Staff Site IT Manager

GE Aerospace; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Aerospace in Kentucky is seeking a Site IT Leader to drive all information technology for the manufacturing plant, overseeing IT infrastructure and software applications that enable shop operations.

You will own the performance, reliability, and availability of these systems and partner closely with business and operations teams to drive digital improvements and support continuous operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Designs & implements the roadmap to drive digital improvements across IT infrastructure & application landscape.
• Influences LPBs and below on their decisions.
• Strong background supporting and stabilizing manufacturing site infrastructure (networking, PCs, wireless, RF scanners, printers, A/V, telecom).
• Performs as part of the Shop leadership team representing information technology.
• Partners with the business to participate in lean/ process improvement initiatives & enable business transformation leveraging digital tools.
• Familiar with all business applications in use at the site and have awareness of overall business flow.
• Familiar with the digital product catalog and how it fits in with site operations.
• Works on machine instrumentation initiatives to enable enhanced business operations.
• Proactively monitors network performance (WAN / LAN / WLAN) and escalates issues.
• Builds relationships with Central DT product teams for quicker resolution of networking and application issues.
• Initiates technology obsolescence and improvement projects.

Job description

Job Description Summary

Responsible for leading all information technology for a manufacturing plant, including the full scope of IT infrastructure and software applications that enable shop operations. As the Site IT Leader, you will own the performance, reliability, and availability of these systems and partner closely with business and operations teams to drive digital improvements and support continuous operational excellence.

Job Description Summary

Responsible for leading all information technology for a manufacturing plant, including the full scope of IT infrastructure and software applications that enable shop operations. As the Site IT Leader, you will own the performance, reliability, and availability of these systems and partner closely with business and operations teams to drive digital improvements and support continuous operational excellence.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Designs & implements the roadmap to drive digital improvements across IT infrastructure & application landscape.
• Influences LPBs and below on their decisions.
• Strong background supporting and stabilizing manufacturing site infrastructure (networking, PCs, wireless, RF scanners, printers, A/V, telecom).
• Performs as part of the Shop leadership team representing information technology.
• Partners with the business to participate in lean/ process improvement initiatives & enable business transformation leveraging digital tools.
• Familiar with all business applications in use at the site and have awareness of overall business flow.
• Familiar with the digital product catalog and how it fits in with site operations.
• Works on machine instrumentation initiatives to enable enhanced business operations.
• Proactively monitors network performance (WAN / LAN / WLAN) and escalates issues.
• Builds relationships with Central DT product teams for quicker resolution of networking and application issues.
• Initiates technology obsolescence and improvement projects.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 4 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 7 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 9 years of professional experience
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in Manufacturing IT OR leading site-level IT operations within a plant environment
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Eligibility Requirement

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired Characteristics

• Lean / Six Sigma exposure: Experience supporting ERP or MES environments (not owning apps but coordinating/escalating effectively).
• Change agent: Proactively learns and applies new tools and technologies, gains buy-in for ideas, drives adoption of change, and implements monitoring and feedback to improve core business processes.
• Collaborative leader: Clearly defines roles, builds trust, shares credit, coordinates across teams and levels, mentors others, and helps grow and distribute talent across the organization.
• Comfortable with ambiguity: Seeks needed information, delivers solutions with clear assumptions when data is incomplete, communicates status, and evaluates data to identify value opportunities.
• Effective communicator: Tailors messages to the audience, uses storytelling and presentations, informs stakeholders of issues, explains rationale and benefits, handles questions constructively, and acknowledges knowledge limits.
• Trusted consultant: Provides options and counsel, drives innovative dialogue, aligns projects and systems with functional goals, offers risk-assessed recommendations, and knows when solutions must be adapted.
• Curious and creative: Connects ideas from diverse sources and pilots new, untried concepts and processes.
• Decisive and risk-aware: Interprets strategy and complex data to decide amid uncertainty, recommends benchmarked options with contingencies, owns outcomes, and builds consensus on critical directional decisions.
• Influential facilitator: Ensures shared understanding, presents clear rationale, resolves conflicts through consensus, and uses facilitation techniques to move others to action.
• Strategic problem solver: Anticipates roadblocks, promotes data-driven problem solving, prioritizes issues by business impact, aligns team efforts to organizational goals, and guides others through complex challenges

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