Lockheed Martin

Manufacturing Engineer Stf - Capital Projects

Lockheed Martin$104K — $194K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering (or related field)
  • Experience leading multi-disciplinary projects and utilizing project management tools
  • Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, including machining and assembly
  • Proficiency in CAD tools and DFMA principles
  • Excellent communication skills for clear reporting and presentations
  • Ability to obtain a secret clearance

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain a process for capturing project ideas from all departments
  • Complete Capital Expenditure Requests and ensure compliance with corporate standards
  • Manage project timelines and track progress using SAP S4 Hana
  • Monitor project budgets and prepare status reports
  • Ensure project deliverables meet specifications and capture lessons learned
  • Support tooling design and manufacturing capacity projects
  • Generate proposal documents and other artifacts for production operations

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision coverage
  • Flexible work arrangements (e.g., 4x10 schedules)
  • 401(k) match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Education assistance programs
  • Life and disability insurance options
Full Job Description
Standard Job Description

Position Summary

This Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating capital-project activities across the Intermediate Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) line of business, ensuring ideas are captured, proposals are vetted, and projects progress on schedule and within budget. This role will be part of the PAC-3 munitions acceleration and proposals team and will include ancillary responsibilities supporting those activities.

Primary Responsibilities - Managing Capital Projects
  • Idea Capture & Evaluation: Develop and maintain a systematic process for gathering capital-project ideas from all functional areas. Conduct preliminary feasibility reviews and prioritize concepts based on ROI, risk, and strategic alignment.
  • Project Initiation & Documentation: Work with project owners to complete Capital Expenditure Requests (CERs), ensuring all required data (cost estimate, schedule, resources, impact) is provided. Verify that submissions meet corporate standards and obtain necessary approvals before kickoff.
  • Schedule & Status Management: Maintain a centralized project-tracking database (SAP S4 Hana). Send regular reminders and hold weekly status meetings to confirm that project owners submit timely updates. Produce executive-level status reports (milestones, earned value, risks, issues) for senior leadership review.
  • Financial Oversight: Monitor project budgets, track expenditures, and flag variances. Prepare status reports and support capital-budget reviews.
  • Project Close-out: Verify that deliverables meet design specifications and performance criteria. Ensure assets are property capitalized in our ERP system. Capture lessons learned and update standard operating procedures and knowledge base.

Secondary Responsibilities - Munitions Acceleration & Proposals
  • Munitions Acceleration Support: Support the design, fabrication, and maintenance of manufacturing tooling. Support capacity projects including make-buy and make-where transitions.
  • Proposal Support: Support the generation of various proposal artifacts for production operations including make/buy plans, manufacturing engineering statements of work (MESOWs), trade studies, Basis of Estimates (BOEs).


Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering (or related field).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary projects and use project-management tools
  • Strong understanding of manufacturing processes (machining, assembly, additive manufacturing), CAD tools, and DFMA principles.
  • Excellent oral and written communication; able to prepare clear status reports and executive presentations.
  • Ability to obtain a secret clearance


Desired Skills

  • Demonstrated proficiancy in SAP, Windchill, and MPM Link
  • Current active secret clearance
  • Lean / Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification
  • Current enrollment or completion of a masters degree
  • Experience creating proposal documents; make or buy plans, manufacturing engineering statements of work, trade studies, basis of estimates
  • Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience


Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $104900.00 - $194700.00

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
  • For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

About Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products. It also provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems and Global Services, and Space Systems. Lockheed Martin was formed in 1995 from the merger of Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta. In September 2008, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired Aculight Corporation. In January 2009, it completed its acquisition of Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. (UNITECH). In August 2009, it completed its acquisition of Gyrocam Systems LLC (Gyrocam). Gyrocam develops and supplies gyrostabilized optical surveillance systems and sustainment field services, principally to the United States military. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, a unit of the Company's Electronic Systems business area, would manage the Gyrocam business.

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Net Income
$6.8 billion
Founded
1995
5 Year Trend
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Revenue
$65.3 billion
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