Lockheed Martin is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer Sr. for a position in Arlington, TX to support the Program Production Engineering team. The focus of this role is to support proposal activities for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Manufacturing Engineering team. This includes assisting with the coordination of all Production Operations proposal activities during the entire life cycle of the proposal. Activities include, but are not limited to, creating the Manufacturing Engineering Statement of Work, supporting the estimation of required effort (labor, tooling, travel) for manufacturing engineering, documenting basis of estimate, and timely submission of estimates. This requires communicating with the contract manager to relay information to the manufacturing team and manufacturing site support personnel, collaborating with multiple disciplines to collect data, build estimates, and submit documents on timely manner, participates in pricing reviews with management and customer representatives and support the creation of a Tangible Item List (TIL). Communication is critical in this role as coordination between multiple facilities across the country is required as well as the ability to work several concurrent proposals to aggressive schedules all while keeping key stakeholders routinely informed.
Ability to obtain a security clearance
Process improvement experience
Knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles
SAP application experience
Proficient in MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
Demonstrated presentation skills
Ability to build positive relationships with the customer
Effective interpersonal skills, including team building and collaboration
Demonstrated effective communication skills including verbal, listening, technical writing and presentations
Manufacturing background Bachelors or higher degree in an engineering discipline
SAP Experience
Government Proposal experience
Proposal experience including material estimates
PTC Windchill
Make-Smart Software
Process Flow creation
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $85300.00 - $158300.00
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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
- Ability to obtain a security clearance
- Process improvement experience
- Knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles
- SAP application experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Demonstrated presentation skills
- Ability to build positive customer relationships
- Effective interpersonal, team-building, and collaboration skills
- Effective verbal, listening, technical writing, and presentation communication skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering discipline with a manufacturing background
- Government proposal experience
- Proposal experience involving material estimates
- PTC Windchill experience
- Make-Smart Software experience
- Process flow creation experience
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