On Wing Support CVG Engineering Leader

Job Description SummaryAre you ready to see your career take flight? At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen.
GE Aerospace’s On Wing Support is a full-service provider with the regulatory certification and OEM engineering support needed to complete complex engine repairs. Providing 24/7 AOG support, we dispatch OEM-trained technicians with tooling and parts to the flight line to provide repair solutions that help avoid unscheduled engine removal. Check us out! https://www.geaerospace.com/commercial/services/on-wing-support
The On Wing Support (OWS) CVG Engineer will be responsible for the engineering benchmark associated with the manufacturing (disassembly, repair, and assembly) process and the industrialization and eventual standardization of the shop’s repair processes including workscope and workstation preparedness.Job Description

• Embrace Flight Deck and lead using tools to drive continuous improvement, business KPI’s and cultural advancement of the technical team/site.

• Provide technical leadership to shop operations, Quality Control, etc. regarding:  workscope and evaluation for engines and/or components; service bulletins; modifications; configuration; new repair techniques for engines assigned.  Establish tollgates to ensure compliance. 

• Be responsible for shop’s integration and execution of Service Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives, Special Procedures, and regular and unscheduled maintenance tasks to ensure Regulatory, Customer, and OEM requirements have been satisfied. 

• Receive engine-specific workscopes, special work orders, repair order, etc. from CTP, product engineering and / or customers, evaluate, and translate into enterprise tool.  Convert incoming records for workscope applicability and configuration management.

• Develop, in detail, methods procedures that include tooling, adapters, special equipment requirements and their application, processing techniques to repair, and ultimately the step sequence methodology in which tasks should be completed in accordance with approved data.  Identify special check procedures plus additional information as required.  Work on a global team to create, regularly review, and improve these global routers.  Translate output into enterprise system.

• Partner with production and planning teams to coordinate workscopes, etc. to effectively complete engine repairs in the shop or at offsite locations throughout the world

• Initiate DRs/DICAs and follow through disposition.  Engage Product Support Engineering and/or other resources to eliminate fleet issues.

• Provides necessary equipment and tooling engineering support as required.  Anticipate and respond to identified needs, both immediate and projected.  Work to assure efficient operations by providing necessary services and planning.  Maintain / organize facility and tooling as required.  Introduce new tooling and advanced technology to improve the repair process.  Instruct technician group in tooling usage as required.

• Liaison across multiple departments include both the internal team and customers to ensure seamless service and work scope execution. 

• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and tasks.  Ensure consistency with engineering policies and procedures, and customer requirements

• Monitor and communicate project status, business issues and significant developments

• Participate in problem-solving process. Perform as a problem-solver, as necessary, to ensure adherence to quality and schedules.

• Support Quality activities related to defect investigations and corrective action implementation from a technical perspective.

• Understand appropriate Aircraft Maintenance Manual, Engine Shop Manual procedures.

• Demonstrate required knowledge of OWS Quality Procedures, as well as FAA/EASA Part 145 requirements and procedures.   Act in accordance with the site’s Repair Station and Quality Control Manual and other applicable regulation/bounds.

• Deliver “all-hands on deck” support for AOGs (Aircraft On Ground) as they arise.

• Lead and coach a group of salaried and other salaried professionals to achieve many of the above-listed goals.

• GE On Wing Support is a 24 / 7 / 365 operation.  Applicants must be willing and able to support calls during off-hours when emergency situations arise.

• Availability to work flexible shift patterns as required, including nights, weekends and holidays.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and 3+ years of manufacturing or operations experience (or a minimum high school diploma / GED with an additional 4+ years of manufacturing or operations experience).

Desired Characteristics:

• Exposure to FAR 145 engine repair station ideal.

• Familiarity with engine manuals, aircraft maintenance manuals.

• Holds previous LEAP, GE90, CFM, CF6, CF34, and GENX experience and international field experience.  This knowledge to include Line maintenance, engine changes, module removal & installation, and/or LRU removals and installations.

• Lean manufacturing background.

• Continuous improvement mindset.

• Possess a desire to learn and grow with technology advancements and new engine models

• Demonstrated quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.

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