Manufacturing Ops Project Manager - EVMS & IPT Liaison

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal or Senior Principal Operations Project Manager to support production and manufacturing in Central Virginia. This individual contributor role focuses on budgets, schedules, scope, and EVMS within manufacturing sites in Charlottesville with up to 25% travel to Waynesboro.

The position requires coordinating with IPTs, engineering, suppliers, and customers to ensure on-time, cost-effective builds while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or related field: or a Master’s degree with minimum of 3 years of experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, Supply Chain, or related field
• Experience with tracking project cost, schedule and budget
• Experience supporting production in a manufacturing or operations environment
• Experience interfacing with Integrated Product Team (IPT) and cross- functional teams (Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing)
• Experience presenting to leadership or customers
• Able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• US citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary manufacturing liaison to Integrated Product Team (IPT) for development and execution of the manufacturing strategy, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
• Lead operational portions of program review sessions with internal and external customers, presenting and discussing technical, cost, schedule, and manufacturing performance.
• Assess project and technical issues; develop, drive, and track action plans to meet productivity, quality, cost, schedule, and stakeholder satisfaction goals.
• Develop and maintain mechanisms for monitoring project progress (metrics, dashboards, reviews), enabling early identification of risks and issues.
• Coordinate intervention and problem solving with Integrated Product Team (IPT), engineering, suppliers, manufacturing managers, mission assurance, and customers to resolve constraints and improve flow.
• Coordinate and lead the preparation of proposals from a manufacturing/operations standpoint; prepare and review all manufacturing Basis of Estimate (BOE) justifications.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams (e.g. Engineering, Quality, Programs, Global Supply Chain) to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives while driving continuous improvement and operational readiness.
• Support Earned Value Management System (EVMS) for manufacturing scope.
• Manage indirect budgets for production operations.

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Principal or Senior Principal Operations Project Manager to support production and manufacturing in Central Virginia. This individual contributor role focuses on budgets, schedules, scope, and EVMS within manufacturing sites in Charlottesville with up to 25% travel to Waynesboro.

The position requires coordinating with IPTs, engineering, suppliers, and customers to ensure on-time, cost-effective builds while maintaining safety and quality standards.