Tool and Die Making Manager 1

Relocation assistance may be available. Secret clearance required. Travel up to 10% of the time.

About the role

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a site Tool and Die Making Manager to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Tooling organization. This leader will be responsible for providing the people, processes and technology to support tool and die making on multiple programs on site in Iuka, MS.

Responsibilities

• Stay current on concepts, practices, and procedures in the tooling/manufacturing field, and actively explore new technological applications.
• Ensure tooling support for build and maintenance activities for production transition and sustained production efforts.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve processes and procedures that support Strike program efforts.
• Promote consistent, current, and common tool sets and processes across the organization and program IPTs by collaborating with Aeronautics Systems Sector Tooling Management.
• Monitor and manage risk items, ensuring mitigating actions are effective and timely.
• Champion Lean, Knowledge Management, and other process improvement initiatives; drive sharing of lessons learned and best practices across the organization.
• Perform management duties including personnel performance evaluations, merit planning, employee development, and use of EVMS to manage direct costs.
• Supervise employees involved in daily operations, including Milling Machine Machinists, Aircraft Equipment Expeditors, and Dimension Control Technicians, as well as tool fabrication, jig and fixture building, template and pattern making, and model building.
• Support a minimum of a 10% extended workweek and work all shifts (1st, 2nd, 3/10s) as well as overtime and holidays based on program needs.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED and a minimum of 4 years of related professional and/or military experience in manufacturing, aerospace, design, tooling/tool engineering, manufacturing engineering, integration, and/or fabrication.
• Minimum of 1 year of prior management and/or leadership experience.
• Ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. Government Secret Clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (STEM discipline preferred).
• Tool and die making or machine shop experience, with a strong background in assembly tooling, machine shop operations, welding, periodic tooling inspections, verifications, and rework.
• Experience working in automated tooling environments.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• SAP access to programs.

Pay

Primary level salary range: $90,000.00 - $135,000.00. 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. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business