Manager Quality Control Security Clearance

Position: Manager Quality Control 2 with Security Clearance
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Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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 is in need of a Manager Quality Control 2 based at its Elkton, Maryland facility. The Manager Quality Control 2 is responsible for leading a multidisciplined team of technicians, inspectors, and chemists as well as performing technical duties. Responsible for overseeing the safety of laboratory facilities including maintaining current knowledge of relevant protocols, regulations, standards, and safety procedures as well as developing and maintaining standard operating.

This position oversees inventory management such as selecting, purchasing, storing, and allocating laboratory equipment, supplies, and data analysis tools. The candidate requires excellent interpersonal and organizational skills combined with a "can do" attitude. Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers.

The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY and Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Elkton, Maryland is located on the Upper Chesapeake Bay, midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Discover charming small towns, parks with miles of trails, specialty and antique shops, award winning restaurants, and inns. You can hike, bike, camp, bird watch, ride horseback, or drop a fishing line.

Five rivers, Chesapeake Bay and the C&D Canal can be explored by boat or by land. Experience panoramic views from Turkey Point Lighthouse on a bluff overlooking the Bay, or from the banks of the C&D Canal where ships from around the globe cruise. https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).
* Promotes the professional development of direct reports and fosters a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth and continuous improvement.

* Maintains the highest level of commitment to quality, compliance and internal controls in adherence to company values and ethics.

* Executes laboratory activities such as sampling, analysis, and various reports.

* Provides clear assignments, helps employees connect their efforts to the bigger picture, creates an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences, and builds a culture that motivates employees to their highest levels of performance.

* Assures compliance in quality and safety in accordance with requirements.

* Maintains budgets, schedules, and performance standards.

* Regularly analyzes performance for continual improvement opportunities.

* Monitor and ensure performance goals are achieved, by identifying, communicating, and mitigating risks.

* Establish and manage key metrics to ensure process performance.
* Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are in place to assure the performance and quality of products with conformance to established standards, specifications, and customer requirements.

* Support Return to Green, Failure Analysis, and Corrective Action activities with focus on full resolution and future risk mitigation.

* Drive culture change toward more proactive risk mitigation, data driven decision making, and continuous improvement mindset.

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or similar STEM discipline and 8 years related experience, or Master's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or similar STEM discipline and 6 years related experience.

* Ability to obtain and maintain a United States DOD Secret Security Clearance

* Ability to obtain and maintain ATF Employee Possessor

* 5+ years of analytical laboratory experience

* LIMS & SAP experience

* Direct experience working and collaborating across multiple functions

* Demonstrated experience developing, growing teams and shaping a performing culture

* Strong strategic and analytical skills

* Ability to operate and lead in team environments

Preferred…