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About GE Aerospace
Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight!
Working at our Asheville site
Our Asheville campus is the career home for people who share a commitment to learning, achieving and collaboration. The campus includes a facility for production of highly complex rotating parts engineered for commercial and military aircraft engines. In addition, our Ceramic Matrix Composites facility
produces high-tech, more efficient components to power the worlds aircraft engines of tomorrow. With a product mix including shafts, seals, retainers, and discs, we're bringing quality to enhance commercial, military, marine and industrial engine performance.
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The Quality Manager will be leading a team of quality engineers supporting production of CMC liners and shrouds.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Organize the CMC shroud and liner quality engineering teams around a set of goals focused on quality, process capability, cost, and compliance and coach teams to be accountable / take ownership of these goals.
- Coordinate with team(s) on process / product improvement programs and provide process method excellence within and outside of the team(s).
- Motivate team(s) to achieve goals in asset utilization, process, and manufacturing loss improvement, delivered quality, delivery, and cost reduction.
- Work closely with team(s) to understand business and financial metrics to enhance individual and team skills.
- Encourage an environment of continuous improvement for all assigned products and processes.
- Drive area root cause analysis and corrective actions to address quality and compliance issues.
- Drive area APQP initiatives to ensure successful new product introduction and on-going quality control.
- Work with team(s) to fulfill headcount plans by collaborating during the careful selection process.
- Interface with outside service providers and suppliers to meet quality and process capability requirements.
- Provide technical, quality, and production leadership to assigned team(s).
- Encourage team to achieve highest levels of internal and external customer service.
- Effectively communicate key issues to the team.
Support overall organization in the strategic planning of manpower, equipment, and other resources. - Maintain positive employee relations by working with employees to resolve employee relations issues and concerns, while involving HR when needed.
- Ensure fair and consistent application of company and departmental policies and practices.
- Work together with team(s) on production scheduling and development / flow of hardware to meet customer requirements.
- Assess employee training and development needs, the maturity of the team, and adjust leadership style to enhance team performance.
- Work collaboratively with design, materials, and other supporting organizations to industrialize manufacturing processes.
- Be accountable in senior leadership reviews.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 10 years of experience in quality engineering experience)
- Minimum of 5 years of quality or engineering experience
Desired Characteristics
- CMC experience is desired.
- 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
Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity 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.
General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their 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. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
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).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes