Job ID: 681663BR Date posted: Dec. 04, 2024 Program: F-16, Assembly and Fabrication
Description:Operations Engineering Manager

Location: Greenville SC

What You Will Be Doing
As the Operations Engineering & Excellence Manager at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, SC Aeronautics manufacturing site, you will lead a high-performing team of engineers to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement in the production of the F-16 Fighting Falcon. This role focuses on optimizing processes, enhancing product flow, and aligning resources with strategic priorities through robust management systems and lean manufacturing principles. By fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and inclusion, you will play a pivotal role in developing innovative solutions and achieving impactful results that support the success of our assembly and fabrication processes.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop, deploy, and sustain a daily management and continuous improvement operating system to optimize product flow for F-16 Assembly and Fabrication processes.

- Lead strategic planning and deployment activities, aligning resources to address process gaps and meet operational priorities.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce process variation, cycle time, hours per unit, scrap, rework, and repair.

- Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative culture.

- Analyze operational data to proactively identify challenges and implement lean manufacturing principles to achieve measurable results.

- Collaborate with leadership to align on actionable solutions and synchronize work priorities with production demand.

- Empower the workforce through effective communication, leader standard work, and problem-solving initiatives.

- Apply Lockheed Martin’s Culture of Accountability and Full Spectrum Leadership principles to ensure team and organizational success.

- Optimize organizational structure, strategic plans, and skill proficiencies to maximize positive outcomes.

What’s In It For You
From onsite to remote, we offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Who You Are
You are a results-driven leader with a passion for operational excellence and a proven ability to implement sustainable improvements in manufacturing operations. A strategic thinker and innovative problem solver, you excel at using data-driven insights and lean principles to drive measurable outcomes like process optimization and cycle time reduction. You thrive in collaborative environments, fostering an inclusive team culture that inspires high performance and breakthrough achievements. With strong communication skills, you effectively engage stakeholders at all levels, aligning resources and priorities to deliver impactful results.

Our Commitment to DEI
We Hear You, We See You. At LM Aeronautics, we invest in people and promoting the sharing of ideas to create incredible solutions. We know that our success depends on the combined efforts of diverse-thinkers like you! At LM Aeronautics, we cultivate an inclusive environment that appreciates differences and unique thinking.

Our global commitment to diversity and inclusion reflects our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. Learn more here: Global DEI.

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.

Greenville, SC
This position is in Greenville, SC Discover Greenville.

individual must be a U.S. Citizen. To obtain a Security Clearance
Basic Qualifications:
- Experience in a manufacturing, military, aerospace and/or automotive environment

- Experience leading teams in a manufacturing shop floor environment

- Experience creating presentation material and briefing senior level management efficiently and effectively
Desired Skills:
- Bachelor's of Science degree in Engineering or STEM related discipline
- 7+ years of professional experience in a manufacturing, military, aerospace and/or automotive environment
- Leadership experience
- Experience applying change management techniques. Ability to manage and resolve conflict gracefully.
- Passion for effective communication, desire to anticipate Program needs and ability to decide and act instinctively to yield positive results
- Outstanding interpersonal skills. Desire for face to face communications.
- Optimistic mindset in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Experience applying Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles

- Strong knowledge foundation for Industrial and Manufacturing System Operations Engineering competencies
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: AERONAUTICS COMPANY
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Manufacturing
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First