Quality Operations Leader - Composites

Energy Consulting group; Kentucky; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Kentucky seeks a Quality Engineering Specialist with a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and significant experience in aerospace quality. This role requires excellent communication and leadership skills to drive quality initiatives, manage metrics, and lead projects with moderate risks. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and focuses on continuous improvement within the quality function.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) matching contributions

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Requires a Master's or Bachelor's with relevant experience in aerospace quality.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Own quality metrics and integrate delivery impacts.
• Lead projects and apply judgment in decision making.
• Contribute to strategy creation and continue quality improvement.

Skills

Strong oral and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Ability to analyze and resolve problems

Established project management skills

Education

Master's degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Engineering

Bachelor's degree with 2 years in aerospace quality

High school diploma/GED with 6 years of composite manufacturing experience

Job description

Job Description Summary

Drives initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the Quality Engineering KPI's & functions. Interfaces with other, cross-functional team roles to provide effective coordination of metrics, health indicators, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiative coordination. Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. Guided by professional practices and policies that are shaped by the role. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Ownership of value stream quality metrics & integration into delivery and cost impacts
• Develop specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest quality issues, technical developments, & business strategies. Contributes towards strategy creation & maintenance, and policy development, to ensure continuous improvement of quality metrics is achieved.
• 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. Lead 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.
• Actively demonstrates active listening instead of multi-tasking
• Utilize digital tools, standard work, and free people up to think critically and engage them in projects
• High levels of evaluative judgment are required to achieve outcomes required
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems that impact the function
• Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality, and timeliness of objectives
• Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders.
• Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations
• Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision
• Work is subject to functional policy objectives
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity of both product and processes
• May require strong commercial awareness and is expected to influence the development of strategy within own area, including control of resources and influences policy formulation
• May guide others to consider a different point of view

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Engineering from an accredited university or college or a Bachelor's degree along with demonstrated experience with a minimum of 2 years in aerospace quality, or a high school diploma/GED, with a minimum of 6 years of composite manufacturing and Quality experience + a minimum of 2 years composite manufacturing operations, team leadership, and aerospace supply chain experience.
• Demonstrated organizational leadership experience in quality systems foundations and adherence, via industry requirements and audits.

Desired Characteristics

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. Established project management skills.

Benefits

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Additional Job Description

Additional Information

Compensation Grade SPB3

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No