Principal / Sr. Principal Facilities Systems & Process Specialist - Level 3 or 4 (Hybrid)
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We must not output markdown code fences, only HTML fragment.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: combine introductory paragraphs about Northrop Grumman and role overview.
Paragraph: "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."
Then role specifics: "Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located partially on site at one of the following Aeronautics Systems sites: Palmdale CA, El Segundo CA, Clearfield UT, or Melbourne, FL. In this role, you will be a part of the Facilities Strategic Planning & Integration team whose charter is to maximize operational excellence and efficiency of the distributed Facilities organization through centralized, strategic homeroom support of systems, tools, processes, portfolio planning, and coordination of Sector/Corporate initiatives impacting the broader NGAS Facilities organization. A core focus of this position is driving system and process adoption by developing robust training programs, leading stakeholder change management initiatives, and managing process reviews and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure smooth transitions during process and tool rollouts. This Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 3 or Senior Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 4 will be responsible for standardizing, maintaining, and improving facilities processes, tools, and training across multiple AS locations. This role manages core facilities process documentation, supports and optimizes facilities software tools, and leads training and integration efforts to ensure consistent, efficient operations nationwide. The position partners closely with site facilities teams, functions (e.g. ESHM, security, operations, IT), and business stakeholders to drive operational excellence and a consistent employee experience."
That's About the role.
Now Responsibilities: list duties from "Duties & Responsibilities". We'll create
- each bullet.
List:
- Review and optimize standardized facilities processes and procedures for multiple sites.
- Coordinate periodic reviews and updates to documentation to align with changing requirements and business needs.
- Monitor key metrics and feedback from sites to identify gaps & opportunities.
- Lead structured Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations into critical facility system failures to isolate technical or process flaws.
- Prioritize needs for improvement based on calculated business value.
- Collaborate with key resources and stakeholders on solution development.
- Coordinate requirements gathering, configuration changes, testing, and rollout of tool enhancements and new features.
- Design and execute structured change management plans to transition diverse stakeholder groups (from executive leadership to frontline technicians) through software updates and process modifications.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) discovered during RCAs, adjusting operational workflows or system integrations to prevent repeat failures.
- Author clear, accessible training documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), quick-reference guides, and video tutorials tailored to different user roles and technical skill levels.
- Design and deliver training for facilities staff and stakeholders on processes, tools, and best practices.
- Support change management for process and tool changes, including communication plans and adoption tracking.
- Develop and maintain user guides, quick-reference material, and standard configurations to support consistent tool usage.
- Act as a primary contact for user questions, support, and feedback related to facilities processes and tools.
- Work with site leaders to understand local requirements and align them with standard practices.
- Develop and standardize workflows for long-range facility planning, space utilization, and asset lifecycle management.
- Travel: Yes, 25% of the Time (maybe as a bullet).
We'll include travel as a bullet.
Now Requirements: Basic Qualifications for Level 3 and Level 4. Could present as two sublists? But we need to use
- for any list. Could combine into one list with both levels? Might be confusing. Perhaps we separate into two
under same heading? The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have multiple lists.
We'll create a paragraph introducing that the role may be filled as either Level 3 or Level 4, then two lists: Basic Qualifications for Level 3 and Basic Qualifications for Level 4.
But we need to keep under Requirements heading. We'll do:
This requisition may be filled as either a Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 3 or a Senior Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 4.
Then ? Not allowed; only headings are h3 for sections. Inside we can still use
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. So we can have:
Level 3 Facilities Process Engineer
- Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Architecture or Construction Management, Operations Research, Engineering, (Industrial, Systems, Mechanical), Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), or a relevant technical field with 5 Years of relevant experience; OR a Master's Degree in the stated fields with 3 years of relevant experience; OR a PhD in the stated fields with 1 year of relevant experience.
- Strong organizational skills in managing time, projects, and resources.
- Strong skills in process mapping, workflow design, and requirements gathering.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities across geographically dispersed locations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office/365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Teams, SharePoint or equivalent collaboration platforms).
- Ability to work in cross functional teams and interact with both managers and customers.
- Ability to organize stakeholders while providing project visibility and closure plans.
Similarly for Level 4.
Now Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. We'll list them.
Preferred Qualifications bullet list:
- Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision, ability to multitask and exercise good judgment, with good follow-up skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfortable training various audiences.
- Experience managing/supporting enterprise-level facilities systems integration, technical plant engineering, or operational process design.
- Proficiency with CMMS (e.g., Maximo, Corrigo), Project Management Systems (e.g., Procore), IWMS/CAFM space planning and/or CAD tools (e.g., Archibus, AutoCAD, REVIT, BIM), and/or business intelligence platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
- Background or knowledge on how to lead cross-functional teams to perform root cause analysis on critical facility infrastructure failures.
- Ability to analyze facility performance data to generate actionable insights and cost-saving initiatives.
- Exceptional instructional capability, strong public speaking skills, empathy for users navigating technical changes, and a rigorous approach to software quality assurance testing.
- Experience with facility design and drafting, including space layouts and utilization plans
- Experience with design and construction of classified facilities
- Experience working within an ITAR-regulated environment, defense manufacturing plant, or aerospace facility.
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt.
- Familiarity with data integrations, APIs, SQL, or dashboarding tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) used to visualize CMMS performance.
- Experience working in a large, complex, or highly regulated organization.
