Job Description Summary

The Support Operations Manager has responsibility for Sourcing/Purchasing Warehouse & Logistics Facilities and EHS at GE Aerospace Flight Test Operation. In this role you will lead a team to oversee and manage all aspects of support operations at multiple locations. This position will have management and leadership responsibility for exempt employees and nonexempt employees contingent workers and purchased services. The manager will work with other staff and teams at Flight Test Operation to drive continuous improvement ensure reliability and consistency of daily operations.

In this role you will be responsible for major and complex assignments with longterm business implications manage complex issues within functional area(s) of expertise and contribute to the overall business strategy. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required. Impacts and manage the teams ability to achieve service quality and timeliness of objectives. Drives initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the team and interfaces with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics dashboards functional processes and crossfunctional initiative coordination.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Manages a small to medium team of direct reports and dotted line reports. Develop and implement strategy for the area of responsibilities including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
• Accountable for partnering with site leadership to establish training programs to continually improving employees technical capabilities and knowledge of governing procedures regulations and requirements.
• Monitoring preventive and corrective maintenance on manufacturing and utility equipment/ systems. Ensures minimum response times to equipment breakdowns and achievement of equipment availability targets.
• Building and property maintenance including all aspects of onsite facility maintenance.
• Planning for capital investments and expense management regarding installations/repairs of production and facility equipment. Lead projects through schematic design engineering financials bidding construction and project closeout. Manage project financials and schedule.
• Manage the buying process for Flight Test Operation. Apply sourcing policy interface between supplier and entity with respect to specifications and budgets. Place and followup on purchase orders. Manage relationships with suppliers for execution.
• Accountable for receiving warehousing and releasing materials into production. Manage & drive systemic improvements in material control processes and systems.
• Engages in the sites Environmental Health and Safety programs to ensure compliance with all tasks and projects performed. This includes compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Supports physical security and crisis management program for protection of assets and employees. Serves as primary or alternate site security leader.
• Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
• Embraces and integrates Lean principles to drive productivity ontime delivery process capability and stable operations in our increasingly complex and demanding environment.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems that impact the quality function and site operations. 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of related experience in Sourcing/Purchasing Warehouse & Logistics Facilities or EHS.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD Security Clearance.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible and offshift hours (including 1st 2nd 3rd shift nights weekends and holidays) when business needs dictate.
• Ability and willingness to travel to and support operations at offsite locations when business needs dictate.

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated commitment to health and safety champions efforts to ensure that team members are safe.
• 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. Strong organizational skills with proven ability to lead multiple initiatives/projects to completion simultaneously.
• Experience leading teams directly or indirectly; team champion and advocate with effective leadership/team building skills. Ability to guide coach and influence others.
• Ability to effectively manage time and establish priorities across many assignments in a fastpaced dynamic environment.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels within the company as well as organizations outside GE i.e. regulatory agencies and subject matter experts.
• Prior experience with aircraft operations aviation maintenance support aircraft flight test engine development testing or flight testing manufacturing or maintenance repair and overhaul of aviation systems.
• EHS experience with a focus in manufacturing laboratory or test environment
• Demonstrated operations management experience.
• Prior experience as a manager leading teams in the aerospace/aviation industry.

The base pay range for this position is $156300 $260700. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidates experience education and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on 6/29/2025.

Healthcare benefits include medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach a 24/7 nursebased resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program providing 24/7 confidential assessment counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirements Savings Plan a taxadvantages 401(K) savings opportunity with the company matching contributions and company retirement contributions as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance adoption assistance adoption assistance paid parental leave disability insurance life insurance and paid timeoff for vacation or illness.

General Electric Company Ropcor Inc. their successors and in some cases their 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 Sponsors welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. exportcontrolled information. Therefore for applicants who are not asylees refugees lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e. not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) otherwise known as a U.S. Person) final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. exportcontrolled information from the U.S. Government.

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