Production Operations - C130 Manufacturing Manager - Level 5

Lockheed Martin•Marietta, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the Supply Chain team is dedicated to delivering innovative, affordable, and agile solutions to customers. This role is for a Manufacturing Manager within the C130 Wing shop build areas. The manager will lead associate managers, supervisors, manufacturing support personnel, and structural mechanics in the production of C-130 Wing Assemblies. The position involves managing various aspects of production, ensuring adherence to company policies, and driving performance in safety, quality, schedule, and cost.

Requirements

Experience leading teams in Manufacturing Operations or Production Operations environment
Experience with project management
Technical experience and root cause analysis tools (RCCA) or similar, to resolve engineering, planning, tooling and assembly problems

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree with 15 years relevant experience, or equivalent experience/combined education
5+ years effectively using technical experience and root cause analysis tools to resolve engineering, planning, tooling and assembly problems
Aerospace production build and structure work experience; C-130 preferred
Demonstrated ability to develop and manage safety, quality, schedule, and cost
Experience with training and course development
Experience in resource management (projects, employees, and schedules)
Microsoft Office Suite and able to generate spreadsheets, performance metrics, data analysis, presentations, and project summaries
Experience creating, utilizing, and reporting on metrics related to Production Performance and Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
Working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma tools, including Design of Experiments (DOE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC); Green or Black belt preferred
Excellent Communication skills (verbal, written and presentation) to enable effective collaboration with technical support team, build team and internal/external customers.
Experience reading and interpreting engineering designs and models, production specifications, and planning instructions
Experience in regulated production environment, AS9100 preferred
Experience with SFM, QADS, STK, AMS, SAP navigation, VAS, PDM and cost management skills
Experience leading and facilitating groups through data and feedback driven analysis to improve, optimize, and stabilize production output
Experience In FLEMOS, and FLEMOS related tools

Responsibilities

Leads associate managers, supervisors, manufacturing support personnel, and structural mechanics in the production of C-130 Wing Assemblies.
Assigns work priority to bargaining unit labor resources, manufacturing planning, manufacturing engineers, quality engineers, production control, and inspection.
Assures the timeliness and accuracy of aircraft records.
Manages direct, indirect, and allocated business unit budgets.
Uses earned value management tools to manage production task execution.
Coordinates employee recruitment, training, performance, and work assignments.
Ensures adherence to company and C-130 Program policies and procedures.
Responsible for work group performance to targets associated with employee safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
Responsible for work group performance to core processes.
Responsible for coordination with Manufacturing Engineering to provide appropriate technical input to employees; staffing line analysis and planning; and performing annual salaried performance assessments.
Ensures product meets inspection requirements.
Ensures tooling, workplace layouts, and staffing are aligned with quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
Identifies and implements changes to improve safety, quality, cost, and schedule.
Responsible for ensuring FOD, tooling, housekeeping, and 6S requirements are met and adhered to.
Ensures certification of employees who perform certification-required tasks.
Provides a safe working environment and takes timely corrective action to correct unsafe conditions.