Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description SummaryAt GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft.

In the Lead Manufacturing Engineer role, you will lead cross-functional readiness activities for manufacturing processes, ensuring alignment with safety, quality, delivery and cost priorities and seamless integration into shop operations. In this role, you will be responsible for departmental operations planning/ execution and focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline.Job DescriptionRoles and Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks to ensure uninterrupted production and delivery, with a focus on creative, proactive solutions
• Lead cross-functional Problem Solving within the Turbine Airfoils Value Stream, focusing on inventory reduction, cost optimization, and process efficiency, with measurable outcomes.
• Use proactive methods to ensure sustainment of changes
• Direct people management responsibility including staffing and performance development
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline and analytical thinking and technical experience to execute policy/strategy
• Use some judgment and has some ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated manufacturing processes with technical variety and/or interdependent production cycles
• Use technical experience and analytical thinking
• Use multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience
• Explain information; develop skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field
• Convey performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of manufacturing operations experience)
• At least an additional 3 years of building cohesive teams, resource management, and problem solving

Desired Characteristics

• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed 
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
• Project Management experience
• Experience analyzing and resolving problems

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. ​

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

Additional Job Description

Compensation Grade

LPB1

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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