Staff Site IT Manager

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Erlanger, KY, USA
In-Office
Mid level
Aerospace • Energy
The Role
Leads information technology for a manufacturing plant, owning infrastructure and application reliability, availability, and performance. Develops the site IT roadmap, supports networks and plant systems, monitors connectivity, coordinates issue resolution with central technology teams, and drives digital transformation, lean improvements, technology modernization, and machine instrumentation initiatives. Partners with business and shop leadership while mentoring stakeholders and supporting operational excellence.
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Job Description SummaryResponsible for leading all information technology for a manufacturing plant, including the full scope of IT infrastructure and software applications that enable shop operations. As the Site IT Leader, you will own the performance, reliability, and availability of these systems and partner closely with business and operations teams to drive digital improvements and support continuous operational excellence.Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Designs & implements the roadmap to drive digital improvements across IT infrastructure & application landscape.

  • Influences LPBs and below on their decisions.

  • Strong background supporting and stabilizing manufacturing site infrastructure (networking, PCs, wireless, RF scanners, printers, A/V, telecom).

  • Performs as part of the Shop leadership team representing information technology.

  • Partners with the business to participate in lean/ process improvement initiatives & enable business transformation leveraging digital tools.

  • Familiar with all business applications in use at the site and have awareness of overall business flow.

  • Familiar with the digital product catalog and how it fits in with site operations.

  • Works on machine instrumentation initiatives to enable enhanced business operations.

  • Proactively monitors network performance (WAN / LAN / WLAN) and escalate issues.

  • Builds relationships with Central DT product teams for quicker resolution of networking and application issues.

  • Initiates technology obsolescence and improvement projects.

Education Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 4 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 7 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 9 years of professional experience

  • Minimum 3 years of professional experience in Manufacturing IT OR leading site-level IT operations within a plant environment

  • Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Eligibility Requirement:

-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.
Desired Characteristics:

  • Lean / Six Sigma exposure: Experience supporting ERP or MES environments (not owning apps but coordinating/escalating effectively).

  • Change agent: Proactively learns and applies new tools and technologies, gains buy-in for ideas, drives adoption of change, and implements monitoring and feedback to improve core business processes.

  • Collaborative leader: Clearly defines roles, builds trust, shares credit, coordinates across teams and levels, mentors others, and helps grow and distribute talent across the organization.

  • Comfortable with ambiguity: Seeks needed information, delivers solutions with clear assumptions when data is incomplete, communicates status, and evaluates data to identify value opportunities.

  • Effective communicator: Tailors messages to the audience, uses storytelling and presentations, informs stakeholders of issues, explains rationale and benefits, handles questions constructively, and acknowledges knowledge limits.

  • Trusted consultant: Provides options and counsel, drives innovative dialogue, aligns projects and systems with functional goals, offers risk-assessed recommendations, and knows when solutions must be adapted.

  • Curious and creative: Connects ideas from diverse sources and pilots new, untried concepts and processes.

  • Decisive and risk-aware: Interprets strategy and complex data to decide amid uncertainty, recommends benchmarked options with contingencies, owns outcomes, and builds consensus on critical directional decisions.

  • Influential facilitator: Ensures shared understanding, presents clear rationale, resolves conflicts through consensus, and uses facilitation techniques to move others to action.

  • Strategic problem solver: Anticipates roadblocks, promotes data-driven problem solving, prioritizes issues by business impact, aligns team efforts to organizational goals, and guides others through complex challenges

 

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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.


Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college and at least 4 years of professional experience
  • Associate degree and at least 7 years of professional experience, or high school diploma and at least 9 years of professional experience
  • At least 3 years of professional experience in manufacturing IT or leading site-level IT operations in a plant environment
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship
  • Military experience may be considered equivalent to professional experience
  • Experience supporting ERP or MES environments
  • Lean or Six Sigma exposure

GE Aerospace Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Aerospace and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Aerospace.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs, behavioral health support, and some on‑site healthcare options. Wellbeing programs emphasize physical, emotional, and social support and are often characterized as part of a top‑notch package.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company contributions, long‑term financial planning tools, and vesting provisions. Legacy pension benefits remain for eligible employees despite the plan being frozen.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time‑off offerings include paid vacation, holidays, sick time, personal days, and flexible work arrangements, with permissive PTO noted for some salaried roles. Family support includes generous parental leave and adoption assistance.

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