Job Description

Role Summary/PurposeThe Plant Management role will be responsible for leading plant manufacturing operations for the Terre Haute Combustors and Structural Components facility. This site is focused on lean transformation that includes respect for people and continuous improvement with a strong problem-solving culture to build on.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Management

• Oversee every function in the plant, promoting a safety-first culture and ensuring compliance with applicable GE Aerospace policies.
• Drive lasting operational efficiencies through FLIGHT DECK, including Standard Work, Daily Management, and Problem Solving.
• Develop and promote talent within the site and across the Integrated Manufacturing organization.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external customers and suppliers.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure that plant execution meets or exceeds performance targets in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity, in that order.
• Lead the matrix for customer/company outcomes across Integrated Manufacturing and other functions, including engineering, product management, services, etc.
• Focus on developing and promoting a Safety-First culture, demonstrating leadership commitment, engaging employees, and implementing stop-work practices when necessary.

Quality Assurance

• Guarantee that all shipped hardware fully conforms to applicable drawing requirements, specifications, and standards.
• Establish and enforce rigorous quality control standards to ensure the production of high-quality combustors and structural components.
• Maintain compliance with operational and financial transactions in accordance with GE Aerospace policies.
• Develop and enforce a quality-at-the-source QMS.

Additional Responsibilities

• Drive operations team towards execution of business goals using Lean Manufacturing methodology.
• Meet plant safety and quality goals.
• Establish all production schedules and meet customer delivery expectations.
• Monitor and improve cost productivity while ensuring all customer commitments are met in a timely, quality, and compliant manner.
• Establish and direct plant policies and procedures.
• Have a strong focus on employee relations.
• Foster a well-trained and motivated staff.
• Select, train, and develop plant supervisory and administrative staff.
• Provide leadership for executing New Product Introductions (NPIs), with a strong network with engineering design.
• Ensure sufficient capacity exists to achieve all customer commitments.
• Be responsible for driving continuous improvements in factory yield.
• Drive product quality and lean initiatives to ensure that internal business metrics are met.
• Develop and create training plans to maximize workforce capability.
• Continually improve metrics.
• Conduct employee performance reviews.
• Schedule and conduct plant meetings; foster employee engagement and ensure that business and operational goals are effectively communicated to employees.
• Promote a working environment that encourages employee involvement to achieve excellence in productivity, customer service, quality, inventory, and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS).

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college.
• Minimum of 15 years of work experience with proven leadership in manufacturing or supply chain roles.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (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), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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