Description: Unlock Your Potential as a Level 4 Planning Manufacturing Engineer

Are you ready to take your engineering career to new heights? The Aero Production Engineering Central Services (PECS) organization is seeking a dynamic and self-driven professional to join our Planning Central Services team as a Staff Manufacturing Engineer (ME). This isn't just another job—it's your chance to make an impact on some of the most advanced aerospace programs in the world.

What You'll Be Doing:

•Lead with Purpose: Chair the PM9003 Review Committee, overseeing critical updates and ensuring alignment across Aero programs.

•Drive Innovation: Spearhead the cross-functional Planning Standards Council to establish consistency in Planning processes for programs like the F35, F16, C130, and F22 sustainment.

•Shape the Future: Create playbooks, job guides, and training resources that will set the standard for Planning across the Aero enterprise.

•Influence the Next Generation: Use your experience with legacy PLM and MES systems to inform and shape the future of Planning in next-generation systems.

•Collaborate and Train: Conduct training at various Aero sites, driving process improvements while expanding your influence across the organization.

What’s in it for You: This role offers more than just a title

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. Be More Than You Can Imagine .

What’s In It For You

This role offers more than just a title—it’s a chance to become a Planning Subject Matter Expert in Aeronautics. You'll gain a 360-degree view of Planning processes, have the ability to shape the future of the field, and work across multiple programs that are critical to the Aero enterprise. From the production lines of F35s to the sustainment of F22s, you’ll have a hand in shaping the success of globally recognized aerospace products. Plus, this role will offer unmatched networking opportunities, allowing you to connect with Aero functions and leaders across different sites.

Who You Are: You're a strong communicator, a natural leader, and thrive in collaborative environments. You're comfortable challenging the status quo, questioning processes, and facilitating large cross-site meetings. You’re highly organized, driven to improve efficiency, and capable of building strong relationships with both peers and leadership in Planning and other functions.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:

• Medical

• Dental

• 401k

• Paid time off

• Work/life balance

• Career development

• Mentorship opportunities

• Rewards & recognition

This role is based onsite and can be filled in either Ft. Worth, TX; Palmdale, CA; Marietta, GA; or Greenville, NC. You’ll be working alongside some of the brightest minds in the aerospace industry. Ready to elevate your career? Apply today!

Palmdale, CA

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Marietta, GA

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Fort Worth, TX

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Greenville, SC

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Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Experience working in or with the ME Planning function

• Understanding of principles related to creating/maintaining Manufacturing Bills of Material and work instructions

• Clear Understanding of Planning Roles and Responsibilities

• Ability to obtain and maintain an Active Secret Clearance per business requirements

Desired Skills:

• Experience with CAPP/SFM

• Experience creating and/or delivering training to end-users

• Experience writing job guides/command media

• Experience writing requirements for Planning Spec Prods (automation)

• Experience with Tableau

• Active Secret Clearance

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

Pay Rate:

The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, Washington or Washington DC is $95,900 - $183,800. 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 and New York is $110,300 - $207,600. 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.

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: Yes

Career Area: Manufacturing

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First