Kings Bay Base, Georgia, USA
4 days ago
Program Planner, Missile Team
Job ID: 683059BR Date posted: Dec. 18, 2024 Program: Fleet Ballistic Missile Program
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As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills, talents and experiences to design and build solutions to some of the world’s hardest engineering problems. Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to envision the impossible, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus—if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

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.

Learn about the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile.


What does this role look like?



The Program Plans and Requirements (PP&R) team is primarily a group of Integrated Program Planners and Software Engineers tasked with a broad responsibility to ensure the United States and United Kingdom submarine fleets are supported by missile and reentry production. As a member of the PP&R Missile Team, you will be leading the way for establishing LE2 processing requirements and integrating long-range missile production plans and material requirements across FBM modernization programs.



In this role, you will be part of the PP&R team, with responsibilities including, but not limited to:



• Evaluating the US Strategic Programs Operational Schedule Estimate (SPOSE) and UK Joint Programme Requirement (JPR) documents to determine fleet requirements
• Coordinate with customers and stakeholders across the program to detail requirements, planning factors, groundrules, and program plans in order to develop a missile production program baseline
• Utilize custom software to generate production master schedules, directives, and contract requirements
• Support customer requests for detailed analyses, including What-Ifs, SWF Change Directives, and other informal requests
• Act as a change agent for Digital Transformation initiatives throughout the program


The position will require periodic travel.
Although this position does support some teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in Kings Bay, GA, and be expected to work in the office as needed and as appropriate.
Basic Qualifications:
To be effective, you will need to possess these basic qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline with at least 3 years of professional experience, or equivalent experience/combined education
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Open Plan, or comparable scheduling tool
• Experience with Navy customers or DoD production programs
• You will need to be a US Citizen (no dual citizens), and be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD 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.
Desired Skills:
To be effective, ideally, you should also have:

• Active Top Secret clearance
• Ability to concisely present and discuss complex problems with executives and customers
• Experience with data analytics and communication
• Relevant professional certification (Green Belt, PMP, CSM)
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective internal relationships
• Experience providing direct program planning expertise across program components as required
• Experience with continuous improvement or digital transformation initiatives


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.


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Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance Level: 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: Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
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: 9x80 every other Friday off
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.

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Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Program Planning
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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