Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor - F-35 Program

8 months ago
Employment Information

JOB ID: 665016BR

Date posted: Apr. 17, 2024


Description:

We are Lockheed Martin



Our products play an important role in the national security of the United States and more than 70 other countries, ensuring peace and stability around the world. Highly trained and specialized personnel and facilities are key to the company's unrivaled success in the aeronautics industry. Our workforce of more than 30,000 has pre-eminent expertise in advanced aircraft design and production, modification and support, stealth technology and systems integration.

F-35 Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor assigned to NAS Patuxent River’s F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF). Provides full spectrum leadership to the ITF’s Flight Test Maintenance department represented personnel deployed to NAS Patuxent River.

Provides close coordination directly with the ITF’s Maintenance Managers for all maintenance activities associated with the leadership and management of personnel and resources. Specifically, this includes providing technical direction, personnel actions such as performance recognition, employee recruitment, staffing, and disciplinary actions for hourly personnel.

Scope of responsibilities include delivering detailed aircraft maintenance planning for F-35 aircraft and support equipment.
  • Manages general services, repairs, and overhauls of F-35 aircraft and aircraft engines to ensure that aircraft are in good mechanical condition and safe for flight.
  • Ensures good housekeeping and safety practices are enforced for the Development Foundation Contract (DFC).
  • Directs periodic inspections and general repairs or modifications requiring replacement and assembly of parts. Provides technical assistance as required.
  • Creates and assign work-orders in the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS).
  • Assists in signing the aircraft exceptional release off and verifying aircraft are safe for flight.
  • Must be able to climb stairs, ramps, ladders, and work stands, working at heights with fall protection devices. May be required to lift up to 50 pounds and carry for short distances.
  • Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.
  • Must be deployable to US Naval vessels and throughout the continental US.
  • Must be flexible to support 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shifts and weekend duty.

Selected candidate will be integral to test planning and coordination with Test Operations, Flight Operations, Air Vehicle Engineering, Logistics, Safety, Quality & Mission Success, GFR/Aviation Performance Team and NAS Patuxent River base agencies. Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

A level 3 employee

Typically has 5 - 10 years

of professional experience.

**Must be a US Citizen. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.**
Engineering Aeronautics

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


Basic Qualifications:


  • Fighter Aircraft Maintenance experience (F-35, F-22, F- 15, F-16, F-18, etc.)
  • Leadership experience
  • Experience in modification and test of aircraft and associated systems
  • Experience with Aircraft Ground Operations Procedures and Aviation Safety

Desired Skills:


  • F-35 aircraft maintenance experience preferred
  • Quality Assurance experience
  • Flight Test experience
  • Experience managing in a Union environment
  • Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) experience
  • Flight line and intermediate aircraft maintenance experience

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.
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:

AERONAUTICS COMPANY

Relocation Available:

Possible

Career Area:

Management

Type:

Full-Time

Shift:

Second

At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.

Mission-Focused Innovation: From aerospace to outer space to cyber space, you can solve the world's most complex challenges for our customers.

Foundational Values: Our culture of performance excellence, ethics, teamwork and inclusion is embedded in everything we do.

Diverse Career Opportunities with Meaningful Work: Grow your career and skills for life. Our technology-driven learning platforms and programs enable your development and agility.

Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life: Our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

Empowered to Be Your Best: Use your strengths to make a difference in the lives of one another, our customers, our communities and our planet.

Commitment to Sustainability: We foster innovation, integrity and security to preserve the environment, strengthen diverse communities and propel growth.

Here, the possibilities are endless because we offer:

Flexible Schedules, dependent on role
Levels: Student, Entry, Mid, Senior, Management
Locations: Nationwide & OCONUS Positions

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