Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Manufacturing Engineering Manager | Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, home of the world-renowned Skunk Works®, turns visionary aircraft into reality and is known for building the finest military aircraft in the world. This recognition is continually earned through our commitment to relentless research and development of high-performance aircraft, continuously seeking innovative, low-cost design and manufacturing strategies, and delivering operational readiness for our customers' missions to ensure continued relevancy for the life cycle of our products.

In this role, you will immediately impact the business with your ingenuity, creativity, and ideas that will be the catalyst for future business. If you are craving an opportunity where you are invited to be passionate, push the envelope, and think outside of the box, this opportunity with our Skunk Works may be just for you.

As a Manufacturing Engineering Manager (L5) in Skunk Works®, you will play a critical role serving as the Leader accountable for the support multiple production programs in our portfolio. You will:

• Manage the day-to-day activity of a large production engineering team in support of multiple advanced manufacturing programs
• Have responsibility for production engineering life cycle deliverables from product design through manufacturing implementation.
• Manage a team consisting of manufacturing engineers, test engineers, tooling engineers, manufacturing planners, project management reps, and CAMs.
• Support the setup of new and expanded facilities, associated capital assets and factory of the future aspects including manufacturing automation and digital transformation within the ADP program framework.
• Support creation & implementation of Manufacturing Plan and associated processes / products across Production Engineering disciplines.
• Identify organizational/operational gaps and be able to reach across the company resource base to secure solutions.
• Shape processes in support of engineering to manufacturing digital thread
• Ensure the successful development of our team and position them for growth
• Develop strong leads that will own each discipline
• Ensure adherence to financial targets
• Represent the organization during customer events and audits

The Production Engineering disciplines include Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Test Engineering, Tool Engineering, Tool Design, and Manufacturing Planning. There will be an expectation to lead multiple disciplines as our team develops and grows. The ideal candidate for this position will be a strong leader that understands the nuances of motivating a team in a highly challenging manufacturing environment. This person will also have strong analytical thinking and business acumen skills, be highly collaborative, exhibit exceptional organizational skills, demonstrate proactive thinking, operate autonomously as appropriate, and produce superior work products under short deadlines.

This position is located in Marietta, GA. This role may require periodic travel. Our team supports programs that may require additional special access in addition to a DoD Secret clearance.