Northrop Grumman Australia · 8 hours ago
Principal / Sr Principal Quality Analyst
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$81K/yr - $122K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company with a commitment to innovation and technological advancement. They are seeking a Principal or Sr Principal Quality Analyst to prepare and coordinate mission assurance plans, manage budgets and schedules, and ensure compliance with earned value management processes. The role involves collaboration with various program managers and requires strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Prepare and coordinate mission assurance plans and schedules for new or existing programs
Develop, monitor, and review cost, operational budget and schedule, and staffing requirements
Support and participate in earned value management, proposals, basis of estimate, estimate at complete
Analyze project needs and effects on various mission assurance areas such as quality engineering, quality inspection and quality support to determine the most practical and cost-efficient methods to resource
Integrate and resolve proposal preparation constraints through assessment of established plans and parameters
Formulate and recommend corrective measures such as schedule revisions, manpower adjustments, fund allocations, and work requirements
Ensure proposal planning, development, review and implementation is completed on time utilizing discreet planning efforts whenever possible to maximize mission assurance resource planning
Collaborate with Mission Assurance Program Managers (MAPM), Mission Assurance Program Directors (MAPD), Functional Home Room Managers (FHRM), Mission Assurance Team Leads to ensure basis of estimates (BOEs) are accurate and factual to guarantee mission assurance requirements can be met at proposal execution
Interface with supported program business and Integrated Process Team (IPT) counterparts to ensure execution to program earned value management (EVM) processes
Review cost account manager (CAM) information with program and mission assurance leadership for compliance to EVM and integrated master schedule (IMS) plans
Initiate and maintain various tracking tools to provide MAPMs, MAPDs and above the cost accounting and scheduling oversight necessary to execute on various programmatic demands that require senior leader attention
Support outside assigned program(s) when surge support is required to meet proposal and BOE requests with short timelines for delivery
Execution of these tasks will require attention to detail and solid organizational skills to manage multiple projects and tasks while working closely with the MA and IPT teams
Strong computer skills and business acumen are necessary along with a robust level of understanding in Microsoft Office Suite products
Qualification
Required
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of experience, or a Master's degree and 3 years of experience, or a PhD and 1 year of experience
Demonstratable experience in presenting to various levels of program leadership
Proficiency in technical problem solving, including root cause analysis, solution development, implementation, and monitoring
Proven effective planning, organizational, and communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with teams and stakeholders to include excellent verbal and written communication
Minimum three (3) years' experience and training in Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles and application, or similar knowledge, or as a Cost Account Manager (CAM)
Experience preparing and delivering briefings to Internal Team, Customer and Integrated Process Team (IPT) Leadership
In depth experience with Microsoft tools (Project, Excel, Office and PowerPoint)
Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
Preferred
Experience as the Cost Account Manager (CAM) on a DoD earned value management-based program
Current Northrop Grumman EVMS certification
Experience writing BOEs, working on DoD based proposals, and compiling programmatic / technical solutions
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
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