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Flight Completion Mgr - L5

Lockheed Martin

Palmdale, CAFull-time$123–229K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$123–229K/yr
Location
Palmdale, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, required

Job overview

The Flight Completion Manager supervises aircraft interior completion, including sub-assemblies, avionics, mechanics, and production sites. The role ensures compliance with customer, engineering, and FAA specifications and regulations, and oversees subordinate employee recruitment, selection, training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition or disciplinary actions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Production Operations Leadership, requiredAircraft Structure Assembly, requiredComposite Assembly, requiredSystems Installation, requiredWorkforce Development, requiredProject Management, requiredManufacturing Experience, nice to haveManufacturing Startup, nice to haveCAM, nice to haveLean Manufacturing, nice to haveOrganizational Skills, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveCross-Functional Team Leadership, nice to have

Qualifications

Secret Clearance Eligibility, required5+ Years Manufacturing Experience or Equivalent Education, nice to haveTechnical Degree, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Standard Job Description

Supervises the interior completion of aircraft to include sub-assemblies, avionics, mechanics, and aircraft production sites. Ensures customer, engineering, and FAA specifications and regulations are met. Responsible for coordinating subordinate employee recruitment, selection and training, performance assessment, work assignments, salary, and recognition/disciplinary actions.

What’s In It For You:

  • We offer flexible work schedules to comprehensive benefits investing in your future and security, Learn more about Lockheed Martin’s comprehensive benefits package here.

  • Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus -if you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Further Information About This Opportunity

Palmdale, CA

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/careers/locations/palmdale-california.html

Basic Qualifications

  • Experience Leading in a Production Operations Environment.

  • Experience with Aircraft Structure Assembly, Composite Assembly and Systems Installation.

  • Experience with Workforce Development (employee recruitment, hiring &/or development)

  • Project Management Experience.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Desired Skills

  • 5+ years of manufacturing experience or equivalent education

  • Technical degree

  • Experience with Manufacturing start up

  • CAM Trained

  • Lean Manufacturing Exposure and Deployment

  • Strong organizational and communication skills to effectively lead cross-functional teams

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $123400.00 - $229200.00

At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.

The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.

  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.

  • For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 653 open Manufacturing Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$123–229K/yr
  • California median$123–175K/yr41 salary ranges
  • US median$108–154K/yr358 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $176K, is 16% above the California median midpoint ($152K) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 47 open Manufacturing Manager jobs in California and 653 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Manufacturing Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (529 postings).
Education
207 of the 653 open Manufacturing Manager jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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