Manager Field Engineering Services 2 - 17826

Northrop Grumman•Minot, ND

About The Position

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’s Defense Systems is seeking a Manager Field Engineering Services 2 . This position is located in Minot, ND. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. What You’ll Get To Do: The Manager, Field Engineering Services 2, also serving as the Deployment Field Officer (DFO) and Site Manager at each Minuteman III Wing location, is responsible for the oversight and leadership of field engineers and technicians, ensuring compliance with government and contractual requirements on the Missile Field Battlespace Awareness Remote Visual Assessment Contractor Logistics Program. This role works closely with Network Operation Center/ Security Operation Center management, program management, and U.S. Government counterparts to ensure key performance parameters and mission requirements are met. The ideal candidate will provide strong leadership, driving day-to-day and surge operations for a small team, and will act as the site lead responsible for maintaining a secure facility for all spare items, components, parts, materials, and equipment used to sustain the system. Primary responsibilities include managing and scheduling maintenance activities throughout the period of performance, coordinating all operations with key stakeholders, and interfacing with multiple agencies from various specialties. The Manager, Field Engineering Services 2 provides technical guidance, training, and oversight of personnel, ensures configuration management compliance and program documentation, manages resources (facilities, vehicles, equipment, training, certifications, calibrations), and enforces safety and security policies. Additional duties include attending program-level reviews, providing train-the-trainer and user-level training, serving as the local MA delegate, supporting the Logistics team as a backup, and augmenting maintenance teams as required. Occasional travel will be required. This role is contingent upon contract award. This role will require a 5/40 schedule.

Requirements

Bachelors degree with 8 years of related work experience: or Masters and 6 years of related experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an 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
Proven demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
4 years of experience in delivering formal briefings/presentations to senior leadership and being primary focal point to end user
4 years of experience in technical problem solving, to include participating in root cause analysis, solution development, implementation, and monitoring
2 years of experience with the operation, integration, configuration, and maintenance of military security systems, networks, radios and datalinks.
4 years of experience in MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)

Nice To Haves

Experience Managing People
Leadership or supervisory experience in a government maintenance or operations/assembly environment
Experience training end users with security system hardware
Demonstrated history leading and management of multi-functional teams
Familiarity with network/electronic work instructions, safety policies and quality procedures
Proven experience planning and executing preventative and corrective maintenance availability activities
Must have excellent communication skills
Background and understanding in various tools and techniques associated with cost / schedule management (especially Earned Value Management).
Experience in all stages of the engineering process from proposal and requirements analysis to verification testing and troubleshooting.
Minuteman III ICBM experience

Responsibilities

responsible for the oversight and leadership of field engineers and technicians
ensuring compliance with government and contractual requirements on the Missile Field Battlespace Awareness Remote Visual Assessment Contractor Logistics Program
works closely with Network Operation Center/ Security Operation Center management, program management, and U.S. Government counterparts to ensure key performance parameters and mission requirements are met
driving day-to-day and surge operations for a small team
act as the site lead responsible for maintaining a secure facility for all spare items, components, parts, materials, and equipment used to sustain the system
managing and scheduling maintenance activities throughout the period of performance
coordinating all operations with key stakeholders
interfacing with multiple agencies from various specialties
provides technical guidance, training, and oversight of personnel
ensures configuration management compliance and program documentation
manages resources (facilities, vehicles, equipment, training, certifications, calibrations)
enforces safety and security policies
attending program-level reviews
providing train-the-trainer and user-level training
serving as the local MA delegate
supporting the Logistics team as a backup
augmenting maintenance teams as required