Nozzle Quality Leader

Nozzle Quality Leader

Working at our Asheville site, our campus is the career home for people who share a commitment to learning, achieving, and collaboration. The campus includes a facility for production of highly complex rotating parts engineered for commercial and military aircraft engines. In addition, our Ceramic Matrix Composites facility produces high-tech, more efficient components to power the worlds aircraft engines of tomorrow. With a product mix including shafts, seals, retainers, and discs, were bringing quality to enhance commercial, military, marine, and industrial engine performance.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead and organize the 9X Nozzle quality engineering team around clear goals focused on quality, process capability, cost, and compliance, while coaching the team to take ownership and accountability for these objectives.
• Collaborate with teams on process and product improvement programs, providing expertise in process methods both within and outside the team.
• Inspire and motivate teams to achieve key metrics, including asset utilization, process and manufacturing loss reduction, delivered quality, delivery performance, and cost optimization.
• Partner with teams to enhance understanding of business and financial metrics, fostering individual and team growth.
• Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement across all assigned products and processes.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions to address quality and compliance issues effectively.
• Drive Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) initiatives to ensure successful new product introductions and ongoing quality control.
• Support headcount planning and collaborate on careful selection processes to build a strong team.
• Interface with external service providers and suppliers to meet quality and process capability requirements.
• Provide technical, quality, and production leadership to assigned teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Foster a customer-focused mindset, encouraging teams to deliver the highest levels of internal and external customer service.
• Communicate key issues effectively to the team and senior leadership.
• Strategically plan manpower, equipment, and resources to support organizational objectives.
• Maintain positive employee relations by addressing concerns and resolving issues, involving HR when necessary.
• Ensure fair and consistent application of company and departmental policies and practices.
• Collaborate with teams on production scheduling and hardware flow to meet customer requirements.
• Assess employee training and development needs, adapting leadership style to enhance team performance and maturity.
• Work closely with design, materials, and other supporting organizations to industrialize manufacturing processes.
• Represent the team and be accountable during senior leadership reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in Quality, Manufacturing, and/or Engineering)
• Minimum of 5 years of Quality, Manufacturing, and/or Engineering

Desired Characteristics

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and lead teams.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver impactful results.
• Effective problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively

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.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not U.S. lawful permanent residents, U.S. Citizens, or have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), employment will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity 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. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes