Manufacturing Support Team Member - E2

Standard Job Description

Lockheed Martin is seeking a Manufacturing Support Team Member that will support various tasks (in a full project life cycle) related to fabrication within sustainment activities.

The Testbed and Simulations (TB&S) Manufacturing Support Team Member is crucial for keeping the fabrication of our HWIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) builds on track and inline with the program’s schedule. This role necessitates continuous communication with team members, fabrication, procurement, and Program Leads to grasp need dates, priorities, and progress.

The Manufacturing Support Team Member supports production and business processes in a team-based manufacturing environment. Their work spans a variety of cross-functional areas including quality management, systems, manufacturing, equipment and facilities engineering, material management, and process reengineering. They regularly interact with stakeholders for product planning, problem resolution, and process improvement.

The Manufacturing Support Team Member adheres to schedules, determines priorities, provides status updates, and communicates blockers. They use their understanding of the industry, company standards, and best practices to create objectives and long-range goals to improve systems and processes.

Key Duties of the Manufacturing Support Team Member:
• Act as the primary interface between fabrication/manufacturing and internal customers, ensuring effective communication and issue resolution.
• Developing and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships, managing expectations, and influencing outcomes at multiple organizational levels.
• Driving continuous improvement within procurement and the wider supply chain.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively manage stakeholder expectations at a variety of levels.
• Evaluate material issues/concerns to determine impacts to business operations
• Identify schedule delivery improvement opportunities with a focus on early and on-time delivery of materials to support the manufacturing success.
• Generate reports and develop metric reports to provide performance status to leadership teams.
• Conduct contingency schedule planning to determine best path forward and mitigate hardware delays.
• Understand and communicate the plan for deliverable hardware including critical path, constraints, risks, and opportunities.

Basic Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Strong understanding of technical design and advanced manufacturing processes.

• Candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Project, Excel, and PowerPoint).

• Ability to work full-time, on-site.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance, but not required to start.

Desired Skills

• Experience working with different multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience coordinating and developing schedules.
• Ability to work multiple projects in parallel.
• Logistics/material planning and management experience
• Project management experience.
• Understand technical engineering documentation, to coordinate with fabrication teams and operations.
• Knowledge of cable design.
• Strong understanding of material planning, inventory control, and supply chain processes.
• Experience working with complex Bills of Materials (BOMs) and supporting large-scale manufacturing operations.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience using data to develop metrics.
• Capable of working in a fast paced, demanding environment, providing independent thinking, problem resolution, and action with minimal direct oversight by management.