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Shop Floor/Production Controller (Manufacturing Operations)

Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin$81,500–$151,300/yrKing of Prussia, PA, United StatesPosted 5d ago
  • Top Secret clearance

About the job

## Role Overview Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Shop Floor/Production Controller to support manufacturing operations in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

You will coordinate production priorities, track work-in-progress, identify potential delays, and communicate status across teams to help hardware move through production on schedule. ## Key Duties / Responsibilities - Track work-in-progress from hardware receipt through completion and delivery. - Support daily and weekly production plans and help teams prioritize work. - Provide hardware progress reports and production status updates to leadership and support organizations. - Coordinate support to resolve production holds and manufacturing issues. - Work with manufacturing, engineering, quality, planning, and leadership teams to address schedule and throughput obstacles. - Identify potential production risks and help address them before they affect operations. - Participate in process improvement and operational excellence initiatives. - Monitor and help reduce idle jobs and stalled work orders. - Track system status and physical hardware locations on the production floor. ## Work Environment This role combines shop-floor presence with computer-based production tracking in a manufacturing environment.

It involves frequent interaction with production, engineering, quality, planning, and leadership teams, along with regular walking, standing, and movement throughout the manufacturing area.

Physical requirements include climbing stairs or ladders and lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds. ## What You’ll Gain - Exposure to manufacturing operations, planning, engineering, and production leadership. - Opportunities to collaborate with technical and operational teams. - The chance to contribute to space and national security missions and support process improvement and operational efficiency. ## About Lockheed Martin Space Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity.

While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more - we can innovate, invest, inspire and integrate our capabilities to transform the future. At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve.

We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Join us in shaping a new era in space and find a career that's built for you. ## To be considered, candidates must meet all requirements listed - Experience in a manufacturing, production, operations, or shop-floor environment. - Experience tracking, coordinating, or managing work orders, production schedules, inventory, hardware, or work-in-progress (WIP). - Ability to communicate production status, coordinate priorities, and raise issues with production, engineering, quality, planning, and leadership teams. - Experience using computer systems or business tools to track production status, schedules, and operational metrics. - Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. - Ability and willingness to work rotating shifts, extended hours, second shifts, and overtime, including weekends, as required to meet production demands. - Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role, including standing, walking, climbing stairs or ladders, and lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds. ## Nice-to-have skills that strengthen candidacy but are not required - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint. - Experience with SAP or other manufacturing and production tracking systems. - Experience supporting process or continuous improvement initiatives. - Familiarity with manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or high-reliability production environments. - Experience with environmental, safety, health, or regulatory requirements. ## Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $81500.00 - $151300.00 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.

From Lockheed Martin's job posting, checked 7 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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