Production Operations - Level 3

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Linthicum Heights, MD +1 · Manufacturing and Production

This role is for a Production Operations - Level 3 at Northrop Grumman, focusing on managing interfaces between various departments (PMO, Manufacturing, Test, SCM, Engineering, etc.), achieving cost and schedule targets, facilitating meetings for design and production resolutions, and leading/participating in product teams. The role involves reviewing engineering designs for manufacturability, developing production test solutions, and identifying infrastructure gaps to meet program objectives. A Top Secret security clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Managing and maintaining the day to day interfaces and communications between the assigned Program Management Office (PMO), Manufacturing, Test, Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Mission Assurance (MA), Supply Chain (SCM), Engineering, and Shipping.
  2. Achieving targeted cost and schedule requirements.
  3. Facilitating internal meetings in a way to support design, production, and problem resolutions.
  4. Leading or participating on a product team, responsible for product-level requirements analysis, engineering and manufacturing of the products assigned, product tracking, and product visibility.
  5. Supporting and generating proposal documentation as needed to foster new work.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience OR Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience OR PhD with 1 year of professional experience
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance
  • Demonstrated experience in leadership and/or project management
  • Experience in engineering, manufacturing, testing, and/or design
  • Experience with SAP or other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and MS Office applications including: Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Quality Engineering
  • Master's degree in Engineering or Business Management
  • Experience with cost, schedule, project leadership, and/or process improvement
  • Experience with bases of estimates, shop order creation, and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Top Secret security clearance
  • Top Secret
  • DoD Top-Secret security clearance