Manager Engineering 2

Manager, Engineering 2

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Manager, Engineering 2 to join our team of individuals within our Product Support organization for the Triton Program located in Rancho Bernardo, CA. This leadership role will be fulltime in the office with a Hybrid option with increased travel responsibilities, including international travel.

This role will support and work directly with the Triton Sustainment Program Office, and customer operations in a variety of locations. This may include all aspects of overseeing, sustaining operations, and providing timely, knowledge-based Product Support direction.

Key responsibilities include managing ongoing Product Support statement of work in support of 12 disciplines across the Triton Program:

• Manages schedules and status reports, staffing forecasting and Triton Sustainment proposals for Product Support.
• Assess project cost and schedule issues and the development of resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Supports borrow/paybacks, direct material support and goods movement support are required.
• Support UAS upgrade planning and site execution preparations.
• Support reviews of current and future Statements of Work (SOW) and provide direction and priorities to the Product Support Organization.
• Scheduling of activities, working directly with the customer, while building and maintaining strong relationships is also a requirement.
• Prepares, develops and coordinates the integration plans and integrated schedules to meet all sustainment objectives.
• Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated within Product Support.
• Tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts.

We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding ourselves and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, we pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in STEM and 9 years of experience that includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, engineering, logistics, product support, and/or business management related functions OR a Master of Science in STEM and 7 years of experience that includes professional and/or military experience to include a background in project management, program management, engineering, logistics, product support, and/or business management related functions.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule and at or under cost as a certified Cost Account Manager (CAM).
• Active in-Scope, DoD Secret clearance. (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled in continuous evaluation).
• Must be willing and able to travel internationally with an active passport.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing environments, while maintaining consistently high customer relations, service and engagement.
• Experience within the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills with proven ability to develop and maintain strong internal/external customer relationships.
• The ability to apply knowledge, insights and understanding of business and financial concepts, tools and processes to the benefit of program decisions, actions, and performance.
• The ability to identify and address program impacts through a systematic, proactive approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts.
• The ability to address program uncertainty through an organized and analytical forward-looking approach that identifies risks and opportunities, determines appropriate handling plans, and manages, controls, and communicates risks and opportunities.
• Valid Passport.