Job Details

Job Description

Location: Greenville SC

What You Will Be Doing
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to oversee all paint activities within our manufacturing and sustainment operations. The ideal candidate will ensure that painting activities consistently meet the highest standards of safety, quality, schedule, and cost efficiency IAW LM manufacturing Operation System (MOS). This role requires fostering a culture of continuous improvement and a strong emphasis on Foreign Object Damage (FOD) prevention, driving operational excellence and adherence to best practices across all processes.

Key Responsibilities
• Provide strategic and hands-on oversight of all painting activities, ensuring strict adherence to safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives. Lead by example, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Efficiently assign daily tasks to direct reports, ensuring clear communication, effective execution, timely completion, and accurate management of employee payroll actions.
• Guarantee the precision and promptness of all aircraft documentation, ensuring compliance with regulatory and company standards.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process enhancements to improve quality, schedule adherence, and cost efficiency while championing a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Strengthen and uphold a culture that prioritizes and embraces Foreign Object Damage (FOD) prevention, implementing best practices and training to mitigate risks.
• Ensure all employees' training and certifications are current and compliant with industry standards while participating in enhancing a robust training program to optimize a skilled and competent workforce.
• Drive the continuous improvement and development of technical competencies, talent, and performance within the team while mentoring and coaching team members to ensure an agile, versatile, and highly capable workforce.
• Lead and implement continuous improvement initiatives within manufacturing processes while streamlining operations to enhance efficiency and productivity.

Who You Are
You're an experienced aviation leader with exceptional interpersonal skills and a proven ability to excel in fast-paced environments, prioritizing tasks strategically, upholding the highest standards of safety and compliance, fostering teamwork, driving exceptional results through continuous learning and professionalism, and inspiring others to reach their full potential.

At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, we're taking innovation to the next level. From designing the most advanced air vehicle to designing aircraft that defies gravity, our engineers live on the cutting edge of technology.

Greenville, SC
This position is in Greenville, SC Discover Greenville.

Basic Qualifications

Candidate must have 5 years' experience in the Aviation, Aerospace, or related industry.

Candidate must have two-year degree or 4 years of leadership experience with no degree.

Proficient with interpreting aircraft drawings and technical data.

Experience with Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, Power Point)

Desired skills

Aircraft Paint leadership experience with low observable coatings.

- F-16 aircraft coating experience.

- C-130 aircraft Coatings.

- Lean Concepts Greenbelt certified.

- Basic understanding of tools, machines, systems, and processes typically used in coating of aircraft surfaces.

- Working knowledge of Earned Value Management, SAP, or similar systems

- Previous Employee Training and development experience.

- Effective communication experience both orally and written.

- Self-starter, able to follow directions, versatile, can quickly adjust as situations warrant

- Experience forecasting manpower.

- Experience with employee recruitment and selection process.

EEO

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

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At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs, and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

Other Important Information

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $77,700 - $136,965. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(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.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $89,300 - $154,905. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information 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 and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.