Senior Engineering Operations Analyst

Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives. Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer.

At CAES, we engineer solutions for the world's most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities? Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement? Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment? One that values YOU. Consider CAES.

The most important thing we build is TRUST

SUMMARY:

The candidate must possess a strong programmatic background, analytic skills and be fluent in MS Excel (including pivot tables), and Power BI with a knowledge of engineering business operations. The ideal candidate will have experience with budget management with all aspects of forecasting, tracking, and reporting on headcount and consulting. Work cross functionally with Engineering, Program Mgmt, Finance, and HR to help drive planning and execution of operating expenses which will involve extensive data maintenance, validation, and analysis. Drive improvements to new and established processes and reporting to increase efficiencies and facilitate decision making. Previous employment in a company providing engineering support is preferred. This person must have excellent communication skills and be able to work well within a matrix organization to drive operational excellence and improvement in business performance.

Responsibilities:

* Establish collaborative relationships with Engineering, Program Mgmt, and Finance
* Support forecasting, tracking, and reporting of resources (Regular, Temporary, Intern, Consultants), including target headcount management for functional Engineering managers
* Coordinate project headcount planning based on Engineering roadmaps and what if scenarios
* Plan and analyze resources sharing between Defense Systems and other business units (labor cross charge)
* Track and validate Engineering project charging to support internal reporting and contract billing
* Track and assess financial status by analyzing actual results in comparison with forecasts
* Produce regular consolidated reports, which include key metric trends, financial results, and variance reporting to engineering leaders
* Lead budgeting and forecasting processes for the engineering departments
* Assemble and summarize data on operational metrics such as cost of services, project accounting, and product quality
* Develop data models, perform analysis, identify trends and risks, and recommend actions on operational metrics
* Consolidate Budgets for non-labor expenditures, such as capital or development/test platforms
* Lead meetings to review and analyze data with functional Engineering teams and managers
* Drive improvements to new and established processes and reporting to increase efficiencies across teams
* Maintain and implement dept and project attributes to enable dynamic planning and reporting

* 5 years of relevant experience in corporate business or financial planning & analysis, or other related fields
* Proficient in spreadsheets, data models and large datasets
* Hands on experience with statistical analysis
* Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
* Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Salary Range: $81,764.85 - $ 135,168 annually (San Diego).

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base bay. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. CAES provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, 401K, paid holidays and vacation.

EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY

BENEFITS

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits - from day one. You'll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level - and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Comprehensive PTO, Paid Holiday and Paid Family Leave Programs.
• Student Loan Repayment Program & Tuition Reimbursement
• 9/80 Alternate Work Week Schedule
• Tailored Management/Leadership Training
• Innovative Medical Programs, Including Family Forming

ABOUT CAES

CAES is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry. From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email CAEScareers@caes.com.