Industrial Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Industrial Engineer Staff with Security Clearance
Location: Courtland

Job Number 713577

Description:

Role Overview
We are seeking a mid-career Industrial Engineer to join our production team. This is a hands-on role where you will lead process improvements, data-driven decision-making, and new production initiatives. You will work directly with engineering, operations, and leadership teams to optimize manufacturing processes, improve efficiency, and support the launch of new production lines. If you love solving complex problems, mentoring others, and introducing technology to effect change, this is the role for you.

Key

Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyze and improve business processes to reduce waste and improve efficiency
• Collaborate with facilities engineers to plan new production lines and factories

• Support Manufacturing Engineers in developing standards and measuring performance

• Generate production process simulations and identify resource constraints, flow improvements, and work schedules

• Provide data-driven solutions to optimize manufacturing schedules and costs

• Lead process improvement initiatives and ensure sustained results - Mentor and train less experienced industrial engineers

• Interact directly with shop floor production teams to understand processes and deliver actionable insights

• Support occasional weekend or off-hour operations to meet production schedules

• Collaborate across all functional groups throughout the product lifecycle

• Align program priorities and provide valuable solutions across multiple organizations Work Environment

• Fast-paced, highly collaborative production environment
• Agile and technology-driven teams, leveraging modern tools and simulation software
• Opportunities to mentor, lead, and shape industrial engineering practices
• Exposure to critical programs that influence next-generation space technologies

• Dynamic culture where continuous improvement, innovation, and problem-solving are celebrated Company Mission & Program Overview
At Lockheed Martin Space, we are pushing the boundaries of space flight. Our Industrial Engineering team drives breakthrough capabilities and continuous improvement across production systems, enabling us to deliver next-generation space solutions. We leverage cutting-edge technologies in PLM, MRP, MES, discrete event simulation, data analytics, and data visualization to make critical business decisions faster and smarter. Our team thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment, and we are passionate about turning data into actionable insights that transform manufacturing.

Joining us means contributing to programs that redefine space flight while advancing your career with a team of dedicated innovators.

Basic Qualifications:

Candidates must meet all requirements below to be considered.
• Industrial Engineering experience in a production environment

• Experience in project management

• Expertise in cost and schedule performance metrics

• Experience developing forecasts, production schedules, or resource load staffing plans

• Experience with discrete event simulation of production processes

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
Desired

Skills:

Nice-to-have skills that strengthen a candidate's application but are not required.
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Industrial Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience

• Proven experience in planning, launching, and ramping new production lines or factories
• Leadership experience, including team management and conflict resolution

• Familiarity with SAP, Apriso, VECAMS, Tableau, Simio, or other simulation/data tools
• Ability to increase production rates while maintaining quality and efficiency
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially with Production Operations and Program Offices
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Prior production experience or involvement in new production programs
• Active Secret security clearance
Security Clearance Statement:
This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Secret
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