Power Generation Compliance & Business Operations Leader

Summary:

The Power Generation Site Compliance Leader & Business Operations Leader is a dual-role position responsible for strengthening the compliance culture and managing compliance risk across the Vandalia and EPISCenter sites, while also driving operational excellence across the Power Generation business. This leader serves as the primary point of contact for site-level compliance matters, partnering closely with site leadership, Site HR, and the Electric Power & Propulsion Compliance Leader to promote a culture of integrity, ethical behavior, and proactive risk identification and mitigation.

In addition, this role drives end-to-end business operations excellence for the Power Generation business, enabling safe, high-quality, on-time, and cost-effective delivery across the Vandalia and EPISCenter sites. The leader will accelerate FLIGHT DECK, develop and sustain cross-site standard work, lead structured problem solving and special projects, standardize operating cadences and escalation forums, aggregate and analyze cross-site performance data, and provide functional leadership in support of MES implementation and business operations integration. This role will report to the Power Generation Operations leader, with dotted line reporting to the Business Unit Leader.

Responsibilities:

Compliance Leader:

• Serve as the on-site compliance expert, advising management and employees on compliance policies and best practices.

• Develop, implement, and monitor site-specific compliance programs, policies, and procedures (Site Compliance Risk Management, Annual Risk Assessment).

• Prepare for leader site visits and round tables.

• Maintain visual compliance across the site (e.g. posters, monthly compliance updates).

• Monitor and deliver compliance-related training programs to all site personnel and new employees.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date metrics on compliance-related activities.

• Stay informed on GE Aerospace compliance policies and procedures; share and communicate to all site employees.

• Collaborate with GE Aerospace risk owners (e.g. EHS, Security, Quality)

• Serve as intake point for Open Reporting concerns.

Business Ops Leader:

• Standardize operating cadences and escalation forums

  • Define and institutionalize cross-site cadences with clear inputs/outputs, owners, and decision logs.

  • Lead daily/weekly operating rhythm, tiered meetings, KPI reviews, and standardized escalation paths across sites.

• FLIGHT DECK acceleration and lean transformation

  • Facilitate acceleration of lean practices in alignment with enterprise standards; drive maturity of problem solving, visual management, and leader standard work.

  • Coach teams on daily management, tiered accountability, and kaizen to stabilize and improve processes.

• Cross-site standard work and problem solving

  • Develop, deploy, and maintain standard work across sites for areas such as planning, materials, production control, and change management.

  • Lead special projects and structured problem-solving across sites to eliminate systemic constraints and reduce variation.

• Data aggregation and analytics

  • Aggregate and analyze cross-site KPIs and leading indicators for WORs, MORs, IOIs, etc.

  • Build and maintain dashboards with common definitions and data governance; enable decision-making and proactive risk mitigation.

• New MES implementation leadership (cross-site)

  • Provide cross-site functional leadership for MES deployment: define business requirements, standardize processes to be digitized, align data models/BOM-routings, and own cutover readiness criteria.

  • Coordinate pilots, change management, user acceptance testing, and training; ensure integration with ERP/MRP and quality systems.

  • Track stabilization metrics post-go-live (transaction accuracy, throughput impact, data latency, exception rates).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, or related discipline; or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years in supply chain/manufacturing/program leadership in complex, regulated industries (aerospace/defense or electrical systems preferred).

• Ability to handle sensitive issues and conflicts effectively and professionally. 

• Demonstrated Respect for People. Strong ethical principles and be well respected among peers.

• Respect and maintain confidentiality on sensitive matters.

• Demonstrated results improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost across multiple sites or value streams.

• Strong ERP/MRP proficiency and experience with demand/capacity planning, SIOP, and data governance.

• Proven lean problem-solving (RCCA), facilitation of cross-functional forums, and standard work deployment.

• Experience leading or supporting MES/industrial digitization initiatives.

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)).

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). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.