Lead Engineer – Repair Development

Job Description Summary

Our AEO Repair Engineering team is responsible for supporting the development and implementation of repairs for the overall Aeroderivative engine fleet including the LM500, LM5000, LM6000, LM2500, LMS100 and LM1600 products. The team is instrumental in supporting our Aviation repair shops and our customer repair shops to meet financial targets and enhance their repair capability to service the end users of our Aeroderivative products. The Lead Repair Engineer is an individual contributor who will work to make decisions, apply concepts and resolve issues on assigned projects guided by established business policies, procedures, standards and best practices. Impacts quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of own team. Has significant input into priorities. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring moderate levels of operational judgment.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Development of repair and inspection technologies to meet short term and long-term business needs

Ability to work across functions in the development, implementation, and final industrialization of a repair to support our shops and customer shops.

Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services as it pertains to repair.

Provide technical leadership to personnel supporting assigned projects to find creative solutions to complex problems with technical variety and/or interdependent processes. This will include being a resource for less experienced colleagues.

Leverage prior experience and knowledge and broaden knowledge of one’s own technical discipline to meet product deliverables. This may require use of multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Prepare and present technical data to internal and external customers, including leadership.

Share engineering information and promote open dialogue. This includes timely communications on significant issues or developments

Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks is consistent with engineering policies and procedures

Developing specialized knowledge in their discipline. Serves as best practice/quality resource. Has awareness of latest technical developments in own area. Contributes towards strategy and policy development, and ensure delivery within area of responsibility.

Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.

Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college

minimum of three years of experience in an engineering role

Desired Characteristics

Strong oral and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems

Early adopter of change, adjusting to find faster, simpler approaches that are impactful

Strong project management skills

Strong prioritization and organizational skills

Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

Established project management skills.

Prior repair, manufacturing and/or design engineering experience

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Additional Information

GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088EEOCKnowYourRights1020.pdf) . 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 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).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes