Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems is looking for a Director Programs 1 to lead Production Operations within the Launch Systems Business Unit 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 Launch Business Unit (BU) Integrated Product Team (IPT) Production Operations Director reporting to the Sentinel Production Operations Senior Director, you will be responsible for providing execution leadership for execution of the manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, production planning, deployment and build activities for the Launch Systems BU. Your primary objective will be the delivery of all contractual requirements on cost and on schedule to include internally produced items an deployment of assets 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 Launch Systems Build IPT 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 Launch Systems IPT Production Operations scope execution. In this position, you will work with both the Program and Launch Systems IPT 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 Launch Systems BU, 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 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 Launch Systems development teams for production execution including definition of manufacturing and deployment facilities, deployment planning and execution of build scope to support EMD prototyping and testing.
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 Defense 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 position’s 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:
Bachelor’s 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
Ability to gain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
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
Experience in EMD phase of programs
Experience defining new facilities
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
Masters degree in engineering discipline or Master of Business Administration
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), geographically dispersed ground systems, or complex aerospace systems experience
10 years prior Minuteman III or similar launch system experience
Program management across Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and Full Rate Production (FRP)
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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