Manager General Manufacturing 1

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Rolling Meadows, IL +1 · Manufacturing and Production

Manager for General Manufacturing in the Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) Cell, supervising assembly and electronics technicians, interfacing with various professional disciplines, and ensuring team training and implementation of Lean Principles. Requires a Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent, production planning/scheduling experience, data analysis skills, and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. The Manager Machining Manufacturing 1 will supervise the factory hourly Precision Electro-Mechanical Assemblers and Electronics Technicians.
  2. This position will also interface with professionals from Sr. Operations Leadership, Operations Engineering, Project Management, Production Control and Product Quality disciplines.
  3. Additional responsibilities include ensuring all members of the team are adequately trained to accomplish assigned tasks efficiently and effectively and will support the implementation of Lean Principles and Continuous improvement efforts in their assigned areas.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree with minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in manufacturing; OR a Master's Degree with 3 or more years of relevant work experience in manufacturing. Will consider 9 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
  • 2 or more years of experience with production planning and scheduling.
  • Data analysis experience.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance
  • US Citizenship required

Nice to have

  • Experience with the fundamentals of SAP / ERP.
  • Demonstrated experience with CAM functions.
  • Experience in Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques.
  • EVMS (Earned Value Management Systems).
  • US Government Secret Clearance.

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance
  • US Citizenship required