Turbine Airfoils Coatings Quality Leader

GE Aerospace; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking a Front Line Manager to oversee supplier quality strategy. This role involves leading a team responsible for ensuring quality outcomes and driving supplier performance improvements. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in manufacturing or supplier quality engineering and strong leadership skills. The position offers the flexibility of remote work and comprehensive health benefits.

Benefits

Health and wellness programs

401(k) savings plan with matching contributions

Tuition assistance

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience.
• At least 2 years experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, or Product Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small to medium team of professionals responsible for quality outcomes.
• Drive supplier performance through Quality Improvement Plans.
• Collaborate with internal sites on quality best practices.

Skills

Strong oral and written communication skills

Leadership ability

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or high school diploma/GED

Job description

Overview

Job Description Summary

Front Line manager reporting to the Turbine Airfoils Core Solutions Quality Leader responsible for creating, developing, a supplier quality strategy for a segment of the RPCA Coatings & Chemical Process quality team, ensuring alignment with the Part Family Quality Leader’s vision for the entire team. Individual will drive quality for protective coating and chemical processing suppliers, including quality plan implementation, part qualification quality support, and utilizing APQP tools to proactively prevent defects. Own supplier results, drive improvements utilizing supplier scorecard and process data. Own supplier audits, ensuring compliance, and driving improvement plans where needed. Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may influence work scope, standards, load reduction, and growth.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• People leader of a small to medium team (3-6) of professionals and contractors, accountable for all quality outcomes of coating and chem process vendors for Turbine airfoils

• Drive improved supplier performance through launch and execution of supplier Quality Improvement Plans to (1) reduce quality escapes, (2) reduce manufactured defects, and (3) improve additional metrics such as corrective action cycle times, design change incorporation cycle time, etc

• Collaborate with internal sites utilizing supplier for purchased services on quality concerns and best practices.

• Drive APQP and AS13100 into the supply base, to transform the quality capabilities of the commodity.

• Utilize FLIGHT DECK and its lean tools as the primary method to solve problems and manage performance of the commodity

• Lead critical problem solving efforts for supplier escapes

• Lead team to partner with sites managing FAI and SPS packages on farmout instructions to ensure proper technical expertise is involved.

• Develop competencies of the Supplier Quality team, in order to continually improve technical capabilities of the team to (1) understand and relate to the product from a design technology perspective; (2) understand and relate to GD&T and technical standards typically found on prints and standards for the product; (3) understand and relate to the commodity's typical manufacturing and metrology processes from a manufacturing engineering perspective; and (4) improve understanding of critical quality tools required to analyze a supplier's process (MSA, GR&R, SPC, Statistics, etc)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED) and a minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience

• At least 2 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, or Product Engineering

• US Person (Refer to Internal Revenue Code section 7701(a)(31) for the definition)

Desired Characteristics

• Aerospace Coatings and/or Chemical Process experience

• Strong oral and written communication skills, as the role will interface with leaders within GE Aerospace and within the external supply base

• 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 critical initiatives.

• Established project management skills.

• 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

Additional Information

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.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not U.S. lawful permanent residents, U.S. Citizens, or have been granted asylee or refugee status (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), employment will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

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.