Sr./Principal Technical Services Project Management (Level 3 or 4)

About the role

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, Propulsion Systems, is currently seeking several Principal Technical Services Project Management (Level 3) OR Sr Principal Technical Services Project Management (Level 4) to function as an OPM to provide leadership to our team at one of our Northern Utah facilities. Primarily this role will be located in Promontory, Utah. One position will be located in Clearfield and one in Magna/Bacchus. In this position, the OPM will lead testing and research activities in various phases of the program life cycle. This position is 100% on-site. Relocation assistance is not available.

Responsibilities

• Lead all activities associated with a product family within the value stream, delivering the product family through overall ownership and accountability of that product’s value stream element including: acceptance of requirements, product and process design, planning generation, product manufacture, inspection, acceptance, testing and delivery to the downstream customer to meet cost and schedule requirements.
• Work closely with functional organizations (e.g., design, S&MA, process engineering, supply chain and operations) to effectively and efficiently staff the team as required.
• Manage and ensure effective concurrent engineering through the oversight and integration of all engineering and processing disciplines.
• Request, acquire and manage resources within a matrix organization as necessary to accomplish the goals of the value stream.
• Maintain total team performance and work closely with the program office and plant functional organizations to accomplish program and company goals.
• Focus on the design, manufacture and testing of a defect-free, highest-value product that satisfies every customer requirement by integrating all elements and disciplines of the associated value stream.
• Give special attention to lessons learned that could affect or be applicable to multiple programs and processes.
• Meet all design, reliability, safety, performance, cost and schedule requirements.
• Assist in establishing and executing all operations plans, including material, manufacturing, integration of large and complex subassemblies with associated testing.
• Assist in proposal efforts for the operations team.
• Ensure the safety of personnel, facilities and product throughout the development and manufacturing lifecycle.
• Manage produced and procured designs, processes, suppliers, materials, facilities, inspection plans, tooling, etc.
• Establish methodology to ensure daily, weekly, and monthly objectives are achieved.
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of program scope, schedules, performance objectives, internal and external processes, guidelines, policies, and best practices, and ensure that all functional team members are aware of and are compliant with these items.
• Manage financial performance of the value stream and its functional organizations, including tracking, reviewing and approval of change requests as needed for submittal to the Program Office.
• Initiate and lead value enhancement and waste elimination efforts for all aspects of the component value stream utilizing lean principles for continuous improvement.
• Work closely with other VSET leaders to ensure strong communication and collaboration is maintained.
• Identify project milestones, critical paths, and potential risks, and develop contingency plans to address them.
• Facilitate regular meetings and communications to keep all parties informed of project progress, changes and issues.

Requirements

Level 3

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5 years of experience in engineering, operations, program management, production, safety and product lifecycle OR Master’s degree with 3 years in engineering, operations, program management, production, safety and product lifecycle.
• Exceptional written and oral communications skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to work well at all levels in the organization.
• Very strong MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills.
• Experience working with a manufacturing execution system (ESI, CostPoint, Sync).
• Ability to work under limited supervision and complete projects on time and on budget.

Level 4

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 8 years of experience in engineering, operations, program management, production, safety and product lifecycle OR Master’s degree with 6 years of experience in engineering, operations, program management, production, safety and product lifecycle.
• Exceptional written and oral communications skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications with management.
• Proficient MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills.
• Ability to work under limited supervision and complete projects on time and on budget.

Qualifications

• Currently possess or must be able to obtain Secret security clearance.
• Active or ability to obtain U.S. DoD Secret security clearance, or higher (Preferred).
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in aerospace, chemical, electrical, mechanical, material sciences engineering, or physics (Preferred).
• Previous experience leading a multidisciplinary team (Preferred).
• Experience implementing lean projects (Preferred).
• Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) (Preferred).
• Experience managing a product line (Preferred).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certified (Preferred).