RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Precision, Targeting, and Protection facility is seeking candidates for the position of Manufacturing Engineering Manager (M1) in Apopka, FL.
The Manufacturing Engineering Manager is responsible for direct supervision of a team in a multi-shift manufacturing environment. This role also supports a daily collaboration with cross-functional teams such as Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Global Supply Chain, Design Engineering, Production Planning, Operations Program Management, and various strategic teams across the Mission Systems enterprise.
Core Responsibilities
Manage staffing needs to support existing and forecasted program schedules for both Laser and Advanced Packaging. This will include both Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering team members.
Intense focus and ownership of employee development, conflict resolution, performance management, and technical training for staff. Ensure discipline and continuous improvement of all process standards.
Tracking department budgets including non-labor and overhead, and key milestones associated with Manufacturing initiatives.
Help develop manufacturing proposals & basis-of-estimates (BOE's) for potential contracts
Prepare capital expenses and NCTA analysis, justification, return-on-investments (ROI's), and integration into workflow/processes.
Prepare and provide regular review of manufacturing capacity planning and optimization across all production lines.
Planning and execution of Digital Thread and implementation of system and software initiatives.
Accountable for process technical ownership, optimization, and disposition including top level and subassemblies.
Accountable for process control, quality, safety, delivery, and sector/division/site metrics.
Accountable for maintenance of site-specific manufacturing standard operating procedures, work instructions, forms, and instruction/procedures within site MES.
Support training of manufacturing teams in compliance with released production processes.
Ability to support possible on call emergency efforts based on business needs.
Excellent interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
Cross-functional experience communicating with engineering staff, support personnel, functional management, and related groups.
Ability to support onsite fulltime.
Competency
Passion and relentless drive for achieving manufacturing and operational results.
Leading, building, and managing strong cross-functional teams.
Root cause problem solving and continuous improvement.
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) implementation.
Process control method (SPC/control charts) implementation.
Process Capability Analysis (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk) implementation.
Broad technical experience in value stream manufacturing operations.
Risk management identification and mitigation.
Development of process standards focused on product value stream.
Action oriented with ability to make quick decisions in response to changing conditions.
Vision / Leadership
Execute strategies and tactics to achieve breakthrough objectives (Strategy Deployment) and financial goals (on-time contract deliveries, reduced rework, etc.) via operational goals.
Creating a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork, sharing and disciplined root cause problem solving.
Perform operational-based strategic and organizational planning.
Commitment to positive employee relations, ethics, and compliance.
Execution
Drive timely determination of root cause and meaningful corrective actions for any non-conformances.
Follow escalation protocol to communicate/escalate key issues related to safety, security, quality, delivery, employee, cost, etc. upward to site leadership and downward into the organization
Excellent interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
Talent Management
Proactively strengthens the value of the team through the performance management and Engagement processes (individual and group goal setting, coaching and personnel development).
Establish and maintain training requirements and deploy resources accordingly.
Ensure succession (cross-training) plans are in place and be proactive in mentoring key talent to assume increased responsibilities.
Provide challenging and stretching assignments to key talent in the organization to promote future leaders.
Holds others accountable and deal quickly with poor performance.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering or applicable technical discipline with 5 years relevant experience in Manufacturing Engineering, OR a master's degree with 3 years relevant experience in Manufacturing Engineering OR in lieu of a BS degree 10 years of relevant manufacturing experience with continuous progression considered.
Minimum of 1 year of leadership experience directly managing and supervising a team.
Experience working in a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Experience with data analysis and utilizing SPC techniques.
Experienced with excellent presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership.
Experience in formulating, communicating, and executing complex project plans and initiatives.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD security clearance
US Citizenship.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with new product introduction into a manufacturing environment. Able to transform a product concept into a fully developed, manufacturable and launchable product and associated processes.
Strong experience with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Teamcenter Mission Product Life-cycle Management experience
SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP system experience
Digital Manufacturing/Manufacturing Distributed Network (MDN) implementation experience
Aerospace or defense product experience
Ability to strengthen workforce skills in LEAN/Continuous Improvement experience and root cause problem solving.
Strong business and financial acumen, including capital and talent budgeting and estimate-at-completion (EAC) and Operations Review process understanding.
MANUMS
Salary Range: $92,600.00 - $139,000.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
