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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 Weapons Systems is currently seeking Manager Facilities Engineering 2 for our Elkton, Maryland location.\nThe Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY, Palm Beach Gardens, FL and San Jose, CA.\nJob Summary:\nAs the Manager Facilities Engineering 2, you will lead the Facilities Engineering organization supporting the Elkton propulsion manufacturing campus. Reporting to the Manager Facilities Engineering 3, you will provide objective-oriented direction, technical leadership, and operational oversight for approximately 10 direct reports, including facilities engineering, electrical engineering, reliability engineering, and controls engineering.\nYou will be responsible for planning, designing, coordinating, and overseeing the reconfiguration, maintenance, alteration, and improvement of buildings, structures, equipment, machinery, utilities, and other facilities. You will lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for facilities capital projects, infrastructure improvements, construction coordination, technical problem solving, and facility support activities.\nSuccess in this role requires the ability to manage competing priorities, establish clear objectives, develop talent, coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, and ensure that projects and work packages are completed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with applicable technical, quality, security, and regulatory requirements.\nCore Technical Responsibilities:\nFacilities Engineering Leadership and Team ManagementDirectly supervise and manage approximately 10 facilities engineering personnel\nEstablish objectives, priorities, assignments, performance expectations, and measures of success for the organization.\nProvide technical and objective-oriented direction to subordinates using management guidance, department procedures, and general company practices.\nConduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, development planning, and career discussions.\nRecruit, retain, mentor, and develop a high-performing multidisciplinary facilities engineering team.\nEncourage collaboration across electrical, mechanical, reliability, controls, construction, maintenance, operations, EHS, security, procurement, finance, and program organizations.\nAccomplish results through experienced exempt employees and technical leads who exercise appropriate latitude and independence.\n\nFacilities Planning, Design, and Project ExecutionPlan, design, and oversee the reconfiguration, maintenance, alteration, and improvement of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, utilities, and other facilities.\nLead facilities engineering work packages and projects from requirements development and feasibility through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.\nGather and evaluate facility and equipment specifications, operational requirements, company and government restrictions, required completion dates, risks, and construction feasibility.\nCoordinate with architecture and engineering firms, consultants, contractors, and internal technical organizations to develop design criteria, layouts, specifications, and detail drawings.\nReview design documents, technical requirements, contractor submittals, and change requests for completeness, constructability, safety, reliability, maintainability, and compliance.\nBalance project scope, schedule, cost, technical performance, quality, and operational impact across multiple concurrent activities\n\nCapital Project and Program ManagementPlan and manage capital and overhead facilities projects and related work packages.\nPrepare and review scopes of work, bid packages, estimates, schedules, procurement strategies, and contract requirements.\nReview and estimate design costs, including equipment, installation, labor, materials, site preparation, commissioning, and other related expenses.\nMonitor project performance against approved cost, schedule, technical, and quality objectives.\nDirect or coordinate inspections of construction and installation progress to ensure conformance with drawings, specifications, codes, and schedules.\nManage risks, issues, changes, interfaces, and dependencies; escalate matters requiring senior leadership attention.\nProvide monthly and periodic status reports, including schedule performance, cost status, risks, accomplishments, and recovery actions.\nEnsure that assigned projects are completed on schedule and within budget.\n\nTechnical Discipline IntegrationProvide leadership and coordination across facilities engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, controls, reliability, civil, structural, utilities, building systems, and construction.\nEnsure that discipline-specific designs are integrated into safe, reliable, maintainable, and cost-effective facility solutions.\nSupport the electrical, reliability, controls, and facilities engineering leads in resolving complex technical and operational issues.\nProvide direction when technical problems affect project schedules, facility operations, production, safety, or customer commitments.\nServe as a facilities engineering advisor to the site regarding projects, technical tasks, operations, and infrastructure decisions.\n\nConstruction, Installation, and Contractor OversightCoordinate with contractors and vendors during construction, installation, equipment relocation, facility modification, and maintenance activities.\nEstablish expectations for contractor performance, safety, quality, schedule adherence, documentation, and communication.\nOversee field inspections, punch-list activities, commissioning, turnover, and closeout documentation.\nEnsure that construction and installation work conforms to approved drawings, specifications, applicable codes, safety practices, and site requirements.\nResolve field discrepancies, design conflicts, requests for information, and unforeseen conditions.\nSupport contract performance reviews, change-order evaluation, and corrective-action implementation.\n\nOperations, Maintenance, Reliability, and Continuous ImprovementCoordinate with maintenance, reliability, controls, operations, and production organizations to improve facility availability and asset performance.\nSupport preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, CMMS improvement, asset criticality evaluations, and lifecycle planning.\nUse reliability, work-order, cost, schedule, and facility-performance data to identify improvement opportunities.\nSupport root-cause analysis, FMEA, RCM, fault-tree analysis, and corrective-action activities as appropriate.\nLead or sponsor Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous-improvement initiatives.\nEnsure that lessons learned and technical knowledge are captured in procedures, standards, drawings, CMMS records, and engineering documentation.\n\nCompliance, Safety, Security, and Risk ManagementEnsure facilities engineering activities comply with applicable OSHA, NFPA, HOPs/HAZOPs, PSM, local building codes, environmental requirements, DoD standards, and company procedures.\nSupport safe design reviews, hazard assessments, management-of-change activities, incident investigations, and audit responses.\nCoordinate with EHS and security organizations on facility projects, restricted areas, security systems, and operational requirements.\nEnsure that project teams and contractors appropriately address energetic-materials hazards, electrical safety, fire protection, equipment safeguards, and facility access requirements.\nSupport corrective-action plans and verify that commitments are completed and documented.\n\nStakeholder, Customer, and Organizational LiaisonMaintain frequent contact with internal personnel and external customer representatives at various management levels.\nConduct briefings and participate in technical meetings concerning operations, scheduling, project status, facility requirements, and contract-specific activities.\nCoordinate with manufacturing, program management, procurement, finance, EHS, security, IT, maintenance, real estate, sustainability, and external engineering and construction organizations.\nRepresent Facilities Engineering in cross-functional forums and provide clear, timely communication of decisions, risks, and required actions.\nBuild effective relationships with customers, vendors, contractors, and government stakeholders.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, Facilities Engineering, Building Science, or a related engineering or technical discipline.\nMinimum of 10 years of facilities engineering, construction, plant engineering, or related technical experience.\nMinimum of 3 years of project, program, or people leadership experience, including responsibility for directing technical personnel or multidisciplinary project 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