Senior Manufacturing Planner & Pre-Planning Lead

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Flexible Spending Accounts

Education Assistance

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Corporation seeks a Manufacturing Engineer Sr (Level 3) to join the Pre‑Planning Team for initiating manufacturing planning and foundation setting for product‑interface execution.

You will lead early planning, define manufacturing requirements, and align with design, creating pre‑plans, BOMs, tooling, and build areas for planners to execute tasks. Collaboration across engineering and downstream teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing Planner or related experience.
• Proficient at reading and analyzing blueprints and tool design documentation to support manufacturing processes.
• Experience with standard planning workflows, work instructions and documentation required for fabrication, assembly and installation activities.
• Must have working knowledge of Manufacturing Bill of Material (MBOM) structure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the early‑stage planning process, defining manufacturing requirements and aligning them with product design.
• Create pre‑plans providing the bill of material, tooling requirements, build area and planning information to represented tool planners to execute tasks.
• Partner with airframe/structures design engineering and multiple downstream organizations to develop successful implementation of changes.
• Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date planning documentation, work instructions, and best‑practice guidelines in accordance with AMMM standards.
• Provide technical guidance to peers, fostering a collaborative environment that drives high‑quality results.
• Provide estimates for job‑level planning tasks for visibility of team's workload.
• Proficient in AI prompting as it applies to this position and practice.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Manufacturing planning

Cross‑functional collaboration

MBOM knowledge

Change impact assessment

MES/ERP/MRP systems

Attention to detail

Communication skills

AI prompting

Tools

CAPP

Shop Floor Manager

APRISO

Job description

Lockheed Martin Corporation seeks a Manufacturing Engineer Sr (Level 3) to join the Pre‑Planning Team for initiating manufacturing planning and foundation setting for product‑interface execution.

You will lead early planning, define manufacturing requirements, and align with design, creating pre‑plans, BOMs, tooling, and build areas for planners to execute tasks. Collaboration across engineering and downstream teams is essential.