
Manager General Manufacturing 2
Apopka, FLJob$105–157K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a General Manufacturing Manager 2 to lead laser manufacturing cells and their leadership team in Apopka, Florida. The manager supervises employees and processes, drives efficiency, and meets product cost, schedule, and quality targets. The role oversees production across multiple shifts, manages staffing and consumables, supports process improvements, and coordinates with other organizations to achieve cell and site goals.
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Full job description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
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.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a General Manufacturing Manager 2 to lead the various Laser Manufacturing Cells and their associated leadership team within the Manufacturing Operations organization. This position is located in Apopka, Florida .
What You'll get to Do:
The General Manufacturing Manager 2 is responsible for the direct supervision of employees and processes in a manufacturing environment. The Manager provides direction to employees utilizing management guidelines and general policies.
Overall responsibilities include:
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Driving employee efficiency.
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Meeting product cost and schedule targets.
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Managing the area to produce quality products.
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Engaging employees to achieve their highest potential.
This Manager will be responsible for the direct supervision of Exempt Managers, and Non-Exempt touch labor employees.
The Manager is expected to work independently across organizations; manage the use of consumables to achieve budget targets; assign and manage employees to maximize efficiency and achieve target productive yields; implement process improvements to improve affordability, quality, and schedule; and perform required SAP/MES transactions to manage Operators.
Other Responsibilities include:
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Provide direction for employees utilizing management guidelines and general policies with direct supervision of employees in a manufacturing environment across multiple shifts.
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Issues all job assignments and creates reports of any hardware discrepancies to various support group personnel in a timely manner, meeting quality and cost goals.
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Work independently across organizations.
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Lead Gemba Walks and cell standup meetings.
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Lead and support SQDCM (POC)
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Assign and manage staff to maximize efficiency and achieve target productive yields.
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Responsible for driving the team to achieve monthly delivery objectives for the cell, meeting scrap rates, and reporting on training requirements.
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Reporting Return to Green (RTG) plans for site/division/sector metrics.
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Support ISO, LEAN, World class manufacturing practices.
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Ability to document and standardize tasks and efforts.
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Oversee the status of work in process, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials, and services are available, as needed.
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Implement process improvements to improve affordability, quality, and schedule.
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Collaborate and coordinate cross functionally to achieve product and site goals via sharing of resources, tools, equipment, and processes.
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Perform required SAP/MES transactions to manage personnel.
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Support time input and Labor relations regarding policies and procedures.
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Validate work that instructions and machine process documentation are up to date and followed.
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Ensure that equipment and work area remain clean and orderly.
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Position is onsite only.
Basic Qualifications for the Manager General Manufacturing 2:
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Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience; OR a master's degree with 6 or more years of relevant work experience.
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At least 3+ years of experience in management or leadership of people and/or processes.
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At least 3+ years of manufacturing or production or engineering experience.
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Experience with manufacturing and production concepts.
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Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
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US citizenship required.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s Degree in business, process/mechanical/electrical engineering, or other STEM area.
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Experience with automation, manual assembly rework, electro-optical assembly and test, laser assembly/test.
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Experience with SAP or similar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
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Experience with tableau and Power BI reporting dashboards.
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Experience with production control and manufacturing processes.
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Active Secret Clearance.
What We Can Offer You:
Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that encourages your growth and supports the mutual success of our people and our company. Northrop Grumman benefits give you the flexibility and control to choose the benefits that make the most sense for you and your family.
Your benefits will include the following: Health Plan, Savings Plan, Paid Time Off, and Additional Benefits, including Education Assistance, Training and Development, 9/80 Work Schedule (where available), and much more!
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Primary Level Salary Range: $104,600.00 - $156,800.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Job Category: Manufacturing and Production
How this job compares
Set against the 625 open Manufacturing Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$105–157K/yr
- US median$105–151K/yr341 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $131K, is close to the US median midpoint ($130K) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Manager salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Manufacturing Manager jobs in Florida and 625 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Florida
- Lockheed Martin5 open
- Smurfit Westrock2 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Manufacturing Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (511 postings).
- Education
- 210 of the 625 open Manufacturing Manager jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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