You will be the Manufacturing Associate Manager for the Production Operations Team. Our team is responsible for delivering high‑quality products while driving continuous improvement in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Manufacturing Associate Manager you will be responsible for leading supervisors, support staff, and manufacturing technicians to meet safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals.
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Recruiting, selecting, training, and developing team members.
Managing performance assessments, work assignments, cross‑training, and recognition/disciplinary actions.
Collaborating with cross‑functional partners (engineering, quality, planning, maintenance, ESH) to execute core metrics. Driving a continuous‑improvement mindset and cultivating a high‑performing work environment. Ensuring customer requirements and business objectives are consistently met.

Why Join Us

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus. If you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

Further Information About This Opportunity:

This position is in Grand Prairie, TX.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education
Experience in a manufacturing or production environment
- Previous leadership experience
Appropriate acumen to successfully interact with Program Senior Management, Sr. Management, HR, and Union Leadership.
Demonstrated skills in team building and leading.
- Ability to obtain US Government-issued Secret Security Clearance. Desired skills are additional skills that are nice to have and help narrow down a qualified candidate pool

Desired Skills

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) experience Proficient in SAP
Greenbelt Certification
Knowledge of CBA and interaction with Union Leadership
Experience in: First line supervision Collective Bargaining Agreement Programmatic/Operations cost and estimating Driving continuous improvement/cost reduction activities

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $89100.00 - $165500.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow-both professionally and personally.

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.

Job ID

996476172824

Security Clearance

SECRET

About Lockheed Martin

The F-35, PAC-3, and the GOES weather satellite...What do all of these technologies have in common? Talented people, our employees are the core of our business here at Lockheed Martin. As the leading global security, aerospace and information technology company-and the largest provider of IT services, systems integration & training to the U.S. government-we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

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