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Northrop Grumman

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1939

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

🎖️ Defense

Manufacturing • Logistics • Defense

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense company, recognized for its innovative solutions in air, cyber, land, sea, and space domains. With a focus on advanced technologies and innovation, Northrop Grumman provides unmatched expertise in military communications, satellite communications, and microelectronics manufacturing. The company is committed to solving complex challenges and 'defining possible' by transforming the concepts of what's achievable. Northrop Grumman is also actively involved in sustainability efforts and offers career opportunities to various levels of professionals, including veterans and entry-level candidates.

📋 Description

• Oversee installation, repair, troubleshooting, upgrades, overhauls, and testing of marine machinery, turbine-generators, and gear-driven propulsion units onboard naval vessels • Plan and manage field projects and assignments • Interface with customers and provide technical direction to shipyard and Northrop Grumman personnel • Lead factory hourly personnel, engineering personnel, customer labor, sub-vendors, and ship’s force • Operate independently at customer facilities with remote technical guidance as needed • Define repair and resolution requirements using engineering drawings and documented processes • Write technical condition reports, procedures, and project reports • Communicate project status to management and customers • Provide technical support and guidance during installation, modification, troubleshooting, repair, and testing of marine propulsion and power-generation equipment • Compile recommended replacement material lists • Determine root causes of reported problems • Oversee disassembly and inspection processes • Design custom tooling, jigs, and equipment as needed • Create disassembly and inspection plans using engineering principles • Analyze machinery and control-system problems through customer discussions, machine observation, troubleshooting plans, and control-system data • Track contract financials, scope, departures from scope, and Requests for Equitable Adjustment • Perform occasional hands-on labor in heavy manufacturing and operating environments

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of relevant work experience, or Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of relevant work experience • Ability to read engineering drawings and schematics • Strong oral and written communication skills • Strong customer service skills and positive attitude • Strong critical thinking skills • Understanding of engineering root cause corrective action analysis • Ability to perform work onboard a ship, including climbing steep stairways and vertical ladders • Ability and willingness to work extended hours, often 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week • Ability and willingness to travel up to 75%, often with 24 hours’ notice • Ability and willingness to work night shift • US Citizen • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance • Preferred: degree in Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, or Electrical Engineering • Preferred: hands-on experience and theoretical knowledge of steam-driven shipboard propulsion and power-generation equipment and associated subsystems • Preferred: shipyard or ship-repair industrial work experience • Preferred: working knowledge of machine shops, hand tools, and precision measuring devices • Preferred: candidate located near Norfolk, Virginia; Groton, Connecticut; or Kittery, Maine • Preferred: active Secret Clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business • Compensation for all additional hours worked on shift • Compensation while waiting for the next assignment • Health insurance coverage • Life and disability insurance • Savings plan • Company-paid holidays • Potential overtime • Shift differential • Discretionary bonus • Annual bonuses tied to individual contributions and company results