Job Description Summary

The Services Technology Acceleration Center (STAC) is dedicated to advancing aerospace inspection technologies and repair processes and enhancing customer support capabilities for its Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities around the globe.

The Services Technology Leader (STL) is the manufacturing engineering responsible for leading, sustaining, and advancing a specific manufacturing process as it pertains to the MRO (Services) network. This STL in Welding & Laser Processes includes oversight of the following special processes: arc welding, laser welding, ancillary heat treatments, laser cutting, laser drilling, laser ablation, and laser surface treatments. The Services Technology Leader is the resident expert for a specific manufacturing process and is the recognized focal providing continuity and growth for both business and technical challenges to meet the needs of the Services business.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Requires specialized knowledge within the function. Influence the development of strategy for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
• Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
• Technical expert for welding & laser processes providing shop support to drive business improvements (safety, quality, delivery, cost, scrap reduction, etc.).
• Support programming and welding parameter development
• Guiding and standardizing capital equipment expenditures.
• Contribute to and sign-off Standard Practice Manual (SPM) updates and improvements.
• Synergize and leverage New Make best practices.
• Coordinate with global MRO site-level Special Process owners to leverage best practices, communicate lessons learned, and drive process improvements to achieve yield entitlement and best in class cost of ownership
• Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Ability to interpret engineering Engine Shop Manual (ESM) and Standard Practice Manual (SPM) requirements and institute best practices.
• Institutionalize LEAN practices to improve delivery.
• Provide mentorship and create training materials for new Special Process Owners.
• Standardize Quality Control Work Instructions in partnership with MRO global site-level Special Process Owners.
• Author audit checklists.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and 5+ years of welding & laser process experience (or a minimum high school diploma / GED with an additional 4+ years of welding & laser process experience).
• 5+ years of MRO or manufacturing shop experience.

Desired Characteristics:

• Ability to collaborate within a global network and peers.
• Understanding and ability to direct LEAN improvements.
• Understanding of shop operations and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated application of GD&T, GR&R, and SPC.
• Solid project management skills and demonstrated history of effective horizontal leadership.
• Greenbelt certification or extensive quality experience.
• Working knowledge of MS Office
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to calculate and present business cases in support of change.
• Strong decision-making skills and the ability to identify problems and propose solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate with shop operators and business leaders to drive improvements.

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.

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