Program & Planning Coordinator - Early Career

Job ID: 673314BR Date posted: Aug. 15, 2024
Description:By bringing together people that use their passion for purposeful innovation, at Lockheed Martin we 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 development and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a health, fulfilling life at and outside of work. At Lockheed Martin, we place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering innovation, integrity, and exemplifying the epitome of corporate responsibility.

Your Mission is Ours.

The Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) Program is excited to add a new member to our Operations & Sustainment (O&S) team. The O&S organization mission is to lead NGI Integration with the GMD Weapon System, lead planning and execution of field operations and sustainment (including support equipment design and development) and manage internal operations including program infrastructure and other key enablers (Security, Classified Cyber, IT, DE/1LMX).

The ideal candidate will have effective cross collaboration skills including coordinating across multiple sites, POCs and leaders to work tasks and close actions. Must be comfortable working in an environment where priorities can change in an instant. Candidate should be a strong team player; pro-actively reaching out when guidance is needed and constantly keep projects/products moving forward and evolving to meet program needs. This role is ideal for those looking to get exposure to a broad range of engineering efforts and disciplines. This is a rare opportunity to gain experience working a program that will transition from a development to a production environment. These responsibilities will help build foundational project and program management skills.

The responsibilities of the O&S Program and Planning Coordinator are:
• Support leadership and planning lead to help develop and maintain an O&S Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). Will coordinate and close on actions, run reports and present to teams and leadership as needed.

• Assume ownership of key meetings - managing charts, scheduling and agenda. Includes chart coordination for critical Program Management and Program Status Reviews.

• Manage and track O&S actions, including tracking in action item tool and driving to closure.

• Data management and consolidation in Teams/Sharepoint to ensure logical organization of key documents and data.

• Support and manage key O&S events, includes all aspects of planning and logistics.

• Support leadership to manage O&S Business Rhythm, working with all leads and PMs to keep up to date on a regular basis.

• Work special projects as required.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Aeronautical, etc.), or Business Admin.

Experience with MS Office Tools (Excel)

Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
Desired Skills:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Willingness to learn new skills
Detail-oriented
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: 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: 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.
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.
Experience Level: 4 yr and up College
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Program Management
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First