We are seeking a highly experienced Engineering Project Manager to lead and manage new efforts within the Air Mobility, Maritime & Mission (AMMM) platform for USAF and Core Services. As the USAF and Core Services EPM, you will provide technical leadership, direction, and strategy for the Line of Business Engineering organization and serve as the primary Engineering interface to the Program Management team, responsible for delivering complex system development products and solutions.
What You Will Be Doing
As the USAF and Core Services Engineering Project Manager, your responsibilities will include:
- Develop innovative and scalable design approaches to maintain agility and flexibility across the development program.
- Respond to and support production issues, shortages, and challenges, driving rapid engineering disposition to protect line flow and delivery commitments.
- Partner with the Production Operations organization and Quality to resolve manufacturing and build concerns and prevent recurrence.
- Serve as the point of contact to Program Management and senior engineering leadership and act as the key engineering interface for the product across the other organizations.
- Maintain full awareness of your product/system’s health and performance across the complete lifecycle, from development through production/kit and into the field.
- Drive planning, technical performance measures, and trade studies across all engineering teams to meet contract cost, schedule, and technical requirements.
- Drive and manage technical risk and opportunity and report E&T performance metrics.
- Oversee supplier engineering/development activities and provide Technical Supplier and GFE oversight.
- Develop and lead Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and develop strategies to address anticipated technical issues.
- Collaborate with integrated engineering on contract execution, staffing, tools, and processes, and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) technical baseline.
- Complete all Earned Value Management (EVM) assigned duties, including work authorization requests, estimate-at-complete reviews, schedule status, variance reporting, and proposal tasks.
Role Classification — Engineering Project Manager (EPM)
The Engineering Project Manager (EPM) is accountable for overall engineering technical, cost, and schedule performance on a specific program and provides the primary Engineering & Technology (E&T) interface with the Program Management (PM) Office and Customer for all programmatic items. The EPM is responsible for the identification and closure of technical issues and for meeting or exceeding all technical commitments made to the program. The EPM tracks Estimate-to-Complete / Earned Value Management (ETC/EVM) metrics to monitor program performance and identify technical or staffing risks while managing cost and schedule, ensures the requirements baseline is documented, tracked, maintained, and verified, and establishes and tracks key Technical Performance Measures (TPMs).
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (e.g., Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic) with 12 years of experience.
- Experience leading a cross-functional organization
- Must be a U.S. Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access; must be eligible for a Secret clearance.
Desired Skills
- C-130 technical domain knowledge such as Software, Avionics, Aircraft, or Vehicle Systems.
- Experience leading the development of a new and/or modified development program from concept through qualification and test.
- Demonstrated understanding of program planning and management of complex program issues.
- Experience reporting program progress to executive leadership.
- Experience with Supplier and Sub Contract Management.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work with a diverse, cross-capability team.
- Ability to provide team oversight of Technical Supplier and Sub-Contract Management / GFE Management.
- Demonstrated communication skills — written, verbal, and presentation — to effectively communicate business cases.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate technical planning across a broad range of stakeholders.
- Risk and Opportunity management experience.
- EVMS / Control Account Manager (CAM) experience.
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira & Confluence).
- Knowledge of the AMMM product development process; leading through vision and values.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $158700.00 - $294700.00
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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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, such as Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronic Engineering
- 12 years of professional experience
- Experience leading a cross-functional organization
- U.S. citizenship
- Eligibility for a Secret security clearance
- C-130 technical domain knowledge in software, avionics, aircraft, or vehicle systems
- Experience leading new or modified development programs from concept through qualification and test
- Understanding of complex program planning and management
- Experience reporting program progress to executive leadership
- Supplier and subcontract management experience
- Experience providing technical supplier, subcontract, and GFE oversight
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience coordinating technical planning across diverse stakeholders
- Risk and opportunity management experience
- EVMS or Control Account Manager experience
- Experience with Jira and Confluence
- Knowledge of the AMMM product development process
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