Manager Tool Die Making 1

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Tool Die Making Manager 1 to lead tooling activities onsite in Palmdale, CA. The role ensures tooling support for production transitions, drives standardization, risk management, and continuous improvement across the organization.

The leader will manage a team including milling, assembly tooling, and technicians, with a requirement for DoD Secret clearance and willingness to travel up to 10% and support 3/10 shifts.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 5+ years in tooling-related fields.
• Active DoD Secret clearance eligible for SAP access.
• 1 year of leadership/management experience; ability to work all shifts.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in related field.

Responsibilities

• Stay current on tooling/manufacturing concepts and procedures.
• Provide tooling support for production transition and sustained production.
• Establish and improve tooling processes; manage risk and continuous improvement.
• Supervise daily operations and tool fabrication staff; travel up to 10% as required.

Skills

Leadership experience

Shift flexibility

DoD Secret clearance

Team supervision

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Machine shop tooling

Welding

Tooling inspections

Rework

Job description

Key Information

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.

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 rework.
• Experience working in automated tooling environments.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation SAP access to programs

Salary Range:

Primary Level Salary Range: $110,000.00 - $165,000.00 The 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.

Benefits:

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• 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.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

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.

Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.