Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Parts Materials and Processes (PM&P) Engineering Section Manager 2 - 16562
United States-Utah-Roy
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$127K/yr - $190K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company with opportunities to work on revolutionary systems. They are seeking a Parts, Materials and Processes Engineering Section Manager to manage a team of engineers, ensuring collaboration across design and manufacturing teams while providing technical support and employee development.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Manage a motivated team of PM&P engineers within a matrixed functional organization, ensuring integration and collaboration across design and manufacturing teams under an overarching Systems Engineering framework
Communicate effectively across engineering disciplines and design teams
Work both independently and collaboratively to resolve issues, determine priorities, and implement solutions
Provide performance feedback, training, mentoring and coaching to your employees
Support workforce planning and maintain sufficient depth and breadth of skillsets within your teams core discipline to meet program needs
Responsible for employee performance reviews and supporting employee career development
Support development and refinement of processes and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their missions
Support proposal work, independent technical reviews, program standup and audits, and special assignments on an as needed basis
Support employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent
Provide technical support to Sentinel program for non-metallic materials, including but not limited to:
Reviews and analyzes released engineering change data and coordinates changes with engineering, quality, support, manufacturing, and engineering data control activities
Subject Matter Expertise for Non-metallic materials, part/material specifications and qualification plans
Perform risk analysis, trade studies, process improvement analysis, cost estimates, as applicable
Tracking to completion tasking and assignments for the team, assisting with workload balancing across team members, collecting metrics, and performing other project management functions for the non-metallics team as applicable
Ensure team members have the required tools and access to perform PM&P responsibilities
Collaborate with other engineering assignment managers/leads to align priorities and support overall execution of program objectives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with a minimum of 8 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM with 6 years of related experience
Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance
Must be able to attain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs collaborating with multiple functional groups, companies and government customer representatives
2 years of experience in either PM&P, or a combination of Systems Engineering and PM&P engineering disciplines
Experience in ensuring that PM&P program or contract requirements are applied to parts, materials and assemblies
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office tools
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Materials Science, Polymer Engineering, or Chemical Engineering from an accredited university and 6 years experience in DoD, aerospace, oil and gas, or nuclear regulated industries
Minimum 1 year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule, in a PM&P organization
An Active, In-Scope DOD Secret Security Clearance or higher that has been granted / renewed within the past 6 years
Special Program Access
Experience interpreting and ensuring design compliance to industry and/or military standards and specifications for parts and materials
ICBM experience
2 years experience in a people leadership role, or 4 years experience as a technical lead, in a PM&P organization
Working knowledge of SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft teams, siemens teamcenter or other life cycle management systems
Experience in project management including microsoft project and visio
Experience writing and defending technical position papers
Experience working with chief engineers and Integrated Product Teams
Experience working in Agile and digital design environments
Demonstrated ability to delegate tasks, and mentor junior engineers
Experience reviewing technical drawings and engineering data for parts and assemblies
Understanding of supply chain management as it relates to parts management and obtaining technical specifications on components
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Ability to function in a dynamic and collaborative environment, and be flexible to changing direction
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase