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Cape Canaveral, FL (On-Site/Office)
Job Number 708087BR
Description:The Associate Manager leads the MILCON and Strategic Projects team, facilitates MILCON projects from requirements development through activation and turnover, coordinates across engineering, construction, and operations, and leads integrated product team (IPT) forums. The candidate coordinates schedule and change control, manages risk and decision tracking, and ensures alignment to program defined requirements with internal and external partners. The role emphasizes program management, IPT leadership, and clear status reporting.
Core Responsibilities
People Leadership
• Oversee hiring and onboarding and manage staffing, capacity, and assignments across MILCON and strategic efforts (workforce planning).
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development; set expectations and coach performance.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that encourages open communication and timely escalation.
Program Governance
• Set the cadence, scope, and quality expectations for design reviews, assign owners for action tracking, ensure SME coverage, and audit closure of submittals and RFIs with A/E and accountable owners.
• Ensure program requirements are represented in A/E reviews, integrate dispositions with operations, safety, and sustainment, and resolve or escalate conflicts.
• Oversee configuration and change workflows, approve change packages, maintain decision and action logs, and confirm baseline updates with the program office.
• Direct maintenance of integrated master schedule (IMS) inputs and interface dependencies, validate handoffs across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning, and remove schedule blockers.
• Oversee support to acquisition timelines by aligning technical inputs and review calendars, and drive stakeholder alignment on requirements, interfaces, and decisions.
Delivery & Execution
• Set expectations and approve IMS sequencing, review schedule health, and ensure alignment to budget and operational constraints.
• Establish IPT cadence and agendas, ensure action owners and due dates are assigned, and hold the team accountable for timely closure and early risk escalation.
• Govern risk, issue, and opportunity management, approve mitigations, and monitor effectiveness.
• Oversee coordination of field activities with operations and sustainment, remove escalated blockers, and confirm corrective actions are verified.
• Direct activation, commissioning, and turnover readiness, and approve acceptance criteria and documentation.
• Provide concise monthly status to senior stakeholders via PMR updates on scope, schedule, cost, risks, and decisions.
Basic Qualifications:
• Demonstrated leadership in an engineering or construction environment (acting lead, task coordination, mentoring) with readiness to step into first line people leadership.
• 5+ years of related experience delivering facilities projects in government, defense, industrial, or commercial settings; post secondary degree or training in a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading IPTs, managing MILCON project schedules, and coordinating A/E and construction deliverables through design reviews, submittals, RFIs, and change control.
• Proven ability to manage integrated schedules, risks, and interfaces and to drive issues to verified closure.
• Strong written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders and cross functional teams.
Desired Skills:
• Familiarity with MILCON processes and stakeholders; knowledge of UFC, USACE/NAVFAC guidance, and applicable codes/standards.
• FBM production/operations experience; familiarity with FBM support equipment and its application.
• Experience with technical source selection, proposal development, and basis of estimate (BOE) reviews.
• Experience planning and leading commissioning/turnover for facilities projects; familiarity with factory/site acceptance testing and readiness reviews.
• Configuration and change control across requirements, baselines, and contract modifications.
• Exposure to earned value management (EVM) and control account management (CAM) practices.
• Proficiency with planning and documentation tools; ability to review BIM/CAD outputs and models (e.g., Revit, Civil 3D, or AutoCAD).
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 employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Facilities
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
Description:The Associate Manager leads the MILCON and Strategic Projects team, facilitates MILCON projects from requirements development through activation and turnover, coordinates across engineering, construction, and operations, and leads integrated product team (IPT) forums. The candidate coordinates schedule and change control, manages risk and decision tracking, and ensures alignment to program defined requirements with internal and external partners. The role emphasizes program management, IPT leadership, and clear status reporting.
Core Responsibilities
People Leadership
• Oversee hiring and onboarding and manage staffing, capacity, and assignments across MILCON and strategic efforts (workforce planning).
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and career development; set expectations and coach performance.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that encourages open communication and timely escalation.
Program Governance
• Set the cadence, scope, and quality expectations for design reviews, assign owners for action tracking, ensure SME coverage, and audit closure of submittals and RFIs with A/E and accountable owners.
• Ensure program requirements are represented in A/E reviews, integrate dispositions with operations, safety, and sustainment, and resolve or escalate conflicts.
• Oversee configuration and change workflows, approve change packages, maintain decision and action logs, and confirm baseline updates with the program office.
• Direct maintenance of integrated master schedule (IMS) inputs and interface dependencies, validate handoffs across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning, and remove schedule blockers.
• Oversee support to acquisition timelines by aligning technical inputs and review calendars, and drive stakeholder alignment on requirements, interfaces, and decisions.
Delivery & Execution
• Set expectations and approve IMS sequencing, review schedule health, and ensure alignment to budget and operational constraints.
• Establish IPT cadence and agendas, ensure action owners and due dates are assigned, and hold the team accountable for timely closure and early risk escalation.
• Govern risk, issue, and opportunity management, approve mitigations, and monitor effectiveness.
• Oversee coordination of field activities with operations and sustainment, remove escalated blockers, and confirm corrective actions are verified.
• Direct activation, commissioning, and turnover readiness, and approve acceptance criteria and documentation.
• Provide concise monthly status to senior stakeholders via PMR updates on scope, schedule, cost, risks, and decisions.
Basic Qualifications:
• Demonstrated leadership in an engineering or construction environment (acting lead, task coordination, mentoring) with readiness to step into first line people leadership.
• 5+ years of related experience delivering facilities projects in government, defense, industrial, or commercial settings; post secondary degree or training in a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading IPTs, managing MILCON project schedules, and coordinating A/E and construction deliverables through design reviews, submittals, RFIs, and change control.
• Proven ability to manage integrated schedules, risks, and interfaces and to drive issues to verified closure.
• Strong written and verbal communication with senior stakeholders and cross functional teams.
Desired Skills:
• Familiarity with MILCON processes and stakeholders; knowledge of UFC, USACE/NAVFAC guidance, and applicable codes/standards.
• FBM production/operations experience; familiarity with FBM support equipment and its application.
• Experience with technical source selection, proposal development, and basis of estimate (BOE) reviews.
• Experience planning and leading commissioning/turnover for facilities projects; familiarity with factory/site acceptance testing and readiness reviews.
• Configuration and change control across requirements, baselines, and contract modifications.
• Exposure to earned value management (EVM) and control account management (CAM) practices.
• Proficiency with planning and documentation tools; ability to review BIM/CAD outputs and models (e.g., Revit, Civil 3D, or AutoCAD).
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 employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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: Experienced Professional
Business Unit: SPACE
Relocation Available: Possible
Career Area: Facilities
Type: Full-Time
Shift: First
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