Manager Mechanical Engineering 2

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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. The Manager of Production Engineering will lead their technical team (approximately 10-12 engineers) as they perform various tasks including supporting new Projects and Programs as they transition out of the Design Phase into the hardware build stage. This support continues through production and post-production support, which includes Bill of Material (BOM) creation, new part and material requests, drawing review and release, revisions to released designs, configuration control board (CCB) support, shop floor problem resolution, and DMS issue resolution. The manager will also work with other managers in the Synergy organization to help Programs meet drawing release dates, manage design updates, manufacturing cell support, supplier interface, resolve DMS issues, and other production-related engineering support. The role will also include supporting the transition to the new Mission PLM system and its related processes. Proposal writing and other program support activities will also be required. The manager is responsible for staffing plans, staff performance evaluation, goal planning, process improvement, roadmap development, and hiring to manage workload demand and skill attrition. Employee engagement and development will be maintained through a combination of training, employee career coaching, mentoring, identification of stretch assignments, and engagement action planning. The manager will be able to meet performance goals with consideration for work/life balance of the staff. The candidate should have strong communication skills and an ability to build and maintain relationships with direct staff, customers, and cross-organization partners. The various functional management tasks typically comprise approximately 20% of chargeable time, on average. The manager will be expected to maintain a technical or project leadership role that comprises the remaining 80%.