Commercial Graduate - February 2024

About us:

At Lockheed Martin, we apply our passion for purposeful innovation to keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges.  Every day, our employees come to work with one focus – our customers’ missions. Whether it's protecting citizens or advancing the boundaries of science, these missions are some of the most important and challenging in the world.

Our award-winning Lockheed Martin Australia Graduate Development Program is designed to expose you to unique professional and personal learning and development opportunities. Our teams tell us they love coming to work knowing they make a difference – and as an integral part of the team from day 1, you will be contributing to stimulating and ground-breaking projects.

What we offer you: 

At Lockheed Martin we value our team and the contribution they make every day. We offer rewarding career pathways working on interesting projects that make a difference, continuous professional development and the opportunity to learn from a diverse team of talented individuals. In return we offer:
•    Competitive Remuneration
•    We offer genuine work/life flexibility including a 9-day, compacted fortnight (every 2nd Friday off)
•    Membership to Destination Discounts – that saves you money on every day purchases including supermarkets, petrol, department stores to name a few
•    Annual flu vaccinations
•    Salary packaging for car leasing.

From competitive salary package and benefits to training and development opportunities
- we show our appreciation for your skills, ambitions and potential.
 

Our Graduate Development Program Offers:

•    A permanent role with Lockheed Martin
•    A 2-year structured Graduate Development Program
•    On the job training as part of the team working on challenging and interesting projects
•    Offsite training and development days
•    Access to cutting-edge technology and thought leadership
•    A coaching and mentoring program – learn from the best!
•    Forums to engage and network with peers, SME's and senior leadership.

About you:

You will have either completed or completing your tertiary level qualification by December 2023 in a related discipline, typically Commerce or Business Administration, Supply Chain, Law or equivalent, with a sound level of academic achievement.

You will be an eager learner and be excited about the opportunity to work with and learn from the best. You will have outstanding communication skills – both written and verbal and have a flexible approach to managing changing priorities in this fast paced and dynamic environment.
 

The successful applicant should be able to demonstrate:
•    Solutions focus, with commitment to delivering an exceptional standard
•    Proactivity and enthusiasm to see tasks through to completion
•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
•    High levels of attention to detail
•    Good IT, computer skills and willing and able to adapt to new technologies quickly
•    Motivation for continuous learning.

Your responsibilities will include:

As a junior Subcontracts Administrator within Lockheed Martin’s Graduate Development Program, you will work on important and challenging Defence capability acquisition and sustainment projects and assist with the following:

· Development of work statements, specifications and terms and conditions for the procurement of specialised materials, equipment, and services. 

· Preparation of tender packages, bidder conferences, analyses and evaluation of proposals, recommendations for supplier selection; negotiation of subcontract aspects. 

· Build relationships internally and externally and support the delivery and administration of subcontracts

· Research and analysis of data to resolve problems. Capture lessons learnt, improve and maintain our sourcing policies and best practise procedures.

We know it takes diverse, collaborative and multi-skilled teams to deliver our projects. 

That’s why we need Graduates who are team players, who like to consult with others to achieve great results and are as passionate as we are about performing with excellence.
 

Special Requirements:

Successful applicants will be required to obtain a defence security clearance. You must be an Australian citizen and have a ten-year verifiable background.

Recruitment Process:

Applications are now open to commence in February 2024.

Our Graduate Recruitment process consists of the following stages:
•    Application
•    Phone Interview & Online Testing
•    Selection Interview & References
•    Offer

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin supports Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity in the workplace by creating a place of employment that is, harassment free, diverse, fair, ethical, inclusive, and values the contribution of all its employees. Diversity and inclusion are the foundation of our culture and reflect our values of doing what’s right, respecting others and performing with excellence. By leveraging our employees’ unique talents and experiences, we will deliver innovative, affordable solutions and unparalleled customer value.