Job ID: 684395BR Date posted: Jan. 28, 2025 Program: Handling & Transportation
Description:The coolest jobs on this planet… or any other… are with Lockheed Martin Space.

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more— we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision.

We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

What does this role look like?

The Fleet Ballistic Missile Program is seeking a Handling & Transportation Associate Manager to join our mission at the Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (SWFLANT) in Kings Bay, GA!

For over 60 years, the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) team has supported the Navy’s mission to provide affordable and credible strategic defense. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure.

The FBM Program is experiencing significant growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers while maintaining the technical requirements of the strategic deterrence.

FBM is a reliable program that has been a part of the United States for over 60 years with many years to come. As we enter the next phase of FBM there are large opportunities for growth and career development.

As a part of the FBM team, we can build, replenish, & modernize this crucial national asset with today’s tools & technology to benefit the world, the nation, our states, and our communities!

The Handling & Transportation Associate Manager is responsible for hourly represented and salaried employees in the Handling and Transportation area. This position will supervise and hourly represented Ordnance Handlers who deliver the components at SWFLANT, including the Trident II D5 Missile.

In this role will offer you the following daily responsibilities:

• Safety, mission success for technical and schedule objectives.
• Leadership and team building, and developing and maintaining customer interfaces.
• Frequent communications with associate contractors and US Navy customer representatives.
• Manage activities in all areas of SWFLANT in support of the D5 program requirements.
• Additional responsibilities for the LM involvement in all SSGN activities.
• Furnish management systems to achieve effective Handling and Transportation operations required by special weapons ordnance publications and other DOD/Navy nuclear weapons requirements.


Please note that this position does NOT support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in Kings Bay, GA, and will be expected to work in the office.
Basic Qualifications:
To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

• Successful and demonstrated prior/current supervision of personnel or leading teams of personnel.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with internal and external customers. Experience with inspections or audits.

• Experience with military procedural disciplines. Specialized weapons or special warfare preferred.

• You will need to be a US Citizen (no dual citizens), and be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD
TOP SECRET clearance, to support this government contract, as well as successfully pass a drug and background check, in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Please note:

No clearance is required to apply but an Interim clearance is needed prior to start.

• Obtain and maintain eligibility for access into the Navy’s Personnel Reliability Program (PRP).
Desired Skills:
To be effective, ideally, you should also have:

• Thorough knowledge of SWOP requirements for processing Trident II hardware.
• Thorough knowledge of equipment, training, and processing techniques used for the trident II hardware.
• Working knowledge of DHB and MTF requirements and techniques.
• 10 Years proven leadership experience with proven results, process monitor, ordnance handling team member, and nuclear safety representative.
• Knowledge of SWFLANT technical program requirements and good working relationships with FBM missile/re-entry body/support equipment technical community.
• Track record of sustained drive and energy to meet the rigors of special weapons processing work. Bias toward action/closure. Ability to use metrics and other means to critically assess organization, measure performance, and take corrective action.
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills, with an ability to deliver effective presentations.
• Effective interpersonal skills and team builder.
• Experience leading hourly represented personnel in a collective bargaining unit environment.

PLEASE NOTE-Other important information:

• By applying to this role, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities, within Lockheed Martin, 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.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Benefits of Employment:

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.

Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s competitive and comprehensive benefits package here.


At Space we value your skills, training, and education. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and visionary thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours as a Lockheed Martin Space employee… join us to experience your future!
Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: Top Secret
Other Important Information You Should Know
Expression of Interest: 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.
Ability to Work Remotely: Onsite Full-time: The work associated with this position will be performed onsite at a designated Lockheed Martin facility.
Work Schedules: 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.
Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week
Lockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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.
Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They’re dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.

As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin’s vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers’ toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the U.S., and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Management
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First