Advanced Quality Engineer - Turbine Airfoils

Job Description SummaryThis role is for a Lead Turbine Airfoils Advanced Quality Engineer within the Product Safety & Quality organization. The Advanced Quality Engineer is an accomplished and forward-thinking Quality Engineer that will serve as the strategic arm of our Turbine Airfoil Quality organization. Reporting directly to the Part Family Advanced Quality Leader, this role is pivotal in driving proactive transformations, lead strategic initiatives that enhance quality processes and outcomes, implement policy enhancements to address systemic issues, and fostering a culture of operational and problem solving excellence.
The successful candidate will support across the part family to perform Root Cause and corrective actions, read-across activities, standardization, and implement permanent tactical and systemic corrective actions across the part family. This team will also be pivotal in supporting and equipping the broader Turbine Airfoils Quality team with the skills and methodologies needed to achieve superior execution, redesigning processes to align with organizational objectives and continuous improvement principles to create a culture of team based problem-solving and standardization within the manufacturing shops & suppliers and across the value stream.
Travel in this role is likely to be 10-50% depending on part family performance and needs. Travel will be primarily to the Turbine Airfoil sites in Eastern United States

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Individual contributor with expertise in Quality and/or Turbine Airfoils, with ability to mentor and influence with indirect leadership skills.
• Requires an individual contributor with indirect leadership skills and ability to develop talent. Utilizes in-depth knowledge of Turbine Airfoils design & Quality, and analytical thinking to execute policy/strategy.
• Helps to define and leads the implementation of the quality organization, process and tools to support strategy. It implements a culture of Quality in the organization and defines and leads improvement initiatives to achieve business excellence.
• Assist directly in developing expertise within Quality and Turbine Airfoils manufacturing team. Pivotal to the cultural and technical transformation of the TAVS quality team.
• Grow the reputation of the organization. Creates and Influences policy and ensures delivery within own function, linking with other functions of the organization.
• Communicates complex messages and negotiates internally and externally with others. Influences peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers.
• Has moderate influence on part family Quality
• Supports diverse cross-functional teams to find creative solutions to address complex problems that may impact the organization. Has the ability to evaluate quality of information received and questions conflicting data for analysis. Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 4 years of experience in Turbine Airfoil Quality).
• Additional 3 years experience in Turbine Airfoils Quality, Castings, Manufacturing, and/or Engineering
• US Person (Refer to Internal Revenue Code section 7701(a)(31) for the definition )

Desired Characteristics

• Quality Expertise and/or Turbine Airfoil Mechanical Design Expertise
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, accountable 
• Strong Recognized Leadership ability, strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Established project management skills.
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
• 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.

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, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

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