Principal Industrial Engineer — Lean Scheduling & Analytics

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 101,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Promontory, UT seeks a Principal Industrial Engineer to support our industrial engineering team on-site. You will analyze capacity, optimize product flow, and develop scheduling tools across work centers.

The role requires collaboration with IT, ERP, analytics teams, and leadership of lean initiatives; a strong background in Lean/Six Sigma and MES/MRP systems is essential; U.S. government clearance is an eligibility consideration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with engineering/manufacturing/data analysis experience.
• Experience with cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
• MES or MRP system experience.
• Experience leading teams or projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including macros and pivot tables.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government clearance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze capacity constraints using lead times, queue times, work-in-process, cycle times, and throughput to meet customer demand most effectively and efficiently.
• Build scalable and sustainable models to optimize product flow, while incorporating cost, schedule, and resource constraints
• Develops optimized scheduling tools and align MRP systems with an executable plan given various capacity constraints.
• Communicates requirements planning and systems framework with IT, ERP, business analytics, and data science teams.
• Works with developers to design an interactive user interface that will be effective at scheduling jobs across work centers.
• Guides digital transformation efforts to align with sector and enterprise strategies.
• Leads and drives positive change using lean methodologies.
• Creates new metrics and data visualizations to track performance.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Data analysis

Data mining

MRP systems

Team leadership

Excel macros

Pivot tables

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

MES

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Promontory, UT seeks a Principal Industrial Engineer to support our industrial engineering team on-site. You will analyze capacity, optimize product flow, and develop scheduling tools across work centers.

The role requires collaboration with IT, ERP, analytics teams, and leadership of lean initiatives; a strong background in Lean/Six Sigma and MES/MRP systems is essential; U.S. government clearance is an eligibility consideration.