Sub-Section Manager - GE Engines SPMT

Job Description Summary

The Sub-Section Manager for Flight Safety, Commercial Engines is responsible for ensuring product safety and reliability, aligning with functional, business, and company objectives. Key responsibilities include supporting the safety management system, conducting flight readiness reviews, performing system safety trade studies/analysis, and ensuring product reliability. The role involves implementing and enhancing safety policies and procedures, managing safety-related certification efforts, and leading the Safety Program Management Team (SPMT) to analyze and mitigate product risks while promoting a safety culture. This position reports to the Commercial Product Flight Safety Leader.

• Advocate for enhancements in flight safety and reliability for new aircraft engine designs, adhering to technical and program requirements.
• Serve/Support voting members of the engine's Safety Program Management Team (SPMT) to support safe operation of the fleet in development and in the field.
• Represent the Flight Safety Office in appropriate program meetings to ensure compliance to the policies and procedures set in place. Promote a safety culture within the enterprise.
• Manage the program worklist items to support timely disposition of SPMT Action Items by understanding status, actions, and proper documentation in the Safety System Database (XFRACAS).
• Identify safety concerns at the program level and proactively communicate across programs and Design Boards, as appropriate, to ensure lessons learned are read across to other potentially affected products.
• Provide Flight Safety Office safety guidance and recommendations.
• Document best practices, procedures and lessons learned in Standard Work to ensure proper flowdown to other team members.
• Capable of handling sensitive issues associated with active field investigations.
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Explains information, developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field. Conveys performance expectations and holds team accountable.
• 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

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university
• A minimum of 3 years of experience leading Engineering, Services, Commercial, or P&L
• 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 opening
• At least 5 additional years of experience in a program or project leadership role within an engineering environment.

• Strong program management and organization skills
• Models the GE Behaviors
• Ability & comfortable with adapting to change
• Ability to solve problems through the application of Lean
• Contemporary view of information and data governance
• Aerospace industry experience with external market awareness
• Effective team building and project management ability.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Knowledge of mechanical design and assembly procedures
• 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.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, this role requires interfacing with senior management, airframer, engine partners and external regulators. Ability to represent GE Aviation at customer reviews and system safety groups to address propulsion system safety issues.
• TOPS8D trained
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of engine turbofan architecture, mechanical design and assembly procedures.
• Knowledge of safety risk assessment generation, interpretation and presentation
• Ability to travel globally.
• Familiarity with GE's product lines and their joint venture partners.