Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Site Leadership & Strategy

• Lead overall site operationsfor the Jacksonville facility including manufacturing engineering materials EHS quality and support functions.
• Develop and execute the site strategyaligned with Unison P&L objectives including capacity footprint technology and capability roadmaps.
• Own SQDC performancefor the site establishing clear metrics governance and operating rhythms to deliver on safety quality delivery cost and cash commitments.
• Represent the sitewithin the broader Unison and GE Aerospace network ensuring alignment on demand programs New Product Introduction (NPI) and growth plans.

Safety Quality & Compliance

• Champion a zero-injury safety culture ensuring compliance with all EHS standards regulations and risk reduction initiatives.
• Ensure robust quality systemsare in place and continuously improved to meet regulatory customer and internal standards (e.g. FAA AS9100 customer audits).
• Drive compliance and governance including export control trade compliance financial controls and company policies.

Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Drive operational excellenceusing lean principles to improve flow reduce waste and increase productivity and asset utilization.
• Lead continuous improvement initiativesto improve OTD first-pass yield scrap/rework inventory turns and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Partner with supply chain and sourcingto ensure material availability supplier performance and cost productivity.
• Support and scale NPIs and technology introductions ensuring readiness of processes tooling and skills.

People Leadership & Culture

• Build and lead a high-performing leadership teamfor the site; provide coaching development and succession planning for key roles.
• Foster an inclusive engaged culturealigned with GE Aerospace Behaviors: Respect Continuous Improvement and Customer-Driven.
• Drive talent developmentfor hourly and salaried employees including skills development career progression and leadership pipeline.
• Lead effective communicationacross the site ensuring clarity of goals progress and change initiatives; maintain strong relations with employee representatives where applicable.

Customer Stakeholder & Community Engagement

• Serve as the primary site interfacewith key internal and external customers supporting customer visits audits and performance reviews.
• Partner cross-functionallywith Engineering Quality Programs Finance HR and other sites to meet program and customer commitments.
• Represent the site in the local community building a positive brand for Unison and GE Aerospace and supporting workforce development initiatives with schools technical colleges and community partners.

Financial & Business Performance

• Own site-level financial performancewithin the Unison P&L framework including productivity absorption working capital and investment plans.
• Develop and manage the site budgetand capital expenditure plans to support growth capacity and productivity objectives.
• Identify and execute cost-out and cash initiativeswhile protecting safety quality and customer commitment

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Business or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership in manufacturing or operations.

Desired Characteristics

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Prefer experience in aerospace or a highly regulated industry.
• Leadership- Demonstrated experience leading a large manufacturing site or major operations value stream with P&L or significant budget responsibility.
• Operational Excellence - Proven track record driving lean transformations continuous improvement and measurable SQDC improvements.
• Regulated Environment - Experience operating in a safety- and quality-critical environment with strong regulatory/compliance requirements.
• Leadership Style - Strategic decisive accountable leader who can set direction inspire teams and drive change.
• Culture & People - Strong people leader with a passion for developing talent building inclusive teams and maintaining high engagement.
• Customer Focus - Deeply customer-driven mindset with demonstrated ability to respond to customer needs and improve customer satisfaction.
• Communication - Excellent communication and influencing skills; able to engage effectively at all levels of the organization and with external stakeholders.
• Analytical & Execution - Strong problem-solving data-driven decision making and execution discipline.
• Change & Transformation - Experience leading transformations (lean footprint tech introductions org changes) in complex operations.

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 retirement contributions as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance adoption assistance paid parental leave disability insurance life insurance and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its 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. 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)).

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