Job Description Summary

Lead the Rutland site through quality assurance and process control by creating a culture of open reporting. Reporting directly to the Compressor Airfoils Product Safety Quality Leader and dotted line to the RPCA Quality Leader, this leadership staff role is responsible and accountable for meeting all quality influenced plant and Part family KPIs and strategic goals. This role is responsible for developing, leading and integrating a Safety Management System to promote and establish a positive product safety culture founded on proactive risk management. This role is a critical part of the site leadership team with a direct and daily impact on GE's largest product offerings and has influence on the Part Family strategy in manufacturing, design, quality, and policy.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• This Product Safety Quality Leader position will lead the Rutland site including accountability for all quality outcomes of the manufacturing plant as well as leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Safety Management System for the site.

• Ownership of improvement of Quality KPI's and SPI’s – customer escapes, MRB line items, losses, etc through FLIGHT DECK fundamentals.

• Promoting a positive product safety culture, coordinating product safety initiatives, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Drive culture shift with Zero Defect Model line approach.

• Enable the site SMS Focal to work with cross-functional teams to identify, assess, and mitigate product safety risks while driving continuous improvement in product safety performance. 

• Ownership for improvement of FTY with collaboration from Engineering counterparts.

• Problem solving through FLIGHT DECK fundaments and use of statistical tools identifying actions for improvement. Monitor improvements through control phase.

• Ownership of improving site Quality System along with compliance to the quality system.

• Champions APQP (Advanced Planning Quality Process) into change management and NPI.

• Leader of people leaders including quality engineers, metrology, calibration, quality systems, and Zero-Defect team.

• Influence the development of strategy for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.

• Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services.

• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and can construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

• Actively displays GE leadership behaviors; Deliver with Focus; Leads with Transparency and Act with Humility when leading teams and solving problems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university  + 

• Minimum of 5 years of Quality Leadership experience

Desired Characteristics

• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn

• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively

• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed

• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative

• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

• 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 retire