferred platform for scheduling experience, MS Project, with the ability to adapt to other scheduling tools like Deltek Open Plan.
• Understands change management regarding updates to Budget, Authorized Spend, Forecast, and the mechanisms to channel baseline change requests.
• Knows how to interpret Project Dashboards regarding Financials, Variances, Indexes, and Resource Supply and Demand, including skill set requirements.
• An experienced level of knowledge into Excel for Pivot Tables and other formatting constants is needed, as well as established experience in Word for possible Customer documents submittals, and Power Point for presentations to upper management.
• Analytical and energetic nature
• Self-motivated and driven
• Experience in Project Analysis
• Experience in Earned Value Management
• Experience in Project Management
• PMP Certification or some formal training on the PMBOK guidelines.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

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.

The base pay range for this position is $105,200 to $140,100. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on June 28th, 2024.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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