U109 Material Control Specialist B - 2nd Shift

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Material Control Specialist B to join its team within the Mission Systems Organization. This position is located in Linthicum, Maryland. The primary function is to perform functions necessary to develop and execute plans and schedules associated with the satisfaction of customer requirements supporting engineering development, manufacturing, and calibration. This includes managing the storage of materials and equipment via various manual and computerized production, inventory, and material control systems. The role involves reviewing input/output data for completeness and accuracy, taking corrective action for discrepancies, and communicating requirements to other personnel and departments. Additionally, the specialist will plan and direct the efforts of lower classified personnel.

Requirements

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Associate Degree or 60 credit hours, including at least 9 credit hours in Math, Science and/or IT courses.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with various legacy and advanced computerized production, inventory, and material control systems.
Experience with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems.
Experience using "INFOPAK" or similar software.
Experience in Lean Manufacturing programs.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute plans and schedules for customer requirements supporting engineering development, manufacturing, and calibration.
Manage the storage of materials and equipment using manual and computerized systems.
Review and correct input/output data for accuracy and completeness.
Communicate requirements to other personnel and departments.
Plan and direct the efforts of lower classified personnel.
Prepare and plan requirements and schedules using legacy and advanced computerized systems.
Correlate and analyze information considering availability, customer specification, delivery requirements, lead time, shop capacity, inventory levels, and lot sizing.
Analyze planned factory attrition cost and coordinate recommendations with operations, engineering, and materials personnel.
Make corrections to meet cost and schedule requirements.
Follow all phases of schedule commitment, processing mil stripping and filling of obligations.
Prepare chart and periodic status reports for management and leads.
Prepare or obtain supplementary schedules, giving system breakdowns, sub-assembly operations, and the like.
Review Engineering customer changes to assess impact/cost to schedules and product.
Understand and analyze implications of financial transactions when incorporating changes.
Reconcile schedule changes in the Enterprise system to assure valid manufacturing and materials requirement generation.
Develop, recommend, and communicate alternate methods of resolving priority/capacity problems.
Review and analyze new orders and/or schedule delays and problems affecting engineering development and production, taking appropriate action to avoid or resolve conflicting conditions.
Understand implications of other processes as they relate in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems.
Appraise management of recommended solutions.
Maintain an awareness of schedules to assure timely authorization for the procurement of critical purchased and self-manufactured items.
Develop plans and requirements into specific tasks for the organizational unit.
Provide instruction and explanations to lower classified personnel on procedures, techniques, principles, and practices.
Use "INFOPAK" or similar software to develop training material for ERP implementation and other applicable systems implementation.
Monitor/status tasks performed by lower classified personnel and suggest improvements.
Attend and participate in program/production control meetings to provide job status, scheduling, and cost data.
Attend and participate in configuration control board meetings to determine engineering change notice break-in points.
Analyze engineering input/output to assess impacts and determine implementation to configuration, price, and delivery.
Communicate to the applicable program office, configuration control board, requirements generation and planning, executing necessary actions resulting from the assessment.
Receive, evaluate, and enter requirements for internal/external orders.
Analyze orders for completeness and accuracy.
Resolve problems with appropriate personnel.
Obtain and enter schedules and status on databases.
Order and be responsible for distribution of order status reports.
Participate in Lean Manufacturing programs directed toward reductions in product cost, cycle time, and queue management.
Must participate in Northrop Grumman training as required.