At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics we are committed to shaping the future of aviation! Our Aeronautics Supply Chain team is passionate about delivering innovative, affordable, and agile solutions that exceed our customer’s expectations. The supply chain team touches every product and service we deliver and enables our customers to do the impossible every day. At Aero, we leverage problem solving, creativity, and data to tackle the most exciting challenges in the industry. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

Who You Are A PE is a member of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) team that LM Aeronautics uses to minimize disruptions to the supply chain by providing “in the field” oversight of supplier technical execution. Daily activities include working with supplier personnel to resolve technical challenges, prioritize components through manufacturing, validating the status of the deliverable parts and providing detailed status to LM procurement/Programs, preparing plans to reduce/prevent shortages, identifying risks in the supply chain, and developing risk mitigation plans to minimize the potential impact to LM.

This is a Procurement Engineering (PE) field support position to be assigned to the Los Angeles Region in support of, but not limited to, the IFG/AMMM Programs as a Supplier Performance Procurement Engineering Integrator. The PE will be responsible for providing onsite support at various airframe and major system suppliers in U.S. Domestic Locations (Assignments may vary in multiple Geographic regions). Approximately 90% of the PEs time will be spent at a Lockheed Martin (LM) supplier facility.

What You Will Be Doing Candidates should understand aircraft component manufacturing production processes as they relate to machined part fabrication, composite layup, Aircraft System components and general manufacturing with 5th Generation as well as Legacy Programs Tooling Methodology. The candidate should be a self-starter that is capable of analyzing supplier processes and developing improvement plans in collaboration with personnel from both the supplier and LM. The candidate will regularly collaborate across multiple functions (within LM and at the supplier facility), including Leadership, production, procurement, quality, and engineering, in order to expedite parts/assemblies that are required to support each of the LM Aeronautics Lines of Business (LOB) and deployed aircraft sustainment.

The success of the person in this position will greatly depend on his/her ability to communicate clearly and effectively with Manufacturing & Production Engineering & Control, & Supplier personnel at varying levels of an organization. The candidate should have strong interpersonal skills and be able to build relationships quickly with multiple stakeholders.

What’s In It For You: Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy: • Medical • Dental • 401k • Paid time off • Work/life balance • Career development • Mentorship opportunities • Rewards & recognition

The work scope of this position will require the candidate to live in or near the assigned Regional designation with the ability to respond to frequent travel demands. Travel will primarily be focused within North America U.S. domestic, however, may occasional travel Internationally to support demands.

Must be a U.S. citizen or legally authorized to work in the U.S. as a permanent resident

AeroSCM Desired skills Project management experience working with a prime supplier or major sub-tier supplier within the aerospace/defense industry

Knowledge in one or more of the following:

- Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) - International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - Lockheed Martin Acquisition Procedures (LMAP) - Product Data Management (PDM) - JSF Data Library (JDL) - Quality Assurance Document System (QADS) - Shop floor Manager (SFM) - Design Engineering Change Management; to include PDM / ECN release processes - Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing - Scheduling with a familiarity of aerospace manufacturing and fabrication processes

Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 7 years of professional experience; or 5 years of professional experience