Manager Industrial Engineering 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No 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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (MS) is seeking an Industrial Engineering Manager Level 2 for the MS Manufacturing organization. The position is located in Baltimore, Maryland and reports to the Manufacturing Operations Engineering and Analysis Department Manager. This Manager is responsible for providing functional management to Industrial Engineers and strategic leadership across Baltimore Manufacturing    The responsibilities of an Industrial Engineering Manager include: • Manage and develop the Industrial Engineering team, establishing technical direction, priorities, and performance expectations across capacity planning, work measurement, facilities planning, continuous improvement, manufacturing analytics, and production ERP support. • Oversee equipment and floor space capacity planning, ensuring team assessments identify manufacturing constraints and provide sound recommendations for long-range production requirements, capital investments, and manufacturing footprint decisions. • Guide the development and adoption of near-term capacity and execution planning capabilities; align the team’s support with Operations and workforce planning priorities to improve daily and weekly planning, completion tracking, and equipment, space, and workforce utilization. • Oversee the team’s manufacturing layout and facilities project portfolio, ensuring project scope, priorities, and execution align with operational needs; resolve cross-functional barriers and coordinate across Operations and Facilities Engineering to minimize production disruption. • Set priorities and oversee delivery of continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring engineers apply appropriate Lean, Six Sigma, value stream mapping, and root cause analysis methods to achieve measurable improvements; reinforce operational ownership and sustainment of 5S practices. • Provide oversight of work measurement and labor standards management, ensuring consistent methods, accurate standards, and effective analysis of actual versus standard labor hours; hold the team accountable for identifying performance drivers and supporting corrective actions that improve productivity, cost, and affordability. • Establish expectations for manufacturing analysis and KPI reporting, ensuring the team translates performance, capacity, and cycle time data into actionable operational recommendations; align analytical needs and tool enhancements with t