Sentinel - General Manufacturing Manager 1 (3589-1)
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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 Defense Systems is seeking a General Manufacturing Manager 1 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Huntsville, AL and supports the Sentinel program.
This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
The General Manufacturing Manager 1 is responsible for the direct supervision of employees and processes in a manufacturing environment. This leader provides direction to employees utilizing management guidelines and general policies.
Overall responsibilities include: driving employee efficiency, meeting product cost and schedule targets, managing the area to produce quality products, and engaging employees to achieve their highest potential.
This leader is expected to work independently across organizations; manage the use of consumables to achieve budget targets; assign and manage operators to maximize efficiency and achieve target productive yields; implement our process improvements to improve affordability and quality.
Additional Responsibilities:
Providing direction and coaching to technicians and other production personnel in the assembly and manufacturing areas
Encourages and provides direction for career development of employees, including educational options for highly motivated employees
Provides leadership/direction to ensure all affordability initiatives and opportunities for process improvements are systematically identified, pursued, and supported
Lead a team of highly skilled manufacturing technicians to safely provide a quality product on-time and on-cost for various customers
Ensure facilities, tooling, planning, materials, and people are available to complete assigned workloads
Execute day-to-day operations to complete daily production goals in support of business requirements
Initiate Maintenance Work Orders, Tool Discrepancy Reports, Tooling Change Notices and Facilities Engineering Orders, and track to completion
Ensure training (e.g., procedures, quality documents, safety, etc.) is complete and effective
Responsible for performance management and corrective action
Administer and implement corrective actions for mishaps, quality issues, FOD, etc.
Lead/participate in root cause and corrective action analysis, implementation, effectiveness, etc.
Utilize succession planning tools to develop team members
Position Benefits
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
AA Degree or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree and 5 years minimum years of experience
At least 1 year experience leading projects or cross-functional teams
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as dete
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