United States-Missouri-Saint Charles, United States
$86-130k
Full Time
4 months ago
Job description
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.Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
An organization within Northrop Grumman Space Systems’ Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Cutting Edge Optronics is a leading provider of high-power laser diode arrays, high power pump modules and diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers. We are a vertically integrated manufacturer capable of supplying unmounted diode bars, packaged laser diodes, DPSS modules, laser diode drivers and complete DPSS laser systems. Our diode laser-based products have become industry standards and are used in a wide variety of commercial and military applications.
Learn more about Cutting Edge Optronics at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/who-we-are/cutting-edge-optronics/.
CEO seeks a highly motivated, Manufacturing Manager with strong team skills, able to lead an established manufacturing area to higher levels of productivity and performance through a significant production ramp-up period and beyond. The chosen candidate will display a passion for manufacturing results while highly focused on team-oriented execution.
Responsibilities
- Manage a manufacturing area with approximately 10-20 hourly employees
- Accountability for achieving aggressive growth targets for production volume, on time delivery, quality focus and cost management
- Work closely with company-wide functions (Quality, Safety, Engineering, Customer Service, Finance, Procurement, Senior Management, etc.) to ensure all goals of manufacturing are accomplished with a focus on teamwork, collaboration, and regulatory compliance
- Organize and coordinate daily area activities to meet internal and external customer commitments in a timely and efficient manner
- Support the sharing of direct labor resources within Operations
- Support the selection and hiring of new employees
- Coordinate employee training and development activities
- Proactively identify and react to employee performance issues
- Complete performance reviews for assigned personnel
- Support consistent and uniform application of HR policies amongst managers
- Coordinate activities with other area managers
- Support R&D related activities within the production environment
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in a Manufacturing, Production or Engineering environment; Master’s Degree with 3 years of experience in a Manufacturing, Production or Engineering environment; (Note, 9+ years of work experience in a Manufacturing, Production or Engineering environment may be considered in lieu of degree)
- Experience working in manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated experience with a relevant ERP system for manufacturing
- Demonstrated experience with servant leadership style
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, or other STEM area
- Working knowledge of Visual Manufacturing ERP System.
- Experience with manufacturing Laser Semiconductors
- Background in processing GaAs wafers
- Previous project or personnel management experience
- Experience in managing training initiatives of the hourly workforce
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