Manufacturing Support Lead — Flexible Schedules & Planning Impact

Lockheed Martin Corp.; Courtland (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

EAP

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking to fill a manufacturing planning role in Alabama. The candidate will oversee production planning in a high-volume environment, lead planning meetings, and guide the team through schedule refinement and contingency planning.

Strong leadership, Lean skills, and experience with scheduling tools like Microsoft Project/Open Plan are required. A Secret clearance is required for U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• High volume/high-rate production experience.
• Leadership experience (formal or informal).
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance (U.S. Citizenship required).

Responsibilities

• Provides status of the vehicle, leads planning meetings, seeks inputs from team members and drives scrubbing of the plan.
• Seeks technical guidance from the team and leads decision process.
• Drives reviews/refinement of the schedule.
• Continually performs contingency planning; seeking more advice/guidance.
• Ensures effective communication to team members; provides status updates via reports using data (earned value, status).

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Lean methodologies

Microsoft Project

Critical path method

Schedule performance

Education

Industrial Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Open Plan

Job description

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking to fill a manufacturing planning role in Alabama. The candidate will oversee production planning in a high-volume environment, lead planning meetings, and guide the team through schedule refinement and contingency planning.

Strong leadership, Lean skills, and experience with scheduling tools like Microsoft Project/Open Plan are required. A Secret clearance is required for U.S. citizenship.