Job ID: 664635BR Date posted: Apr. 10, 2024
Description:We are Lockheed Martin

This exciting position is with our historic Skunk Works program, an integral part of Lockheed's Aeronautics business area responsible for advanced systems development, including conceptual design and rapid prototyping of clean sheet solutions, as well as improvements and derivatives to existing systems. The ideal candidate for the Skunk Works team is an agile, multi-faceted teammate who loves to solve our customers' most difficult challenges.

Learn more about some of the incredible things we do here: SKUNKWORKS.. Join us as we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible in aerospace technology.

This role will lead integration of many complex schedules, processes, and supporting functional organizations to meet production requirements for a portfolio of programs within ADP.

What You Will Be Doing
• Leads Supervisors, Technical Leads and manufacturing activities including facilities and capital planning, tool utilization, manufacturing plans, workflows and crew loading.
• Assigns work priority to manufacturing planning, manufacturing engineers, industrial engineers, quality engineers, production control and inspection.
• Assures the timeliness and accuracy of all records. Manages direct, indirect and allocated Business Unit Budgets.
• Uses earned value management tools to manage production task execution.
• Responsible for strategy and execution.
• Coordinates employee recruitment, training, performance, work assignments, etc.
• Ensures adherence to company policies and procedures.
Daily Responsibilities include:
• Overall strategy and execution of manufacturing, supervisors, technical leads, manufacturing engineers, manufacturing planners, industrial engineers, production control, quality and inspection for the operations.
• Work group performance to budget and schedule targets.
• Work group conformance to core processes.
• Coordination with manufacturing engineering to provide technical input to employees
• Staffing line analysis and planning
• Performing yearly performance assessments and review for salaried employees.
• Verifying products meet requirements through inspections and tests.
• Ensuring tooling, workplace layouts and staffing are aligned with quality, cost and schedule requirements.
• Identifying and implementing changes to improve quality, schedule and cost / CAM.
• Reinforcing a culture that values and embraces
• Foreign Object Damage prevention.
• Ensuring certification of employees who perform certification required tasks.
• Presenting to Executives on Regular Basis
• Providing a safe work environment and takes timely corrective action to correct unsafe conditions. Assuring employees and leadership comply with defined Core processes and submits changes/exception to defined processes that are program specific.

What’s In It For You
• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.


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At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level. From designing the most advanced air vehicle to designing aircraft that defies gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology.


This position is in Palmdale, CA Discover Palmdale.
Basic Qualifications:
• 5+ years Aerospace Production leadership experience, with at least 2 years in a fabrication environment.
• Documented ability to successfully manage multiple programs or sites at once.
• Project management and decision making experience utilizing business and financial acumen
• Multiple roles with Aerospace Manufacturing, Fabrication, Assembly, Integration, &/or Systems Checkout field
• Active Secret Clearance required to apply
Desired Skills:
• Experience within the composite or ultra high temperature material fabrication field.
• Experience certifying a site to AS9100 specifications
• Experience in new team creation and program startup
• Excellent interpersonal skills needed for collaboration, communication and presentation Customer Interface
• Ability to manage, coach, train and motivate team in technical and leadership development
• Demonstrated positive employee engagement with utilization of Culture of Accountability (COA) and Full Spectrum Leader (FSL) techniques
• Strategic thinking and alignment of tech strategy with product realization
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
Pay Rate:
The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, or Washington is $107,400 - $205,900 . Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

This position is incentive plan eligible.
Pay Rate:
The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California and New York is $123,500 - $232,800. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
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: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Yes
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First