Sentinel - Manager Industrial Engineering Security Clearance

Position: Sentinel - Manager Industrial Engineering 1 - 18680 with Security Clearance
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret TRAVEL:
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 Defense Systems is seeking an Industrial Engineering Manager 1 to lead the Production Operations Analytics & Estimating Organization in Roy, Utah, supporting Strategic Deterrence Division programs with primary emphasis on Sentinel. This organization combines proposal estimating, production analytics, and data-driven operations insight to improve proposal quality, production planning, affordability, and execution. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What you'll get to do
* Lead a team of industrial engineers, analysts, and estimators responsible for basis of estimate development, proposal planning, labor and material estimating, staffing models, automated dashboards, and operations metrics.

* Set the vision, priorities, and operating rhythm for the organization, aligning near-term proposal support with long-term development of reusable estimating tools, historical databases, analytics infrastructure, documentation, and standard work.

* Guide development of data pipelines and recurring dashboards for staffing, charging, repair and rework, training, and other production metrics that inform proposal assumptions and execution decisions.

* Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Program Management, Business Management, Pricing and Estimating, Quality, Global Supply Chain, and Digital and information technology teams to deliver credible, executable, and compliant proposal inputs.

* Use historical actuals, touch labor data, repair and rework trends, staffing and charging data, and schedule assumptions to improve bottom-up, parametric, analogous, and actuals-based estimates and support management reviews, fact finding, and negotiations.

* Coach and develop the team, manage performance, hiring, skill growth, workload balancing, and cross-training across analytics and estimating disciplines. Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
* Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

* 401k

* Educational Assistance

* Life Insurance

* Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

* Paid Time Off

* Health & Wellness Resources

* Employee Discounts This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. You'll Bring These

Qualifications:

* Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Technology, Operations Research, Data Analytics, Systems Engineering, Business, or related technical field with 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years with a master degree.

* Experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing operations, production planning, analytics, proposal estimating, or related functions in aerospace, defense, or complex manufacturing.

* Experience developing basis of estimate packages, staffing plans, capacity models, schedules, dashboards, or operational metrics.

* Must have the ability to obtain U.S. Government DoD Interim Secret security clearance prior to start, and the ability to obtain and maintain a final Secret security clearance post-start.

* Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
* Minimum 4 years of leadership experience leading teams, projects, or cross-functional work.

* Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, written communication, and executive presentation.

* Experience leading proposal estimating or production analytics teams supporting Strategic Deterrence Division, Sentinel, or other major defense programs.

* Experience with cost estimating relationships, improvement curves, risk assessment, confidence factor development, discrete statement of work estimating, or logic and error check analysis.

* Experience with Tableau, Power BI, Structured Query Language, Python, Systems, Applications, and Products, Cobra, Business Operations…