Job Description Summary
About GE Aerospace
Are you ready to see your career take flight? At 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. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen.
GE Aerospace is uniquely positioned to work closely with and support the Defense sector, providing reliable high performance, sustainable, innovative military engines.
About this Position
The Evendale Defense Combat Propulsion (EDCP) Process Improvement Leader will lead and execute strategies to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering function by successful management and implementation of continuous improvement projects and initiatives across the EDCP organization.
In this role, you will partner with technical and organizational leaders to identify, develop, and execute projects/process improvements to ensure on time delivery, increase productivity, and develop new strategies for engineering design and sustaining support. You will partner with Defense Engines Lean Leader to drive lean and continuous improvement initiatives within EDCP organization. You will have direct impact on approaches, projects and programs in the EDCP organization and ways of working, impacting quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the entire team, with significant input into priorities.
Guided by professional practices and policies, you will interpret internal and external business challenges to recommend best practices to improve products and processes. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Partner with design and systems teams to improve engineering processes, team productivity, and daily management
- Facilitate EDCP Weekly Operating Rhythm (WOR) and KPIs
- Guide and coach team in use of lean tools, including action plans, problem solving reports, value stream mapping, standard work, etc.
- Facilitate development and execution of process improvement projects and initiatives, including methods, tools, and deployment
- Communicate lean and process improvement strategies, risks and recommendations to senior leaders, direct organization and cross-functional partner organizations
- Partner with the organization's staff members to enable program execution on-time and on-budget
- Collaborate across product lines to drive synergies in process improvements
- Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
- Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of process improvement experience in engineering, manufacturing, quality or other areas with transactional processes.
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in engineering from an accredited university or college.
Desired Characteristics
- Experience with engineering processes
- Experience in lean principles and associated tools
- Experience in design and/or manufacture of our products
- Ability to interface with all levels of the broader organization while driving multiple process improvement projects
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems, challenge existing processes, critical thinker
- Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally
- Strong oral / written communication skills, interpersonal, leadership and collaboration skills
- Strong project management / organizational skills and attention to detail
Whether we are manufacturing components for our engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, our GE Aerospace teams are dedicated and making a global impact. Join us and help move the aerospace industry forward!
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Additional Job Description
Compensation Grade
SPB2
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
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
