Industrial Operations Project Manager 6

Duties and Responsibilities:

Managing and maintaining the daily interfaces and communications between the assigned Program Management Office (PMO), Manufacturing, Test, Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Mission Assurance (MA), and Engineering, from a Digital Transformation perspective.
Lead a team of cross-functional engineers to stand up various tools but not limited to Sync Manufacturing, Dynamic Production Schedule, data metrics, and SAP ERP.
Facilitating internal meetings in a way to support design, production, and problem resolutions.
Develop an operational understanding of the MES platform of choice for the business unit and how it interfaces with the ERP system in terms of data management
Support NGDS Digital Transformation efforts (HoloLens Augment Reality (AR), assembly process simulation, capacity modeling, and other digital thread efforts).
Develop an effective understanding of current operations processes across stakeholder departments
Work across multiple stakeholder departments to facilitate the execution of implementation plans as provided by the business unit's subject matter expert (SME)
Conduct meetings, trainings, and software demonstrations as required
Participate in monthly meetings with senior leadership to discuss implementation statuses, challenges, and directions for existing and emergent product lines.
Manage/generate account requests for the MES platform by interfacing with the Enterprise Systems Group
Ensure MES user accounts reflect users' roles on the production line
Train Manufacturing Engineers and production line personnel to use the MES platform per procedures authored by the SME
Work with the Enterprise Systems Group to document and solve issues encountered with the MES platform
Work with the business unit's Business Software Analysts and the Enterprise Systems Group to test new features or upgrades to the MES platform
Author content and provide guidance to Manufacturing Engineers in operation structure, textual, and graphical work instruction formatting in the MES platform to meet implementation milestones and deadlines
Learn to translate Operations processes and facilitate Test Procedure updates with Engineering and Mission Assurance to enable paperless, automated, digital environments
Facilitate the acquisition of necessary hardware to ensure product lines can use the MES platform.
Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management with 14 years of Manufacturing or Engineering experience; Master's degree with 12 years of experience; PhD with 10 years of experience
Extensive experience with digital transformation efforts and managing cross-function engineers and data scientists within the Defense Industry
Experience with standing-up the infrastructure for Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
Experience with cost, schedule, project leadership, and/or process improvement
Current US Government Secret security clearance adjudicated within the past 5 years
Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with bases of estimates, shop order creation, and Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)
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Northrop Grumman in Northridge-California - Northrop Grumman
Salary Range: $171,000.00 - $256,400.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.