Job ID: 666105BR Date posted: May. 08, 2024
Description:At Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), we are driven by speed, agility and technical innovation. We are actively seeking candidates who are willing to take on the challenges of significant growth with a can do attitude. As the world's premier aerospace and defense company, we pride ourselves on quality and mission success. We need talented, passionate and customer centric people to be part of our future.

Our MFC facility in Archbald, PA is currently seeking a Production Operations Lead. The Production Operations Lead will be responsible for guiding production operation activities for any variety of programs within the Archbald facility. As the primary interface between the functional production teams and program/production operations management, the Production Operations Lead provides direction, coordination, communication, support, and leadership to cross-functional production teams to ensure quality, cost, and schedule objectives are met. This will require working closely with various functional groups to include manufacturing engineering, production planning and control, design engineering, test engineering, procurement, configuration management, quality and production teams, as applicable.

The Production Operations Lead must be able to effectively communicate with program management, customers, and all levels of management via verbal and written correspondence and be able to author Program Directives (PDs). Candidate will present the team’s performance in Program and Customer Reviews as required. This role will require close coordination with Production Operations leadership and Program Management.

Additional responsibilities include:
• Proposals lead for Operations; Coordinates timely responses for both recurring and non-recurring efforts including Basis of Estimates (BOEs), spend plans, and conducts reviews with manufacturing leadership prior to submittal
• Lead Make/Buy efforts
• Development, coordination, and oversight of Prod Ops planning/execution of various types of programs to include but not limited to: Development, Production, IRAD, NRE, RTG plans, etc.
• Facilities and capital planning to support program production needs
• Lead Production Readiness Review (PRR) activities
• Develop and drive Affordability and Producibility targets, Production Excellence Plans
• Ensuring production manpower and required resources are in place to execute per the Internal Operation Plan
• Create and track manufacturing plans/schedules
• Cost Account Management (CAM) to include EAC/Spend Plan development, as required
• Develop/support Archbald Red Flag process, as required
Basic Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in related discipline
-Demonstrated Full Spectrum Leadership skills
-Experience within a manufacturing environment
-Knowledge of Budgeting, Manpower planning, Production Planning, Tooling, and MRP
-Strong interpersonal and communication skills, Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
Desired Skills:
-Demonstrated skills in team building and leading through influence
-Knowledge of metal fabrication, Electro-Mechanical Assembly, and/or Circuit Card manufacturing
-Ability to manage direct/capital budgets and various key operational metrics
-Experienced with MRP/ERP/Manufacturing planning tools such as SAP, APRISO, etc.
-Green Belt Certification
-Experience with a matrix management organization
-CAM certification and/or cost analysis experience
-Experience with Production Planning, Proposals, Estimating
-Previous experience/knowledge of preparing and executing to capital, rate tooling and test equipment plans
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First