Site Operations Manager – Defense Facilities (Secret)

Northrop Grumman; California (MO); On-site; USD 146,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401K

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

EAP & Work/Life Solutions

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Facility Operations Site Manager 3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA to lead SDS Division facilities for the Sentinel program. This leadership role oversees operations, safety, incident response, budgeting, and government liaison at a critical US site.

The successful candidate will coordinate site projects, manage 24/7 on-call support, report to SDS leadership, and liaise with external agencies while ensuring compliance with plans and policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of related experience or Masters and 6 years related experience, or in lieu of degree an additional 4 years of experience inclusive of 3 years of experience in multi-functional organizations.
• Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance with the ability to attain Special Program Access.
• Experience managing large-scale and diverse portfolio of investments.
• Experience managing project budgets and preparing requests, making recommendations, and tracking expenditures and performance against plan.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Define program facility requirements and managing construction projects as principal tenant.
• Lead a wide variety of site projects from initial concept development through implementation.
• Support all mission requirements such as critical hardware delivery/movements and launch events.
• Be the first line of contact for all routine or emergency repair and be available for 24/7 on-call list for all facility alarms.
• Develop, monitor, and status the preparation of site plans, statements of work, purchase orders, memorandum of agreements (MOAs), interdivisional work orders (IWOs), operating budgets, capital projects, and Division overhead.
• Develop and track budgets, forecasts, estimates-to-complete, and variance reporting. Works with construction projects, facilities drawings, and building/design layouts.
• Interface with Employee Engagement, Sentinel (GBSD) and functional organizations to drive a collaborative team environment across all levels.
• Develop briefings, presentations, and analysis for SDS Division Sentinel senior leadership.
• Perform regular facility inspections to ensure the wellbeing of the infrastructure, systems furniture, and program spaces.
• Possess firsthand knowledge of emergency processes and procedures and implement them accordingly to ensure responsiveness to time-critical incidences.

Skills

Top Secret Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Facility Operations Site Manager 3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA to lead SDS Division facilities for the Sentinel program. This leadership role oversees operations, safety, incident response, budgeting, and government liaison at a critical US site.

The successful candidate will coordinate site projects, manage 24/7 on-call support, report to SDS leadership, and liaise with external agencies while ensuring compliance with plans and policies.