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Flight Line Associate Manager - Level 4

  2026-04-09     Lockheed Martin Corporation     Greenville,SC  
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Job Description

As the Flight Line Associate Manager at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Greenville, South Carolina, you will play a critical role in overseeing all aspects of flight line operations.
From managing personnel and schedules to ensuring compliance with safetyregulations and customer specifications, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring seamless and efficient flight line activities.

With a focus on leadership, development, and performance management, you'll lead a growing team of professionals to achieve operational excellence and uphold the highest standards of quality and safety. If you're ready to take on this challenging and rewarding role in aviation operations, we invite you to join us and be part of a team that's shaping the future of aerospace technology.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a growing team of 30 professionals, fostering growth, teamwork, and high performance.

- Coordinate and oversee all flight line activities, including Fuel Skid operations, Green Run procedures, and aircraft delivery processes.

- Plan and manage staffing levels, schedules, and resources to meet operational demands and customer requirements.

- Ensure strict adherence to safety protocols, aviation regulations, and company policies throughout all flight line operations.

- Implement quality control measures to maintain high standards of performance and customer satisfaction.

- Develop and implement training programs for flight line personnel, ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, and safety regulations.

- Foster a culture of collaboration, teamwork, and open communication within the flight operations team and across departments.

- Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide feedback, and recognize achievements to motivate and engage team members.

Basic Qualifications

Minimum of 10 years of experience in aviation operations, with at least 5 years in a supervisory or managerial role.

Flight line experience with legacy aircraft's maintenance and modification.

Desired skills

Fighter Aircraft Experience; F-16
manufacturing experience.

Working knowledge of LM Manufacturing
Systems including, QADs, PDM, SFM, and EWI.

Familiarity with Flight Line aircraft
maintenance, safety processes.

Strong communication skills, verbal and
written.

Experience with LM organizational environment
to include production engineering,
manufacturing engineering, production control,
and industrial engineering

Comfortable and effective at holding self and
others accountable

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office S/W

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 $95,000 - $167,440. 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 $109,200 - $189,290. 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.


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