X-59 Completion Supervisor

Lockheed Martin•Palmdale, CA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to an Associate Manager on the Aerospace Vehicles Team assigned to the ADP Production Operations Ground and Flightline Operations Team located at Lockheed Martin Plant 10 in Palmdale, CA. The role is responsible for leading 10+ Represented Technicians in performing maintenance, servicing, ground handling, and sortie generation activities on NASA’s X-59 Low Boom Flight Demonstrator aircraft, acting as a supporting agency to Lockheed Martin’s Flight Test Organization. The selected candidate will initially work at Edwards AFB, CA on the first shift, with a planned transition to support the 3/12 weekend shift. Key aspects of the role include ensuring safe, disciplined, and compliant aircraft operations, adhering to the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Lockheed Martin’s Core Values, fostering positive cultural behaviors, building professional relationships across various program teams, and managing all aspects of technician employment from recruitment and training to performance management and disciplinary processes. The supervisor will also participate in various operational and quality control activities such as corrective actions, nonconformance resolution, and FOD prevention.

Requirements

Aerospace manufacturing, production and/or flightline operations experience.
Aircraft maintenance and sortie (flight) generation technical acumen.
Change Management, Conflict Resolution, Communication, Interpersonal Relationship and Team Building skills.
Ability to travel to Edwards, AFB and support multiple shifts.
Must be a US Citizen for consideration (due to security clearance requirement).

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree in aviation, manufacturing, management, leadership, or related discipline.
3+ years of supervising and leading people.
Experience with Production Operations and/or Flight Test techniques, methods, policies and procedures.
Experience exercising Aircraft "Safe for Flight Release" or "Exceptional Release" functions.
Fighter or bomber aircraft maintenance and sortie (flight) generation experience.
Experience managing FOD incident, Lost Tool, mishap, and product nonconformance investigations.
Experience using Flight Test Service Orders (FTSO) and USAF 781-series Forms.
Experience with Microsoft Office Systems, IMDS, G081, ALIS or similar Aircraft Maintenance Management System, Shop Floor Manager (SFM) or similar manufacturing system, Product Data Management (PDM) or similar engineering database, Quality Assurance Documentation System (QADS) or similar system.

Responsibilities

Leading safe, disciplined, and compliant aircraft ground and flight operations activities to deliver timely, responsive, and exceptional capabilities supporting Flight Test activities under the direction of the Lockheed Martin Flight Test organization.
Leading represented Technicians and adhering to the Collective Bargaining Agreement processes and requirements according to Lockheed Martin’s Full Spectrum Leadership model.
Adhering to, and instilling Lockheed Martin’s Core Values of: Doing What’s Right, Respecting Others, and Performing with Excellence, fostering OneLM’s Cultural behaviors of: Collaborate to Win, Accelerate Change, and Hear and Be Heard.
Building and maintaining professional working relationships with teams across the X-59 program including Production Operations, Customer (NASA), Lockheed Martin Program Management, Human Relations, Labor Relations, ESH, Security, Emergency Services, Engineering, Production Planning & Control (PP&C) and Q&MS colleagues.
Managing recruitment, staffing, onboarding, training and work assignment activities, and administering year-round performance, salary, recognition, and disciplinary programs and processes.
Participating in corrective action, nonconformance resolution, maintenance documentation, Stop Work Order, Tool Control, Consumable Control, Aircraft Isolation, FOD Prevention, process Improvement, Lost Tool, and FOD incident activities, processes and functions.