Project Analyst II (Hybrid)

Location: El Segundo, CA (Hybrid)

This job requires a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or individual granted refugee/asylee status).

About the Role

Join Collins Aerospace, a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions for the aerospace and defense industry. As a Project Analyst supporting the MANTA organization in Mission Systems, you will provide crucial analytical and program support to engineers, contributing to the success of innovative projects. This role involves offering analytical insights, program support, and guidance to MANTA engineering leaders across tasks such as Earned Value Management, Staffing Analysis, and Integrated Master Schedules.

Responsibilities

• Partner with MANTA engineering leadership to support workforce planning, staffing strategy, and resource management.
• Develop and maintain staffing plans by analyzing demand, available resources, skill needs, hiring requirements, and potential staffing gaps.
• Serve as a hiring focal, coordinating hiring needs, requisitions, candidate activity, onboarding, and workforce changes with leaders and partner organizations.
• Monitor and analyze employee utilization, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to improve direct charging and resource alignment to funded work.
• Support budget planning and financial management by tracking labor forecasts, actuals, staffing assumptions, and variances against plan.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and reporting to provide leadership with clear visibility into staffing, utilization, hiring, and financial performance.
• Partner with engineering leaders, Finance, HR, and Program Management to resolve staffing and execution challenges and support business objectives.
• Identify workforce and financial risks, communicate impacts to leadership, and help develop action plans and mitigation strategies.
• Drive process improvements and standardization to enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and visibility of MANTA workforce and business planning.

Requirements

• University Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field.
• 1+ year of experience using Staffing Center to support workforce planning and staffing management within a large organization.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel to analyze data, manage large datasets, and develop reports or metrics.
• Experience supporting staffing, workforce planning, resource management, utilization, or related program/business activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with engineering leaders, employees, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience analyzing data, identifying trends or risks, and communicating actionable information to leadership.

Benefits

• Flexible work weeks: 9/80 or 5/40 schedules; core hours and modified time options.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan with employer matching funds, separate employer retirement contribution, and Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health: fertility and family planning support.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives and wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand: virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons: child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts: second opinion program.
• May be eligible for relocation assistance.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $75,800 - $144,200 USD. The range is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. Factors considered include role, function, responsibilities, work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.