Materials and Processes Associate Manager

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We're creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security vision. We're erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We're advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we're reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity. Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you.

For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy's mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure. The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence. As the FBM Life Extension 2 (LE2) Materials and Processes Associate Manager at Lockheed Martin Space, you have an immediate impact in shaping the organization's future. This is an opportunity to lead a dynamic PMP team supporting Missile programs. Drawing upon previous leadership experience and your own technical expertise you will help your team overcome challenges and build the organizational talent to solve the challenges of the future. So take on what's never been done before. Become a Lockheed Martin PMP Manager. You are meant to solve the hardest challenges and make a difference! In this position:

• Coach and oversee group and individual development using technical leadership and performance management
• Ensure efforts are effectively staffed and that personnel are fully engaged and committed to program success
• Maintain awareness, engagement and communication of critical issues and their reach across programs
• Lead and execute strategic initiatives to improve cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Provide leadership to technical projects across all program phases and with impact across multiple program areas
• Participate in the selection, qualification, testing, and failure analysis of M&P, prepare technical and progress reports on work you're doing, prepare specifications, evaluate suppliers and analyze test reports

We're looking for:

• Your expertise coordinating work and personnel across multiple work locations and organizational structures
• You, a highly motivated individual able to form effective relationships within program, with other enterprise organizations, and with customer personnel
• Experience balancing multiple, competing priorities in a highly dynamic, high-tempo environment
• Balancing programmatic, functional, leadership, and technical tasks
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical and programmatic issues to your team, peers, management and customers
• Experience modeling Full Spectrum Leadership imperatives, ownership and accountability
• Proven skills providing technical and administrative direction to other employees, and stakeholders

Desired skills:

• Experience in mentoring and supporting career development
• Expertise with a variety of materials and process engineering disciplines including adhesives, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, tapes, silicone rubber, bonding, cleaning, problem investigations, root cause analysis, and manufacturing processes for high reliability aerospace products
• Experience with part procurement, qualification and traceability issues
• Experience working closely with subcontractors
• Broad experience in the selection and application of parts, materials and processes
• Experience participating in major program milestone reviews such as PDR and CDR
• Experience providing schedule, staffing, workload, metrics and technical issue briefings to management
• Project Management experience

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics. 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.

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $104,500 - $184,115. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. 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, Massachusetts, and New York is $120,100 - $208,150. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. 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.