Project Engineer (strategic Planning And Proposal Lead)

Project Engineer (Strategic Planning And Proposal Lead)

The mission matters. So do the people behind it. With advancing defense technology at our core, what sets us apart is a culture of collaboration, purpose, and impact.

What is the mission?

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.

What does this role look like?

Lockheed Martin (LM) is looking for a dedicated LE2 Reentry Strategic Planning and Proposal Lead to become a member of the Reentry Portfolio Integration (RPI) Office. In this role, you will have numerous opportunities to represent the LE2 Reentry IPT with our Navy partner, LM leadership, and suppliers, with many opportunities for career development along the way. The LE2 Reentry IPT is responsible for the development, manufacture, and management of the Reentry system. As part of our team, you will be responsible for leading a $100M+ proposal that spans the maturation of the Reentry system design from PDR to CDR. In this role, you will lead our team in shaping the prime Request for Proposal and then leading the team in BOEs, Supplier RFPs, and technical volumes. As proposal lead you will be the primary representative for the LE2 Reentry IPT in all proposal efforts and will utilize the Reentry team's expertise in the technical design to shape the proposal response.

In this role will offer you the following daily key responsibilities:

• Lead a team in development of a high profile proposal
• Contribute to new business trade studies
• Enhance cross discipline product development
• Participate in mentorship opportunities and professional development
• Be the proposal interface to FBM management and our Navy counterparts.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of the Long Range Plan and Cost Model
• Support our long-term material planning efforts
• Coordinate with LE2 Missile and Reentry technical teams to align cost model inputs with program schedules
• Assist the Program Manager with program management responsibilities as required
• Will need to travel as required.
• This position does not support teleworking; the preferred candidate will be located near our Lockheed Martin Space facility in either: Denver, CO, Titusville-Space Coast, FL, King of Prussia/Valley Forge, PA, or Sunnyvale, CA and will be expected to work in the office.

To be effective, ideally, you should also have:

• Missile and/or aerospace related education or experience.
• Experience in Government Request For Proposal (RFP) response.
• Engineering background or experience leading an engineering team as a project lead/CAM.
• Experience in areas of cost analysis, schedule, and risk & opportunity management.
• Experience and desire to brief senior LM and Government leaders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated leadership and initiative.
• Understanding of material identification (amount of material we need to procure, generate Bill of Material (BOM)).
• 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.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• 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.

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