Senior Operations Staff Manager - Peebles Outdoor Test & ICS Business Leader

Job Manager For Aerospace Testing

This position will oversee and manage all aspects of Dev Test & ICS, ensuring compliance with safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC) priorities. This role involves leading a team of engineers and technicians to execute rigorous testing protocols for aerospace components and systems in outdoor environments. The manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and optimizing test schedules, analyzing test data, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, and quality assurance, is essential to ensure test results align with program requirements and customer expectations. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Manage an operation, business, unit, or part of a production facility in order to reach defined targets in quality, cost, delivery, and safety. Ensure continuous business improvement according to benchmarks and standards. Team management of salaried employees. This does not include production supervisors who oversee hourly employees.
• Manages a small to medium team of senior professionals as well as others. Requires specialized knowledge within the function. Influence the development of strategy for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
• 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.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology or engineering. 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 is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and / or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
• Be an advocate for using Lean Manufacturing / FLIGHT DECK principles for problem solving endeavors.

Required Qualifications

Desired Characteristics

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer. 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.

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