An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Mission Enabling Products is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Learn more about Mission Enabling Products at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/. 

Northrop Grumman Space Sector has an opening for a Shop Floor Supervisor, to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals with the Payload and Ground Systems division in Goleta, CA on 2nd Shift. 2nd shift hours are from 1:30 pm - 11:00 pm. The chosen individual will be responsible for supervising multiple activities and employees within manufacturing work areas.   

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with Value Stream Leaders to update Manufacturing Documents and Training Procedures. When necessary, able to incorporate updates 

• Accomplishes tasks mainly through direct supervision of nonexempt and entry-level exempt employees. 

• Execute development and staffing plan to support Value Stream Products  

• Execute hiring plan in Workday or Beeline 

• Responsible for initiating hiring process as needed.    

• Responsible for coordinating the initial training process for new hires.   

• Supervise manufacturing technician personnel. 

• Hands-on support for critical tasks and/or critical path programs. 

• Monitor daily operations of a unit and actively assist, or provide direction to, subordinates as required.  

• May perform, especially in staff or professional groups, ongoing operational tasks of organizations unit. 

• Train, motivate and monitor performance of manufacturing personnel.  

• Provide immediate feedback to personnel on a consistent basis regarding performance.   

• Review, monitor and approves timecards 

• Performs annual evaluations of direct reports and share feedback with upper management and team members. 

• Remove work stoppages and constraints that occur on the manufacturing floor. 

• Understand general milestones of multiple programs’ production schedule: 

• Make important decisions while on the floor when situations arise.   

• Re-assign personnel based on work availability and priority calls 

• Coordinate cross-functional needs (Mfg. Engineer, Quality Assurance, Production Control) as they arise (i.e. escalations), becoming the point person for floor escalations that are unable to be solved at lower tiered levels.  

• Understand and communicate status and constraints in handoffs to next shift  

• Work with ME/QE to answer manufacturing questions from technicians: Real time problem solving 

• Know and understand our processes – working within the confines of them, but knowing when we can perform tasks perhaps in parallel with corrections 

• As required, be able to step in and support program specific tasks. 

• Ensures that projects are completed on schedule following established procedures and schedules. Erroneous decisions or recommendations or failure to achieve results might cause delays in program schedules and result in the allocation of more resources. 

• Majority of liaison is on internal basis with subordinates and supervisors at equivalent level or one level higher. Liaison normally involves specific phases of a project or operation. External contacts are infrequent and involve routine matters. 

• Be onsite and available, leading with compassion and understanding. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 3 years of relevant experience with a Masters' degree; 0 years of relevant experience with a PhD; an additional 4 years of relevant manufacturing experience may be considered in lieu of degree 

• Experience managing people preferred 

• Hold an understanding of all execution needs across multiple programs.     

• Experience implementing and executing within a specified budget.      

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Previous Government, Space experience.   

• Prefer someone with Secret Clearance or able to obtain.