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As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.\nJoining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.\nAbout the role:\nNew business and programme extension have resulted in a fantastic opportunity to join the Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Business as a Lead Project Controller/ Scheduler. The successful candidate will work with high performing multifunctional teams on cutting edge technology contributing to Air Safety. The scheduler will provide project planning, risk management and cost control direction and support to production teams, development engineers and senior management. The scheduler will generate metrics, cost reports and variance analysis information to support programme decision making and assist teams in use of PM processes.\nResponsibilities:\nResponsible for integrity of Development project Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) ensuring that all activities, events and milestones are logically linked and fully resourced.\n\nEvaluate IMS critical path, schedule risk and variances.\n\nProgress project plan and database regularly, providing performance metrics and Estimated Cost to Complete (ETC) for financial reporting and interpret trend data and provide metrics for review at Programme Monthly Review Boards.\n\nEnsure contractual and programme changes are incorporated into the IMS to maintain a realistic baseline plan, on which Earned Value is generated and guide the Integrated Project Team on the use of EVMS.\n\nMonitor the Programme Timesheet Bookings and report/investigate unexpected bookings to contracts.\n\nFacilitate the company risk process by holding Programme Risk Review Boards, to identify and document risks, opportunities and mitigation actions. Provide analysis and reports.\n\nSupport to the Programme Manager, CAMs and Programme Accountant to establish a performance management baseline and budget authorisations for Production and Development programmes in MSP and bespoke internal tools. Collate and analyse finance data such as schedule derived Estimates to Complete (ETCs).\n\nDevelopment of Programme Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Organisational Breakdown Structures (OBS).\n\nSupport Bid and Proposal activities through the collation and transfer of Basis of Estimates into the Pricing Team.\n\nTravel to other Raytheon UK Sites (UK, Europe and USA) may be required\n\nPreferred Candidate Requirements:\nExperience of working in a Project/Programme Control environment.\n\nCompetent in the use of MSP 2010/13/16 and other Microsoft applications and an ability to quickly learn the use of our internal EVM and schedule management tools\n\nAbility to meet deadlines\n\nAbility to handle data accurately across various tools\n\nGood written and verbal communication skills across all levels of the business\n\nGood IT skills with the ability to learn new applications\n\nAbility to work with diverse project teams and stakeholders\n\nAbility to support, guide and influence project teams to ensure programmes are set up in accordance with Raytheon standard practices and processes.\n\nCommercial/Business awareness in a complex projects environment.\n\nExperienced working with multi-disciplined teams over geographically dispersed sites\n\nPersonal Characteristics:\nThis position will require a considerable amount of interaction with all levels of management, which will require strong interpersonal skills to assert best practice in an environment of competing priorities.\n\nFlexible approach to all tasks.\n\nThe desire to add value to Raytheon UK and succeed as an individual and as a Raytheon UK employee\n\nBenefits\nCompetitive salaries.\n\n25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)\n\nContributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)\n\nCompany bonus scheme (discretionary)\n\n6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.\n\nFlexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.\n\nEnhanced sick pay.\n\nEnhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.\n\nWork Culture\n37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.\n\nEarly 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!\n\nRemote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.\n\nA grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.\n\nUp to 5 paid days volunteering each year.\n\nRTX \nRaytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.\nSupporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We’re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.\n#LI-JR1\nRTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.\nPrivacy Policy and Terms:\nClick on this link to read the Policy and Terms","description_format":"text","description_chars":6617,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Parental leave","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Space & Aerospace"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-21T17:37:33Z"}],"liveness":{"score":11,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.318,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":37,"expected_fill_days":11,"reasons":["conf:0","agency","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-25T05:45:01Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/rtx-lead-project-controller-scheduler","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/rtx-lead-project-controller-scheduler.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-26T03:28:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3694,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1306,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-27T00:00:00Z"}}}