Manager Industrial Engineering 2

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (MS) is seeking an Industrial Engineering Manager Level 2 for the MS Manufacturing organization. The position is located in Baltimore, Maryland and reports to the Manufacturing Operations Engineering and Analysis Department Manager. This Manager is responsible for providing functional management to Industrial Engineers and strategic leadership across Baltimore Manufacturing 

• →Manage and develop the Industrial Engineering team, establishing technical direction, priorities, and performance expectations across capacity planning, work measurement, facilities planning, continuous improvement, manufacturing analytics, and production ERP support.
• →Oversee equipment and floor space capacity planning, ensuring team assessments identify manufacturing constraints and provide sound recommendations for long-range production requirements, capital investments, and manufacturing footprint decisions.
• →Guide the development and adoption of near-term capacity and execution planning capabilities; align the team’s support with Operations and workforce planning priorities to improve daily and weekly planning, completion tracking, and equipment, space, and workforce utilization.
• →Oversee the team’s manufacturing layout and facilities project portfolio, ensuring project scope, priorities, and execution align with operational needs; resolve cross-functional barriers and coordinate across Operations and Facilities Engineering to minimize production disruption.
• →Set priorities and oversee delivery of continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring engineers apply appropriate Lean, Six Sigma, value stream mapping, and root cause analysis methods to achieve measurable improvements; reinforce operational ownership and sustainment of 5S practices.
• →Provide oversight of work measurement and labor standards management, ensuring consistent methods, accurate standards, and effective analysis of actual versus standard labor hours; hold the team accountable for identifying performance drivers and supporting corrective actions that improve productivity, cost, and affordability.
• →Establish expectations for manufacturing analysis and KPI reporting, ensuring the team translates performance, capacity, and cycle time data into actionable operational recommendations; align analytical needs and tool enhancements with the data and analytics team.
• →Oversee production ERP support and SAP routing maintenance, ensuring the team coordinates with Manufacturing, Test, and Quality Engineering to maintain accurate operation sequences and labor standards consistent with approved manufacturing processes.
• →Establish and execute a roadmap for expanding Industrial Engineering capabilities while sustaining existing commitments; sponsor new approaches, develop team expertise, and guide participation in the Sector Community of Practice to advance consistent, scalable practices.
• →Manage workload, staffing, hiring, onboarding, performance management, and compensation planning; balance resources across operational priorities and build employee engagement, technical capability, and leadership depth through mentoring and career development.

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, another engineering discipline, or a related technical field, with a minimum of five years of relevant experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading teams, projects, or cross-functional initiatives, including setting priorities, managing competing requirements, and delivering results.
• Experience applying Industrial Engineering methods in manufacturing, including capacity analysis, work measurement or labor standards, and process improvement.
• Experience analyzing manufacturing performance data and translating findings into recommendations and corrective actions that improve productivity, cost, or production flow.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally to implement manufacturing process, equipment, layout, or production planning improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings and recommendations to employees, cross-functional partners, and management, and to lead change through implementation.
• The ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• US citizenship.

• Previous direct people-management experience, including hiring, performance management, employee development, and workload planning.
• Experience developing near-term manufacturing capacity, workforce allocation, or execution planning processes.
• Experience leading manufacturing facilities projects, equipment investments, or capital planning activities.
• Experience with SAP production routings, manufacturing ERP systems, and labor standards maintenance.
• Experience evaluating end-to-end manufacturing cycle time, queue time, work in process, and production constraints.
• Experience using Tableau, Palantir Foundry, or comparable analytics tools to support manufacturing decisions.
• Lean or Six Sigma training or certification
• Experience leading and/or implementing Continuous Improvement, 5S, or other lean concepts
• Experience establishing common processes, leading a Community of Practice, or deploying improvements across multiple manufacturing organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering
• Advanced degree in a technical, business, or management field from an accredited university
• Aerospace or Defense Industry experience
• Active Secret Clearance