Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineering Specialist Company: Lockheed Martin Job Category: SAP PP Roles & Responsibilities: The Manufacturing Engineer will serve as a key link between design, production, and quality functions. This role is responsible for supporting production, translating product designs into manufacturable, cost‑effective processes while ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement. The candidate will lead process design, tooling development, capacity planning, and plant layout project work, using data‑driven analysis, and Lean Six Sigma principles. Performs in a collaborative environment to develop and implement manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, fabrication, and material handling. Drives adoption of new technologies and processes (automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing software, etc.) to achieve greater efficiency, cost reduction and quality improvement. Creates and analyzes 3D based model data environment to optimize manufacturing process and digital work instructions. Leverages understanding of materials and automatic processes to define operations procedures and build sequences to drive operational excellence. Evaluates performance (including IoT devices, etc.) of equipment and tools to verify their efficiency and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure operational excellence. Leverages factory data to develop statistical process control approaches and integrates reporting and data analytics solutions for continuous improvement. Provides input to product design regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques. Core responsibilities: Process Design \& Implementation * Apply Six Sigma, Kaizen, and other methodologies * Identify waste, reduce cycle time, improve throughput * Lead Define/Measure/Analyze/Improve/Control(DMAIC) projects with measurable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). * Utilize Automation Technologies to streamline production processes * Stay updated on industry trens and new manufacturing technologies * Identify and commission tooling and fixtures required to support production * Ensure supporting equipment calibration based on production needs. * Conduct capacity analysis * Recommend plant layout changes * Support new equipment installation * Evaluate line balancing and takt time alignment. Root Cause and Corrective Action Implementation * Perform Structured root cause analysis on production defects and implement corrective action * Troubleshoot daily production issues to minimize downtime Quality \& Compliance Support * Train production staff on new procedures and equipment * Develop training materials and conduct workshops Work Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada Availability: Full time

Basic Qualifications ------------------------ * Design production processes * Determine equipment and tooling requirements Required Skills, Qualification and experience Education * Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field * Master’s degree is considered a plus. Experience Desired Skills, qualifications Key Skills: Capacity Planning Salary: Not disclosed