- Aerospace and/or Defense Industry Experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.
Now Skills: maybe we can extract specific skills from both basic and preferred: process mapping, workflow design, requirements gathering, MS Office, cross-functional teamwork, stakeholder management, training delivery, change management, RCA, CAPA, documentation, etc. But we already have many in Responsibilities and Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could create a Skills section focusing on technical/tools skills: proficiency with MS Office, CMMS, project management systems, IWMS/CAFM, CAD tools, BI platforms, data integration, APIs, SQL, dashboarding, Lean Six Sigma, etc. But we must not invent info; we can pull from Preferred Qualifications and Basic Qualifications.
We'll create Skills section with bullet list of skills:
- Process mapping and workflow design
- Requirements gathering
- Microsoft Office/365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Teams, SharePoint)
- Cross-functional team collaboration and stakeholder management
- Training development and delivery (SOPs, guides, video tutorials)
- Change management planning and execution
- Root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective/
for prose. We must not output markdown code fences, only HTML fragment. Let's craft. First, About the role: combine introductory paragraphs about Northrop Grumman and role overview. Paragraph: "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." Then role specifics: "Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located partially on site at one of the following Aeronautics Systems sites: Palmdale CA, El Segundo CA, Clearfield UT, or Melbourne, FL. In this role, you will be a part of the Facilities Strategic Planning & Integration team whose charter is to maximize operational excellence and efficiency of the distributed Facilities organization through centralized, strategic homeroom support of systems, tools, processes, portfolio planning, and coordination of Sector/Corporate initiatives impacting the broader NGAS Facilities organization. A core focus of this position is driving system and process adoption by developing robust training programs, leading stakeholder change management initiatives, and managing process reviews and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure smooth transitions during process and tool rollouts. This Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 3 or Senior Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 4 will be responsible for standardizing, maintaining, and improving facilities processes, tools, and training across multiple AS locations. This role manages core facilities process documentation, supports and optimizes facilities software tools, and leads training and integration efforts to ensure consistent, efficient operations nationwide. The position partners closely with site facilities teams, functions (e.g. ESHM, security, operations, IT), and business stakeholders to drive operational excellence and a consistent employee experience." That's About the role. Now Responsibilities: list duties from "Duties & Responsibilities". We'll create
- each bullet.
List:
- Review and optimize standardized facilities processes and procedures for multiple sites.
- Coordinate periodic reviews and updates to documentation to align with changing requirements and business needs.
- Monitor key metrics and feedback from sites to identify gaps & opportunities.
- Lead structured Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations into critical facility system failures to isolate technical or process flaws.
- Prioritize needs for improvement based on calculated business value.
- Collaborate with key resources and stakeholders on solution development.
- Coordinate requirements gathering, configuration changes, testing, and rollout of tool enhancements and new features.
- Design and execute structured change management plans to transition diverse stakeholder groups (from executive leadership to frontline technicians) through software updates and process modifications.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) discovered during RCAs, adjusting operational workflows or system integrations to prevent repeat failures.
- Author clear, accessible training documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), quick-reference guides, and video tutorials tailored to different user roles and technical skill levels.
- Design and deliver training for facilities staff and stakeholders on processes, tools, and best practices.
- Support change management for process and tool changes, including communication plans and adoption tracking.
- Develop and maintain user guides, quick-reference material, and standard configurations to support consistent tool usage.
- Act as a primary contact for user questions, support, and feedback related to facilities processes and tools.
- Work with site leaders to understand local requirements and align them with standard practices.
- Develop and standardize workflows for long-range facility planning, space utilization, and asset lifecycle management.
- Travel: Yes, 25% of the Time (maybe as a bullet).
We'll include travel as a bullet.
Now Requirements: Basic Qualifications for Level 3 and Level 4. Could present as two sublists? But we need to use
- for any list. Could combine into one list with both levels? Might be confusing. Perhaps we separate into two
- under same heading? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have multiple lists.
We'll create a paragraph introducing that the role may be filled as either Level 3 or Level 4, then two lists: Basic Qualifications for Level 3 and Basic Qualifications for Level 4.
But we need to keep under Requirements heading. We'll do:
This requisition may be filled as either a Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 3 or a Senior Principal Facilities Process Engineer Level 4.
Then? Not allowed; only headings are h3 for sections. Inside we can still use
and
- . So we can have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Architecture or Construction Management, Operations Research, Engineering, (Industrial, Systems, Mechanical), Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), or a relevant technical field with 5 Years of relevant experience; OR a Master's Degree in the stated fields with 3 years of relevant experience; OR a PhD in the stated fields with 1 year of relevant experience.
- Strong organizational skills in managing time, projects, and resources.
- Strong skills in process mapping, workflow design, and requirements gathering.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities across geographically dispersed locations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office/365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Teams, SharePoint or equivalent collaboration platforms).
- Ability to work in cross functional teams and interact with both managers and customers.
- Ability to organize stakeholders while providing project visibility and closure plans.
Level 3 Facilities Process Engineer
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can have multiple lists.
We'll create a paragraph introducing that the role may be filled as either Level 3 or Level 4, then two lists: Basic Qualifications for Level 3 and Basic Qualifications for Level 4.
But we need to keep under Requirements heading. We'll do:
- for any list. Could combine into one list with both levels? Might be confusing. Perhaps we separate into two