Everyone Matters
At Northrop Grumman Australia, we encourage you to shape your career your way.
Northrop Grumman Australia offers a wide range of professional development initiatives and a market-leading flexible benefits package.
Bringing Out Your Best
A great onboarding experience ensures that every new starter feels both welcome and productive as soon as an offer is accepted, and the process is engaging and thorough.
After that, as well as a structured performance development process, you will enjoy professional and technical development and career pathways through our global My Learning Experience portal plus unlimited access to an array of online learning modules.
We are particularly proud of our close association with affiliate organisations such as Engineers Australia and the Australian Computer Society. These associations enable our Engineering and IT cohorts to access funded memberships, registration and credentialing services which is a massive leg-up to those early in their careers as well as experienced professionals.
Whether new to leadership or a seasoned veteran, we run a range of development tools and courses to make sure every team member is supported by a great leader.
Learning From Each Other
We are attracting the best talent in the market who love sharing their knowledge through regular lunch and learns, mentoring sessions and local networking events. Our Past & Present Military Personnel, Women's International Network and Young Professionals Employee Resource Groups provide inclusive and supportive environments for like-minded individuals to share stories and information. And, on a wider level, our quarterly All Hands meetings ensure everyone in the company is able to catch up with our progress as a business and hear about our future plans.
Working Arrangements to Suit You
We know that Work-Life Balance and flexibility to support physical and mental health are critical. We offer a range of flexible working patterns which include a four and half day week/nine day fortnight, hybrid working and remote working.
A number of leave options include up to two weeks’ Purchased Annual Leave, and generous Paid Parental Leave Provisions for Primary Careers and Supporting Partners, including continuing superannuation contributions whilst on leave. Our Volunteering policy also provides employees with a day’s annual paid leave for helping out at a Not-for-Profit of their choice. Additional paid leave is also available for Defence Reservists, Emergency Services Personnel and for when domestic circumstances are difficult.
Looking After Yourself
Our health and wellbeing team run a comprehensive program of
national and local events throughout the year as well as a variety
of tools to help you make the most of your physical and mental
health. There are also times when you need to talk, so all
employees have 24/7access to Compsych, our confidential Employee Assistance Program provider.
Looking After Your Finances
As well as a competitive salary and incentive plans, everyone at Northrop Grumman Australia has access to MyDiscounts which offers a wide range of savings from a number of Australian retailers. We also offer a novated car leasing scheme and free parking at most sites as well as an active employee recognition program.
Driving Diversity
Everyone matters at Northrop Grumman Australia. It’s important that we take every opportunity to build a diverse and inclusive workforce and have a number of initiatives that help us to support gender equity and diversity. Here are our latest annual submissions to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA, The Agency) detailing our policies, strategies, and actions on gender equality and to collect information about workforce composition; salaries and remuneration plus employee hires, promotions, resignations, and parental leave.