Manager 3 – Manufacturing Operations

Requisition ID: R10164434

• Category: Manufacturing and Production

• Location: Elkton, Maryland, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Secret

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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.

The Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Division is seeking an experienced Manager 3 – Operations Manager. This position can be stationed at any of the Defense Systems manufacturing facilities which are Northridge, California; Mesa, Arizona; Plymouth, Minnesota; Elkton, Maryland; and Rocket Center, WV. This position will manage a team of operations professionals with a focus on regulatory compliance, injury prevention and occupational health services. Included in these responsibilities will be supporting the Operations Director with capacity studies throughout our product lines.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Environmental, Health and Safety department providing daily oversight of the Environmental, Health and Safety team including prioritizing efforts, costs, and resources.

• Using best practices and lessons learned from a Manufacturing Engineering and EH&S where challenges and issues arise

• Coach, support, and motivate to ensure a high performing team.

• Maintain team budgets, schedules, and resources to effectively meet business goals.

• Ensure compliance to Environmental, Health, and Safety regulations and laws.

• Ensure that adequate risk identification and mitigation efforts are conducted.

• Promote a proactive safety culture, imposing awareness and training efforts, with significant focus on an established behavior-based safety program.

• Use safety data to organize value-added safety analysis.

• Drive safety and environmental capital improvement projects.

• Ensure that corporate, sector, customer, and DCMA expectations and requirements are successfully addressed.

• Ensure that environmental, health, and safety personnel maintain the required skill level.

• Successfully integrate and work as a strategic partner to the other functional managers.

• Communicate safety and environmental performance with division leadership.

• Lead facility level cross functional committees.

Success in this role will require sound scientific/technical judgment, innovative thinking, and excellent interpersonal/management skills in order to plan, motivate and accomplish goals through your staff.

As a leader, you always act with integrity, and the highest ethical standards characterize everything you do. You enable your team to achieve predictable and balanced results, while satisfying the needs of internal and external partners. You treat all people with respect, and model personal growth and continuous development. You know how to build an inclusive environment that attracts, retains, and encourages a diverse and engaged team. You build trusted and valued customer relationships and communicate effectively, so that people throughout the organization feel engaged and connected to their work. You deliver perfection, strive for continuous improvement, and respond vigorously to change. You ensure that your team has the information and tools needed to perform at their highest. You demonstrate our committed pursuit of applying innovation to meet the requirements of our customer. You build and execute strategies that result in sustainable value creation that delivers measurable results.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Minimum of 9 years of relevant experience

• Prior leadership experience

• Ability to effectively lead a diverse group of workers

• Skill in assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects and demands.

• Must be comfortable working closely with all levels of organization across multiple functions. Practical application of safety and environmental standards and regulations.

• Communication skills to transfer knowledge to various audiences, selling concepts and presenting well.

• Strong coordination and organizational abilities

• Ability to obtain a DoD Clearance, which US citizenship is a requirement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Secret Clearance

• Background and knowledge in Energetics operations.

• Previous DoD, Military or Aerospace facilities experience.

• Certified Safety Professional (CSP) or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)

• Proficient in EPA, DOT, OSHA and NFPA regulation

Employees may be eligible for 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. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.