Assembly, Integration, & Test Director

Lockheed Martin Corporation; United States; Presencial; USD 180.000 - 325.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a strategic AI&T Director for Courtland, AL to lead missile assembly, integration and test. You will drive on-time production, champion safety, and coordinate cross-functional resources to meet program landmarks and deliverables in a fast-paced defense environment.

The role requires strong business acumen, entrepreneurial mindset, and proven leadership of diverse teams, while aligning operations with long-term program objectives and customer expectations.

Formación

• Bachelors or equivalent with 10+ years in production, 5+ in leadership.
• Experience with manufacturing and test concepts, systems, and methods.
• Experience managing production performance, metrics and workforce relations.
• US Citizenship with ability to obtain US TOP SECRET clearance; interim secret required to start.

Responsabilidades

• Interface daily with customer and program reps across Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Planning.
• Drive readiness for existing and new production ramps; ensure schedule and cost baselines.
• Champion safety and compliance across environmental, health and safety requirements.
• Coordinate shared AI&T resources across programs for optimization.
• Lead Lean, Six Sigma, visual management, and productivity initiatives.
• Establish KPIs for safety, quality, cost, schedule, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Manage multiple manufacturing functions and oversee recruitment, compensation and performance.

Conocimientos

Missile assembly & test knowledge

Production ramp leadership

Safety & ordnance management

Missile defense product familiarity

Program management

Lean/Six Sigma/Kaizen

Operational excellence leadership

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Descripción del empleo

Standard Job Description

What does this role look like?

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a strategic and results-oriented Missile Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T) Director for the Courtland Alabama Missile Assembly areas. This Director will be responsible to meet defined missile assembly schedules, coordinating required resources within the AI&T organization as well as integration and coordination across programs to ensure adherence to key program landmarks and deliverables.

The successful candidate will ensure the safe, efficient, and compliant execution of production and test operations while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. This leader must possess strong business acumen and an entrepreneurial mindset, balancing operational excellence with strategic business objectives to position the organization for long-term success.

Detailed responsibilities will include:

• Interface daily with customer and program representatives, as well as lead cross-functional integration among Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Production Planning & Control, Safety and others to achieve both strategic and tactical objectives of Missile AI&T activities in Courtland.
• Maintain accountability for overall business performance of the Courtland Missile AI&T areas to include workforce utilization, operational efficiency, capital investments, infrastructure planning, affordability initiatives, resource allocation, execution to cost baselines, schedule, quality, and safety objectives.
• Drive a vision and define objectives to ensure manufacturing and production readiness for both existing program production ramps and also new production program stand ups across the Courtland Missile AI&T organization; ultimately to ensure current and future production demands, including production ramp-to-rate initiatives are achieved.
• Champion a culture where safety is the first priority by ensuring compliance with all environmental, health and safety requirements while driving proactive risk identification, hazard mitigation, employee involvement, and continuous improvement in safety performance.
• Facilitate coordination and alignment among programs competing for shared AI&T resources within Courtland to ensure enterprise-level optimization and successful execution of business commitments.
• Drive operational excellence initiatives through Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma methodologies, visual management systems, continuous improvement initiatives and productivity improvement efforts.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators related to safety, quality, cost, schedule, productivity, workforce development, customer satisfaction and overall business performance.
• Manages more than one functional area of manufacturing, such as machining, assembly, tool and die, packaging. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education
• 10+ years of overall professional experience, with at least 5 years of Leadership within a Production Environment.
• Extensive experience with a variety of manufacturing and test concepts, systems, and methods.
• Experience managing production performance, operational metrics, workforce engagement and employee relations.
• Demonstrated formal leadership skills while managing a varied workforce, comprising both exempt salaried and non-exempt labor.
• Demonstrated commitment to environmental, health and safety excellence within a manufacturing or operations environment
• You will need to be a US Citizen, and be able to obtain and maintain a US TOP SECRET clearance, to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Please note: No clearance is required to apply, nor prior to start, however, an Interim Secret will be needed to start.

Desired Skills

• A degree in STEM field and/or technical training.
• Knowledge of missile assembly, integration and test.
• Experience leading production ramp, rate readiness, manufacturing readiness, or large-scale production growth initiatives within aerospace, defense or advanced manufacturing environments
• Safety and ordnance management experience
• Familiarity with Strategic and Missile Defense LOB products and customers
• Program management experience
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Visual Management, or Operational Excellence leadership experience.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $180000.00 - $325000.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed 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(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
• For (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.