Senior Engineering Manager

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager for our Castings Team at GE Aerospace Dayton Cores and Castings (DCC).

Our Casting Team is using technology to advance the development and manufacturing of airfoils. DCC is experiencing a tremendous amount of growth, and continued technology development is critical to our success.

The Senior Castings Engineering Leader will be responsible for driving business metrics around yield, lead time, and cost improvements at the GE Aerospace Dayton Cores and Casting site.

This individual will function in a team environment, with the plant leader, members of the site level Staff, Engineers, and Technicians to ensure business metrics and support both internal and external customers.

This leadership role will require you to develop, coach, and support your team of 6-7 people, while supporting delivery and cost in a secure, compliant, and safe manner.

This position would be a good fit for a Technical Leader with strong people leadership and New Product Introduction (NPI) experience.

Previous experience with Airfoil, Core, Casting, and / or Ceramic Manufacturing would be preferred.

Dayton Cores and Castings (DCC) is a GE Aerospace manufacturing shop that makes HPT Airfoil Cores and Castings. We are a low-rate production shop that develops the leading edge of airfoil technology to deliver value through new product introduction and manufacturing industrialization.

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Hold technical responsibility and daily management for team balancing delivering defined projects and manufacturing support.
• Provide leadership, accountability and output against program milestones and manufacturing deliverables.
• Own and be accountable for business projects to deliver yield improvements, productivity, cost out and capacity.
• Use personal technical experience, data analysis, and expertise both within the team and outside the team to support problem solving efforts.
• Partner with both internal DCC team members of adjacent functions and other GE Aerospace organizations to assist with problem solving, definition of experiments, and drive to solutions.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and implements best practices to improve products, or processes.
• Lead others to find creative solutions within complex manufacturing processes.
• Develop expertise in own function of ceramics and / or casting technology.
• Influence others to ensure delivery by partnering with other parts of the organization.
• Manage the wellbeing, load, capacity, and execution of a team of Manufacturing Engineers.
• Actively drive for team development and growth, promote a culture of Continuous Improvement and data / analytical led decision making.

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree accredited college or university
• Minimum of 5 years of shop operations / manufacturing technology experience

Desired Characteristics :

• At least 7 years of additional experience in shop operations / manufacturing technology
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing process and experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
• Experience with NPI development is an advantage.
• Experience with Additive technology, Airfoils, Ceramics, and / or Castings is an advantage.
• Humble : respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent : shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused : quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability : strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver : analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
8 days ago