Sentinel C&L Production Operations Director 1 full_time

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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’s Defense Systems is looking for a Director Programs 1 to lead the Production Operations element of the Command and Launch (C&L) Segment for the Sentinel Program. This leadership role is located in Roy, Utah. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills to lead in a dynamic engineering and manufacturing environment. There is significant responsibility and visibility with executive leadership and the broad customer organization. 

As the C&L Production Operations Director reporting to the Sentinel Production Operations Senior Director, you will be responsible for providing execution leadership for the planning and performance of the manufacturing engineering and build activities for the C&L segment.  Your primary objective will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule to include internally produced items that support qualification testing and execution of the Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) contract.  You will be expected to manage day to day operations of the C&L Production Operations team, to include, cross-segment program coordination.  Additionally, you will build and nurture relationships with the Production Operations homeroom to ensure appropriate resource alignment to the C&L Production Operations scope execution.  In this position, you will work with both the Program and C&L Product Development Teams to drive development and maturation of manufacturing engineering and deployment content and artifacts in support of program commitments.

What You Will Get To Do:

Drive Manufacturing execution and engineering across Sentinel in support of the Strategic Deterrent Systems Division.

• Establish and direct the implementation of Manufacturing and Production Operations across the Sentinel Program for the Command and Launch (C&L) Segment, driving consistency and implementation across program/product teams at all national locations and multiple subcontractor locations
• Execute the manufacturing scope for  critical assemblies and equipment to enable command and launch of the Sentinel ICBM
• Own the manufacturing and production operations strategy/planning for system delivery including the follow-on production contract
• Manage all aspects of process development as it applies to production operations to include training and development across mission/weapon system engineering, subsystem/component design engineering as well as nuclear surety and SDS program specific processes and enablers
• Ensure Design Engineering product quality and consistency and manage auditing and oversight functions, including metrics development and management
• Work with and coordinate through the functional homeroom to ensure proper training, role & responsibility assignments enabling successful execution of the Production Operations scope
• Interface closely with the product/program team leadership and implement systems engineering priorities for the team and ensure manufacturing success
• Prepare the ground systems development teams for production execution including buildout of design to kit production, define processes, identify needed skill set, participate in community outreach

• Horizontally integrate across Design Engineering directorate as well as members of the Production Operations organization to ensure consistency of design engineering approach

Position Benefits

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, 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.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree with at least 10 years of progressive engineering and manufacturing experience including custom hardware build and assembly
• Minimum of 5 years of experience formally leading engineering or manufacturing teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
• Minimum of 10 years of program management experience
• Active DoD Secret clearance, investigation must have been completed within last 5 years
• Experience in control account management
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Experience with Product Data Management (PDM), Material Resource Planning (MRB) and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) business systems
• Experienced leadership skills during the early phases of a program
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), geographically dispersed ground systems, or complex aerospace systems experience
• 10 years prior Minuteman III experience and familiarity with weapon system hardware that can be leveraged for deactivation
• Program management across all program lifecycle phases (concept through decommissioning/closure)
• Experience with ICBM Missile Wing operations to include: security, design/manufacturing for field deployments, Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) movements/emplacements, integration, test, checkout, and sell-off
• Demonstrated experience executing make/buy processes
• Demonstrated experience building Master Production Schedules
• Design Engineering/Computer-aided Design (CAD) experience
• Prior experience interfacing with prime contractor site leads and USAF leadership personnel
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance with current Special Program Access (PAR)

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Salary Range: $187,700.00 – $281,500.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.