Lead Manufacturing Specialist

Energy Consulting group; Ohio; On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in aerospace manufacturing seeks a Lead Manufacturing Specialist to oversee production operations, ensuring safety and optimal efficiency. The role involves managing teams and driving continuous improvement initiatives while collaborating across departments. Comprehensive benefits and professional development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits including medical, dental, and vision

401(k) savings plan with company matching

Tuition assistance and paid parental leave

Disability insurance and life insurance

Paid time-off for vacation or illness

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of manufacturing, engineering, and/or CNC machining technology experience.
• Experience with project management and program execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage production process control including tooling and equipment.
• Direct staffing and performance development for the manufacturing engineering team.
• Drive safety engagement and process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Leadership ability

Problem solver

Analytical mindset

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university

High school diploma/GED with 4 years experience in manufacturing

Job description

Job Description Summary

The GE Aerospace facility in Madisonville, KY produces a mix of more than 800 unique High Pressure Turbine Blades and Nozzles in support of 37 aircraft engine programs. Approximately 85% of our products are deployed in military aircraft with a 47/53% mix of engines and repairs. This campus is the career home for people who share a commitment to learning, achieving, and collaboration. We take pride in our level of volunteerism and community service as well as a culture that helped us achieve 16.5 average employee years of service.

As the Lead Manufacturing Specialist, you will be responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Define and control production process including tooling and equipment
• Validate design specifications and shop floor application of new product, tools, or equipment
• Direct people management responsibility including staffing and performance development. Direct reports include manufacturing engineering team for product lines
• Safety-drive culture for behavior-based safety engagement and lead the teams on the product line to engage in identifying safety hazards/risks to produce safe working environment
• Take actions on process improvement and understanding product line FTY/CPK
• Prioritize actions around deviated material to work solutions to return nonconforming hardware to production
• Manage engagement across multiple teams in event of quality escape to customer and drive RCCA actions
• Responsible for product line health to support on time delivery, work with the teams to understand bottlenecks, and recovery plans to customer delivery needs
• Data driven problem solve around finance systems and balance of multiple factors to reduce part cost, drive project deck to reduce cycle times to reduce production costs, and work actions around losses reduction
• Utilize lean principles for standard work, daily management, operator balance, 3P, work grouping, and work with the teams on the lines and other cross functional teams to drive new technology, improve process cycle times, and lead daily kaizen actions
• Mentor and baseline standard work for engineering team and leverage best practices from internal experts
• Drive accountability to say/do and utilize personnel to support metrics with clear ownership assignment and timing to completion

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, engineering, CNC machining technology experience)
• At least 3 years of additional manufacturing, engineering, and/or CNC machining technology experience

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
• Experience analyzing and resolving problems
• Experience documenting, planning, marketing, and executing programs
• Experience with project management

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, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (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), final offers will be contingent on the 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