Advanced Lead Engineer - Commercial Field Service

at  GE Aviation

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

As an Advanced Lead Engineer – Commercial Field Service, you will get the unique opportunity to serve as the primary on-site representative for our customer and a single point of contact for key internal stakeholders before, during, and after aircraft entry into service.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

A Bachelor’s of Engineering or technical degree from an accredited university or college with at least 4 years of full time working experience in airline operations or maintenance planning, engineering, aviation propulsion, or related field (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of full time work experience in fields noted above)

• Provide program leadership, technical direction, and assistance to the customer in the operation, inspection, maintenance, and repair of assigned jet engine product lines
• Monitor reliability and on wing performance (e.g. significant events, engine removals, delays and cancellation). Influence airline stakeholders to implement important reliability improvements or deliver on special programs or projects (water/foam wash, derate optimization, fleet programs, etc.).
• Influence long-term maintenance planning to ensure aircraft engine fleet stability
• Interpret OEM & technical manuals where necessary
• Review effectiveness of maintenance actions to identify training need opportunities
• Leverage lean principles to assist the customer in finding proactive reliability enhancements to drive a reduced cost of ownership
• Produce data analytics and timely reporting of fleet status, program updates, events, and trends to key internal stakeholders
• Provide recommendations on opportunities for proactive maintenance based on engine performance analytics