Indianapolis Maintenance Facilities and Security Leader

GE Aerospace; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Indianapolis is seeking a Facilities Maintenance and Security Lead to oversee premises operations, maintenance, and security across multiple buildings. You will manage a team of 3–5 staff and 15–20 contractors, maintaining older CNC machinery and supporting new installations.

The role requires 5+ years in maintenance facilities with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. You will contribute to safety, budgeting, and capital planning while advancing best practices across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 4+ years manufacturing experience if no degree.
• Experience leading teams of 3–5 employees and 15–20 contractors.
• Strong problem solving and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure manufacturing premises are fully operational, maintained, and clean.
• Lead a team of 3–5 employees and 15–20 contractors to maintain facility and perform maintenance on CNC equipment.
• Develop specialized knowledge in facility maintenance and security disciplines.
• Serve as a best-practice resource and stay aware of technical developments in the area.
• Contribute to strategy, policy development, and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.
• Apply best practices and understand cross-functional integration with other teams.
• Use judgment to solve moderately complex maintenance, manufacturing, or engineering tasks.
• Lead small projects with moderate risk and resource needs and communicate outcomes.
• Document, plan, market, and execute programs to improve facilities.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

High School Diploma with 4 years Manufacturing experience

Job description

Job Description Summary

Responsible for facilities, maintenance, and security at the GE Aerospace Indianapolis plants. Maintaining aged equipment, installation of new equipment, facility management, and security management across all 4 Indianapolis roof tops. This role will be integral for the move from current 3 buildings to the new Indianapolis facility.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure that manufacturing premises are fully operational, maintained, and clean.
• Uses previous experience to lead a team of 3-5 employees and 15-20 contractors to maintain the facility as well as maintain, repair, and perform preventative maintenance on older model and current technology CNC machine and support equipment.
• Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline.
• 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.
• Has in-depth knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; has working knowledge of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or 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.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
• Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field
• Responsible for security processes, procedures, and contractors at the site
• Works closely with operations and EHS teams to resolve safety and ergonomic issues
• Participates in budgeting and yearly capital expense planning

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 4 years Manufacturing experience)
• Minimum of 5 years Maintenance Facilities experience

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated experience with machine maintenance and equipment upkeep
• Tool making experience
• Industrial electrical, plumbing, motors, drives, controls experience
• TPM experience
• Facilities and infrastructure expertise
• Leadership experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

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, 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 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). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes