JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Step into a dynamic leadership role where you’ll drive operational excellence and help teams achieve GE Aerospace’s core objectives: Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC).
As a Manufacturing Leader, you’ll play a key role in coordinating activities, fostering collaboration, and ensuring alignment with organisational goals to deliver world-class aerospace solutions.
This role is an opportunity to grow your leadership skills while contributing to continuous improvement and the implementation of lean principles to enhance processes and performance. You’ll be at the forefront of problem-solving, promoting a culture of accountability, teamwork, and compliance with safety standards. Your efforts will directly impact the delivery of high-quality products and services to customers worldwide.
At GE Aerospace’s Cheltenham facility, you’ll be part of a team specialising in advanced aircraft power distribution and avionics systems. The site supports design, development, manufacturing, and aftermarket services for leading aerospace manufacturers in civilian and military sectors. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams on exciting projects, working with cutting-edge technologies that shape the future of aviation.
This role is ideal for someone with a strong foundation of manufacturing experience who is ready to take their leadership skills to the next level.

SKILLS:

• Ability to lead and support teams, fostering collaboration and alignment with organisational goals.
• Strong analytical skills to identify issues, develop solutions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to ensure clear and effective interaction with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Proficiency in lean tools and techniques, such as Kaizen, Standard Work, and Hoshin Kanri, to enhance processes and performance.
• Ability to manage activities, prioritise tasks, and ensure timely delivery of projects and services.
• Deep understanding of safety protocols and the ability to promote a safety-first culture.
• Competence in monitoring and interpreting performance metrics to drive informed decision-making.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Relevant degree or diploma and/or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience in manufacturing, operations,
• Lean Six Sigma certification or similar credentials are highly desirable.
• Ability to build relationships, influence others, and foster a culture of accountability and teamwork.

• Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees.
• Typically managing hourly employee populations.
• Broadening knowledge of own technical discipline to execute policy/strategy.
• May include support roles with specialised technical field of knowledge; still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills.
• Basic understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework.
• Resolves issues in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgement within established procedures.
• Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters.