Lead Production Quality Specialist

IF1139 GE Aviation Systems LLC; Vandalia (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Vandalia, OH is seeking a Lead Production Quality Specialist to ensure quality across the manufacturing process and support QA/QC activities on the shop floor.

You will analyze quality and production issues, identify root causes, and work with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain to implement effective solutions while applying established quality systems and continuous-improvement practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 6+ years in a relevant function.
• Experience in manufacturing and production quality.
• Ability to apply technical and analytical thinking to resolve manufacturing quality issues.
• Ability to work within established quality systems, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Own quality assurance and quality control activities across manufacturing processes, products, and services.
• Analyze quality and production issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions with guidance as needed.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and other internal stakeholders to resolve issues and support departmental objectives.
• Apply technical knowledge of manufacturing quality practices to execute quality policies, strategies, and procedures.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

High school diploma / GED with 6 years experience

Tools

QMS knowledge

APQP knowledge

Job description

Job Description Summary At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You will be part of a team that embraces your drive, curiosity, and unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you will share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world.

Job Description About the Role As a Lead Production Quality Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring product quality throughout the manufacturing process. Based in Vandalia, OH, you will support quality assurance and quality control activities that enable the delivery of safe, reliable, and compliant aerospace products. This role has meaningful autonomy within established functional practices and procedures. You will use your technical knowledge, prior experience, and sound judgment to resolve manufacturing quality issues, improve processes, and partner across teams to support operational performance.

In this role you will:

• Own quality assurance and quality control activities associated with manufacturing processes, products, and services.
• Ensure conformance through manufacturing process reviews, incoming goods control, product inspection, and witness-point activities.
• Apply technical expertise and knowledge of manufacturing quality practices to execute quality policies, strategies, and procedures.
• Analyze straightforward quality and production issues, identify root causes, and recommend solutions with guidance as needed.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, and other internal stakeholders to resolve issues and support departmental objectives.
• Use knowledge of business and operational drivers to prioritize work and understand the impact of quality activities across the broader organization.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, and services.
• Stay informed of relevant industry trends and apply insights that support the broader quality function.
• Provide informal guidance, coaching, and support to new team members.

The Ideal Candidate You are a detail-oriented quality professional with experience supporting manufacturing operations and improving process performance. You bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills, communicate clearly across functions, and take ownership of delivering high-quality results. You are comfortable working within established processes while using judgment to identify practical improvements. You have a continuous-improvement mindset and can translate quality requirements into disciplined execution on the production floor.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college OR a high school diploma/GED with at least 6 years of experience in a relevant job family group or function.
• Experience in manufacturing and production quality, including quality assurance and/or quality control activities.
• Ability to apply technical and analytical thinking to resolve manufacturing quality issues.
• Ability to work effectively within established quality systems, policies, and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Have QMS and APQP Knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze problems, identify solutions, and drive issue resolution.
• Experience with product inspection, incoming goods control, manufacturing conformance, and process quality.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs or improvement initiatives.
• Established project management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Proven interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

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: No

At GE Aerospace, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. At GE Aerospace, respect for people is core to our culture and commitment to FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model. We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent from all backgrounds and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential. For the people of GE Aerospace, their work isn't just a job. It's their passion and purpose. We work and win as one team, accountable to each other and our customers, and we are always finding a better way to climb higher together. We were meant to fly.