Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Manager General Manufacturing 1 - Front-Line Manager to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our organization. This leadership role is located in Palmdale, CA.
The Manager General Manufacturing 1 Front-line Manager is responsible and accountable for leading the manufacturing activities of an assigned cost center within a restricted program. This role owns performance across safety, quality, factory accountability, cost and schedule objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide clear direction, coaching, and day-to-day leadership to technicians and other production personnel in assembly and manufacturing areas.
- Ensure team members receive required training and prepare daily work plans in support of overall program objectives.
- Encourage and support employee career development, including educational options for highly motivated team members.
- Lead and support program initiatives, process improvement efforts, ensuring opportunities are systematically identified, pursued, and supported.
- Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
This role will have phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects, customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, goal-oriented people to help us grow our program and become even better at what we do.
Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards, facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have a high school diploma/GED AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in aerospace, automotive, military, manufacturing, maintenance and/or related environment
- Must have 1 year of prior management/leadership experience.
- Must have the ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance (US Citizenship required) as well as the ability to obtain and maintain Program Special Access.
- Must be willing to work on any of the following schedules:
- Monday – Thursday, 1st shift (5:00 am - 3:30 pm)
- Monday- Thursday, 2nd shift (4:12 pm - 2:42 am)
- Friday - Sunday,- 1st shift (5:00 am - 3:30 pm)
- Friday- Sunday, 2nd shift (3:00 pm - 1:30 am)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Experience in an Aerospace Manufacturing environment
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
- Experience with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED and 5 years of related professional or military experience in aerospace, automotive, military, manufacturing, maintenance or related environment
- Minimum 1 year prior management or leadership experience
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret security clearance and Program Special Access
- Willingness to work assigned shift schedules (various 1st and 2nd shift Mon-Thu or Fri-Sun schedules)
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Northrop Grumman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northrop Grumman and has not been reviewed or approved by Northrop Grumman.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) matching is considered strong, with additional defined-benefit coverage for certain cohorts and options like catch-up contributions. Retirement programs are repeatedly highlighted as a core strength of the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, company-paid holidays, and compressed work schedules (such as 9/80) provide meaningful time away and flexibility. These scheduling options are cited as a major quality-of-life benefit across many locations.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave alongside caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and back-up care supports a range of family needs. These programs have been expanded recently, signaling continued investment in family support.
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What We Do
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more with us. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.







