Manager Tool Die Making 1

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Tooling Manager 1 to lead the tooling team onsite in Palmdale, CA. You will apply current tooling concepts to support production transitions and sustained operations, driving standardization and risk management while guiding a diverse team.

The role requires managing personnel, maintaining tool readiness, and aligning with program needs across shifts and overtime as required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of high school diploma or GED with 5 years of related experience in manufacturing, aerospace, tooling or fabrication.
• At least 1 year of prior management or leadership experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SAP access as required by business needs.

Responsibilities

• Stay current on tooling/manufacturing concepts and technologies to support production transitions.
• Provide tooling support for build and maintenance activities across transitions and sustained production.
• Establish and improve processes for PAICoE program efforts and cross-functional alignment.
• Promote standard tool sets and processes across programs and IPTs; collaborate with Tooling Management.
• Monitor risk items and ensure timely mitigating actions; drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing

Tooling

Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Manger Tool Die Making 1 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Tooling organization. This leadership role is located onsite in Palmdale, CA .

The Tooling Manager 1 is responsible for applying current concepts, practices, and procedures in the tooling and manufacturing field, while maintaining a strong focus on emerging technological applications. This role ensures effective tooling support for production transitions and sustained production, driving standardization, risk management, and continuous improvement across the organization.

The Tooling Manager 1 ensures the team has the information, resources, and tools required to perform at a high level, and demonstrates a strong commitment to innovation in meeting customer requirements. This leader crafts and executes strategies that create sustainable value and deliver measurable results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Stay current on concepts, practices, and procedures in the tooling/manufacturing field, and actively explore new technological applications.
• Ensure tooling support for build and maintenance activities for production transition and sustained production efforts.
• Establish, maintain, and continuously improve processes and procedures that support PAICoE program efforts.
• Promote consistent, current, and common tool sets and processes across the organization and program IPTs by collaborating with Aeronautics Systems Sector Tooling Management.
• Monitor and manage risk items, ensuring mitigating actions are effective and timely.
• Champion Lean, Knowledge Management, and other process improvement initiatives; drive sharing of lessons learned and best practices across the organization.
• Perform management duties including personnel performance evaluations, merit planning, employee development, and use of EVMS to manage direct costs.
• Supervise employees involved in daily operations, including Milling Machine Machinists, Aircraft Equipment Expeditors, and Dimension Control Technicians, as well as tool fabrication, jig and fixture building.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time as required.
• Able to support a minimum of a 10% extended workweek.
• The ability to work all shifts; 1st, 2nd , and 3/10s as well as supporting overtime and holidays as needed, based on program needs.

This position will offer 3/10s 1st shift, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects, and a very friendly team environment. 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 yourself 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:

• High school diploma or GED and a minimum of 5 years of related professional and/or military experience in manufacturing, aerospace, design, tooling/tool engineering, manufacturing engineering, integration, and/or fabrication.
• Minimum of 1 year of prior management and/or leadership experience.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) access within a reasonable period of time as determined by business needs, prior to employment.
• The ability to work all shifts; 1st, 2nd , and 3/10s as well as supporting overtime and holidays as needed, based on program needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Tool and die making or machine shop experience, with a strong background in assembly tooling, machine shop operations, welding, periodic tooling inspections, verifications, and rewor