Lead Project Manager – Operations & Process Improvement

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Iuka (MS); On-site; USD 62,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company-paid holidays

Overtime eligibility

Shift differential

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Iuka, MS, seeks a Project Manager (Level2) or Operations Principal Project Manager (Level3) to lead manufacturing improvements across 2000+ employees on the Iuka site.

Responsibilities include facilitating continuous improvement initiatives, analyzing processes to reduce scrap and cost, and guiding program decisions with cross‑functional teams, while ensuring delivery and capital asset optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree.
• Ability to work on an assembly floor.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance and special program access.
• Bachelor’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work on an assembly floor.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance and special program access.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate continuous improvement events to develop, define and improve processes in the forming and finishing of aircraft composite structures.
• Analyze manufacturing processes to minimize scrap, reduce cost, increase capacity and optimize schedule.
• Provide support to the manufacturing floor by working proactively with cross‑functional teams to understand front‑line problems and implement cost‑saving, impactful solutions.
• Work with program leadership to assess what‑if scenarios and guide long‑term strategic decision‑making across several different programs.
• Generate metrics and conduct studies pertaining to efficiency, cycle times, work‑in‑progress, manpower, cost performance and product delivery.
• Partner with manufacturing management to develop and track recovery plans that instill confidence with program management and customers.
• Apply systems thinking to develop metrics that improve product flow from raw material release to product delivery.
• Develop and summarize analyses for the acquisition, maintenance and enhancement of capital assets and equipment, including capacity planning, rate‑tool analyses and facility layouts to ensure success of composite operations.

Skills

Assembly floor work

Cross-functional teams experience

Microsoft Office tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Iuka, MS, seeks a Project Manager (Level2) or Operations Principal Project Manager (Level3) to lead manufacturing improvements across 2000+ employees on the Iuka site.

Responsibilities include facilitating continuous improvement initiatives, analyzing processes to reduce scrap and cost, and guiding program decisions with cross‑functional teams, while ensuring delivery and capital asset optimization.