RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No
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.
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, but they’re also making history.
This position is full-time on-site in Warner Robins, GA and will support the Integrated Mission Solutions (IMS) Operating Unit, within the Northrop Grumman Defense Systems sector. As a Warner Robins Program Quality Analyst, you will be expected to personally grow and champion continuous development both personally and for your peers. You should be someone who always chooses to act with integrity in which high ethical and moral standards characterize who you are. You should be someone who chooses to enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results while also satisfying the needs of both your internal and external customers. You should have a track record that proves you know how to support a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment that will attract, retain, and encourage diverse and engaged talent. You should consistently work to ensure that your team and the teams you support are prepared with the information and tools needed for optimal performance. If this description fits who you are and you wish to join a fast-paced team that builds and executes strategies that result in sustainable value creation, then we need you on our team!
Responsibilities:
The Quality Analyst is required to:
- Act as a liaison between staff and management, relaying updates and advocating for team needs
- Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, and other functions to ensure quality standards are in place and to resolve issues.
- Able to conduct/support internal process evaluations and develop process evaluation reports.
- Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards through execution of scheduled and unscheduled audits.
- Develop, collect, and track metrics for process health and performance monitoring.
- Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
- Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
- Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
- Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
- Responsible for updating Quality and Mission Assurance (QMA) plans/procedures.
- Works with and provide support with our quality assurance inspection group.
- Promptly responds to technical issues that arise on the production floor utilizing work instructions, design documents, and specifications.
- Read and interpret blueprint and engineering drawings and be able to document non-conformances.
- Work with the Engineering team to ensure that part requirements are correctly described and documented in the production workplans.
- Processing of MRB nonconformances.
- Perform AS9100 audits to ensure compliance with standard requirements.
- Coordinate with the NGC Global Supply Chain (GSC), and the Supplier Quality and Mission Assurance functions to enhance cross harmonization of activities and initiatives.
Work is performed within the confines of standardized company and industry policies, practices, and procedures. This job has decision-making responsibilities regarding the acceptance or rejection of work and tests performed of which records of results are maintained.
Basic Qualifications:
- 2+ Years related experience with a Bachelors; or 1 Year related experience with a Masters; or 6 years of related experience will be accepted in lieu of Bachelor's degree
- Ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance
- Experience in developing or reviewing Root Cause / Corrective Action activity
- Experience with quality management systems to support program processes, audits, and/or improvements.
- Experience in processing, monitoring, data collection, analysis, and metric reporting for overall program and segments
- Efficient at MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other office systems.
- Ability to prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish project results.
- Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplish them simultaneously.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a team.
- Self-Starter and ability to work through an issue to closure.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to read and interpret drawings.
- ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 trained auditor.
- Experience in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and/or Teamcenter.
- Aerospace and Defense Industry experience.
- Experience with SAP/S4 ERP transactions
- Experience with manufacturing, quality controls, inspection and/or non-conformance controls.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Active Secret clearance
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced work environment with diverse assignments. We do most of our work on the production floor, and we collaborate closely with technicians, manufacturing/process engineers, operation managers, and customers.
This position’s standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Primary Level Salary Range: $65,500.00 - $98,300.00
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.