CLS – F-Aircraft Maintenance Manager ; Lemoore CA

Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance type:
Secret. Travel:
Yes, 10% of the time.

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.

• Partners with the site Site Manager to lead and manage personnel, develop projects, programs, and procedures Contract Labor Support (CLS) operations.
• Functions as the focal point for all production efforts of CLS team.
• Assists the CLS Lead Aircraft Maintenance Manager in coordinating with customer and support agencies on all constraints, and risks that affect critical path milestones.
• Develops, tracks, updates, and reports all aircraft status products/requirements for contracted work.
• Single point of contact with outside agencies for all aspects relating to maintenance support, resources, and special tooling.
• Directs QA to initiate ARs outside the scope of planned maintenance tasks, tracks maintenance actions, and reports maintenance actions to the Lead Manager.
• Collaborates with Product Support Manager, CLS Lead Manager, and LM Site Lead, on maintenance surges and scheduled changes to support CLS operations.
• Participates in maintenance meetings with the unit or coordinates maintenance status briefings at the customer’s request.
• Conducts safety briefings, assigns maintenance tasks to CLS employees, and addresses/ resolves problematic maintenance complexities that arise in the completion of maintenance actions.
• Ability to provide temporary support to our other CLS locations and/or emerging deployments.
• Ability to work a flexible work schedule that may include extended shifts, holidays, and weekends and support on call status for 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days a year.
• The selected candidate must be willing to work various shifts depending on business needs, including but not limited to: 1st shift , 2nd shift, Overnight Shift, and Weekend Shift and overtime when required.

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent and 9 years of experience supervising and assigning program workloads as well as duties for entire shifts of workers performing aircraft maintenance, repair, inspection, and modifications.
• Will consider a bachelor’s degree and 5 years of applicable experience; or, a master’s degree and 3 years of applicable experience.
• One year minimum as a Maintenance or Production Control Supervisor.
• Ability to read and interpret technical data and blueprint drawings.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university relevant to the aviation industry such as Aeronautics, Aviation Business Administration, Aviation Maintenance, Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace and Occupational Safety, Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Physiology, Safety Management, Organizational Leadership, Business Management, or Business Administration.
• Experience with working multiple aircraft and programs simultaneously.
• Lead Production Supervisor or Maintenance Control Supervisor experience.
• Experience forecasting manpower requirements, creating staffing plans, and creating material Bill of Materials (BOM) to support future work efforts.
• Demonstrated skill in using MS Excel, Power Point, Word,…