Manufacturing Project Manager

Lockheed Martin•Courtland, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As our Final Integration Manufacturing Project Manager Operations Lead, you will be the cost, schedule, technical and programmatic interface between the program and manufacturing. You will understand budget allocation and drive cost performance across Operations, support program proposal and basis of estimate efforts, and account for and manage all out of scope requests. You will drive planning and execution across Operations, lead Program Status Meetings, drive daily actions out of the team, and perform forward/backward pass analysis to understand hardware critical path. You will also coordinate inter-facility or cross-site actions and readiness. You will demonstrate technical understanding, articulate and discuss technical issues, and drive technical production issues back through program or engineering for resolution. You will ensure Engineering, ME’s and MRP understand and work to production need dates and support MRB, FRB and ARB as needed. You will serve as the interface between Operations, Engineering, and Program Lines of Business, communicate hardware status to program and customer, and ensure Operations Readiness by hosting Manufacturing Reading Reviews (MRR) and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) as needed. You will host Program Management Reviews with Operations, Program, and Customer, and support any Program or LOB specific meeting/review as needed. You will also drive the development of "what if" analysis and risk mitigation plans related to technical or capacity resource issues and engage early with Operations leadership for return to green plans.

Requirements

Program/Project Management experience in a manufacturing environment
Experience with Engineering and Systems Engineering for production and/or deployed system support
Must be a US citizen
Secret Clearance

Nice To Haves

High rate/High volume manufacturing experience
Technical experience related to missile, launch vehicle, and/or space vehicle development
Ability to articulate complex technical and programmatic issues to peers, management, and customers
Cross Functional Program Management coordination
Project Management of a highly complex manufacturing process
Earned Value Management experience

Responsibilities

Understand budget allocation and drive cost performance across Operations
Support program proposal and basis of estimate efforts including budget and schedule
Account for and manage all out of scope requests (ENG change, hardware returns, additional test requirements etc) to ensure proper budget considerations
Drive planning and execution across Operations
Lead Program Status Meetings
Drives daily actions out of team (ENG, S/C, MWI, Tooling, MFG, TP, Test, Facilities, etc)
Drives forward/backward pass analysis to understand hardware critical path
Coordinates inter-facility or cross-site actions and readiness across major functional organizations
Demonstrate technical understanding
Can articulate and discuss technical issues but not required to be a SME
Drives technical production issues back through program, or engineering for resolution
Ensures Engineering, ME’s and MRP understands and works to production need dates
Supports MRB, FRB and ARB as needed
Interface between Operations, Engineering, Program Lines of Business
Communicates hardware status to program and customer
Ensure Operations Readiness: Host Manufacturing Reading Reviews (MRR) and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) as needed
Host Program Management Reviews with Operations, Program and Customer
Support any Program or LOB specific meeting/review as needed
Drive development of "what if" analysis and risk mitigation plans related to technical or capacity resource issues
Engages early with Operations leadership for return to green plans