Mechanical Ground Support Equipment Associate Manager

Job Description

COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID-19 variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security.
To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires. All current and newly hired employees are required to follow onsite safety measures based upon the COVID-19 Community Level at the specific work location.
Description:Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus—if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
Come work with multidisciplinary engineers focused on delivering world class Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE).
As the MGSE Associate Manager the selected candidate will be responsible for the management and technical leadership of a portion of the MGSE, West Design Engineering organization. The team is a diverse work force responsible for the development, design, fabrication, test, and delivery of Special Tooling, and MGSE hardware. The candidate will be required to work closely with internal and external teams and lead this dynamic, customer-oriented organization and drive, develop or champion resolutions to overcome technical challenges and ensure cost, schedule, and quality standards are maintained.
Responsibilities include:
- Management and technical leadership of the central Sunnyvale Production Tooling and MGSE engineering organization
- Work closely to support internal customer requirements development in the Sunnyvale Manufacturing centers and ATLO areas
- Managing manpower, meeting cost schedule and technical commitments for direct and capital projects, and supporting surge efforts as required.
- Provide weekly and monthly status, and present to senior and executive leadership
The ideal candidate will have leadership skills, communications skills (both oral and written) and excellent customer relations, able to mentor and develop subordinates, and have a strong background in manufacturing and ATLO environments and processes.
Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:
- Medical
- Dental
- 401k
- Paid time off
- Work/life balance
- Career development
- Mentorship opportunities
- Rewards & recognition
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.
Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package.
Basic Qualifications:
- Position requires special access to multiple programs requiring the selected candidate to be a US Citizen.
-Experience in development of Special Tooling (ST)/Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) for the manufacture, integration, test and transport of high value hardware
-Proven ability to lead and work in a collaborative manner to arrive at solutions that support the objectives of the organization and customer
-Demonstrated ability to plan, propose and manage budgets and schedules
-Demonstrated commitment to the development of others; ability to lead, motivate and cultivate a highly motivated workforce
-Demonstrated commitment to development and deployment of productivity/performance improvements, leveraging new technologies and leading change
-Demonstrated ability to develop, maintain and leverage effective Customer, Program and Central relationships
-Success working in an environment with evolving requirements and dynamic schedules
-Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
-Demonstrated ability to drive hardware design and production activities
-Ability to travel (~5%)
Desired Skills:
-Experienced or trained in Cost Account
Management (CAM)
-A2100 Manufacturing and ATLO
experience
-Experience in capital equipment management
-Familiarity with engineering tools (Creo, EPDM...)
-Experience with Microsoft Project
-Familiar with Lockheed Martin specifications/tools/processes
-Certified LM-21 green belt
-Familiar with industry standards and federal regulations including ANSI, OSHA, and AWS standards
-Knowledge of AMSE Y14.5, including Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)