Job Description Summary

The GE Aerospace Flight Safety Organization (FSO) is comprised of a cross-functional engineering team centered on an approach, mindset, and process. Within the FSO, the Safety Management System (SMS) Manager will demonstrate accountability for functional, business, and broad company strategy and objectives pertaining to SMS. This position will oversee a dynamic, multidiscipline team of engineers and specialists tasked with creating and sustaining an Enterprise-wide SMS system. This position will be focused on considerations for both the business and regulatory compliance. The SMS Manager will have a direct impact on achieving safe, reliable, and quality products, while ensuring the safety of our employees and the flying public. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining one (or more) of the four pillars of the GE Aerospace SMS.
• Responsible for maintaining policy and procedures related to product safety as well as Enterprise level safety management.
• Develop and maintain regulatory relationships and work collaboratively to demonstrate compliance with appropriate regulations.
• Responsible for the theory, development, and practical implementation of SMS across the Business. Execute processes to identify and mitigate risks or potential hazards to an acceptable level; oversee Enterprise processes related to the risk management process, hazard evaluations, and utilize human factors principles to drive improvements into the system.
• Manages a small to medium team of senior professionals as well as others. Requires specialized knowledge within specific pillars of SMS. Influence the development of strategy for those areas of responsibility, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
• Maintain broad awareness of efforts within group to assure technical quality excellence, timely completion of work and reviews, appropriate use of resources, and responsiveness to customer/program needs.
• Facilitate communication of technical and business information between organizations and within work group
• Communicate with management on technical, organizational, resource and personnel issues.
• Define roles and responsibilities for assigned personnel.
• Conduct performance appraisals and participate in salary planning.
• Promote professional growth through timely performance feedback, coaching and counseling.
• Ensure company compliance initiatives and training requirements are implemented within work group.
• Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. 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.
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.

• Master's degree in engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in systems engineering

• 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.