NGP5 Program Control

Y99000 General Electric Company; Evendale (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a senior program operations leader in the United States to align cross-functional teams, manage budgets, and drive on-time, safe, high-quality delivery. The role emphasizes accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement to meet customer and company commitments.

The successful candidate will lead reviews, monitor cost and schedule, and coordinate resources across finance, supply chain, engineering, and site teams while maintaining compliance with security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university with minimum 6 years of professional experience.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• Must obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead weekly program operations reviews to track milestones and risks.
• Manage budget planning and execution across funding sources.
• Drive EVM performance by monitoring cost, schedule, and metrics.
• Support continuous improvement through standard work and problem solving.
• Remove operational barriers by coordinating facility, infrastructure and workflow issues.
• Partner with finance, program leadership, supply chain, engineering and site teams to ensure resources and recovery plans.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Job Description Summary

Lead day-to-day program operations to ensure safe, high-quality, on-time execution. This role drives alignment across teams, removes barriers, manages cost and delivery performance, and promotes continuous improvement to meet customer and business commitments. A successful candidate for the role will build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and respect, ensuring teams have the clarity, resources, and support needed to meet customer and company commitments.

Job Description Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead weekly program operations reviews to track key milestones, cross-functional dependencies, and execution risks, enabling timely decisions and on-schedule delivery.
• Manage budget planning and execution across multiple funding sources, ensuring accurate forecasting, cost control, and alignment with business priorities.
• Drive Earned Value Management (EVM) performance by monitoring cost, schedule, and execution metrics, identifying variances early, and leading corrective actions.
• Support continuous improvement through standard work, visual management, operating rhythms, and structured problem solving to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Remove operational barriers by coordinating resolution of facility, infrastructure, equipment, and workflow issues that affect execution.
• Partner with finance, program leadership, supply chain, engineering, and site teams to ensure resources, investments, and recovery plans are in place to meet commitments.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement through clear expectations, performance tracking, and proactive risk escalation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college with minimum 6 years of professional experience
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
• Due to the nature of the duties of this position, this role requires the individual to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active “Advanced programs” access 10 years of relevant experience
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Proven ability to lead across cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
• Strong interpersonal, customer-facing, verbal, and written communication skills.

Benefits

• 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 Nationalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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

About GE Aerospace

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.