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Associate Manager, Hangar Flight Operations

NAS Pax River, Maryland

Job ID: 575620BR Date posted: Nov. 17, 2021 Locations: NAS Pax River, MarylandProgram: CH-53K COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security.

As directed by Executive Order 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, all current and newly hired employees, in the United States, are required to be fully vaccinated by January 18, 2022.
Description:The CH-53K Hangar Associate Manager is responsible for managing flight line and hangar operations at the customer's facility in Pax River, MD. The Flight Line Manager leads a team of supervisors and aircraft maintenance technicians who prepare the CH-53K aircraft for upcoming flight tests on a daily basis.

Aircraft preparation includes routine maintenance as well as modification/upgrade projects. This role is also responsible for all accompanying support equipment and materials and maintenance management programs.

Job responsibilities include the following:

• Planning and executing department activities necessary to meet the goals of the department and company in accordance with established objectives, standards, and metrics.
• Meeting or exceeding business and program commitments for aircraft readiness, cost, schedule, and performance.
• Managing resource requirements to ensure customer demand is met.
• Leading by example to ensure applicable product quality, product safety, and workplace environmental, safety, and health requirements are met.
• Creating a work place environment where quality improvement tools are used effectively to achieve “world class” operations and enterprise excellence objectives.
• Interfacing with various functional and organizational leadership to ensure requirements are understood, met, or exceeded.
• Interfacing with human resources and union representatives on personnel and grievance issues.
• Interfacing with DoD personnel regarding onsite operations in Pax River.
• Managing department expense budget and flight line support equipment capital planning.
• Ensuring compliance with company and department policies and procedures.
• Coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions.

Basic Qualifications:
Appropriate degree from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education, with professional experience and specialized training commensurate with assignment.

• Must possess 10+ years of prior experience in an aircraft maintenance or manufacturing operations environment.
• Must possess general aviation knowledge.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and autonomously; prioritize based on company and customer demands. Self-starter who is resourceful and takes initiative. Capable of working efficiently and effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interface with all levels of the organization, customers, and governmental oversight organizations.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to deliver effective presentations internally to all levels of the organization and customers
• Must be customer focused and a team player.
• Must be enthusiastic with a positive outlook and possess a “can-do” work ethic.
• Must be able to establish and maintain productive working relationships.
• Must be able to work in small/large teams.
• Personal flexibility is required to support unusual working hours, extended work hours, and weekends.

Additional Information:

Work will be performed at the customer's facility in Patuxent River, MD. While working at Pax River, Sikorsky employees must follow operating procedures as established by the customer which include:

• Must be a US citizen.
• Must currently have and/or be capable of obtaining a security clearance.
• Must currently have or be capable of successfully completing an NCIC criminal background check to access Pax NAS.
• Must currently have or be capable of obtaining full unescorted access Pax NAS.
• Must have a valid photo ID (driver's license + social security card or birth certificate OR US passport).
• Must have valid driver's license/vehicle insurance to drive on base at Pax NAS.

This position is dependent upon the anticipated duration of the CH-53K helicopter flight test program through final operational capability, currently planned no earlier than August 2023*. At the conclusion of the CH-53K flight test program, the employee may be offered the opportunity to relocate to the RMS Sikorsky West Palm Beach facility to support future flight test programs, pending business conditions.

• Based on test plan schedule.

This position is a 1st shift position but successful candidate must be willing to work any shift.
Desired Skills:

• Experience in airfield logistics and/or flight test, especially rotary-wing aircraft.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and energize the team.
• Demonstrated effective conflict resolution skills.
• Project management experience.
• Prior leadership experience; preferably leading hourly bargaining unit associates.
• Ability to effectively lead and manage aircraft modification and maintenance operations and achieve quality, schedule and cost objectives in a union environment. 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 weekClearance Level: None 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. 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 ProfessionalBusiness Unit: RMSRelocation Available: NoCareer Area: Manufacturing Type: Full-Time Shift: First