Engineering Operations Leader; Product Validation- Test Measurements

Job Description Summary

The Engineering Operations Leader for Product Validation Test Measurements owns day-to-day operations and the financial performance of the test measurements department. The leader coordinates staffing plans, production schedules, and capacity-to-demand alignment; manages the department budget and cost drivers; and executes tactical initiatives to improve throughput, accuracy, and asset utilization. The role sustains pillar operations and alignment across teams and sites. Interfaces with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiative coordination.

Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives.

• Partners with Pillar Leader to integrate department priorities and strategy into operating rhythm and ensures alignment across teams, financial processes, etc.
• Staffing, capacity and demand planning:
  Develop staffing plans (SWP); align skills and coverage to demand. Balance workload across teams and global sites to meet delivery commitments. ONE team-based demand and capacity planning.
• Helps identify resource needs, skill/capability gaps, and advises on allocation in support of the strategy and outcomes of the team.
• Financial management:
  Accountable for finance and operations initiatives;
  Own the department operating budget and outlook; track actuals vs plan; deliver on financial commitments; oversee capital planning, control labor and non-labor spend.
• Operate a consistent weekly and monthly cadence for operations and financial reviews. Drive improvements in Key Performance Indicators and Process Performance Indicators. Monitor and analyze performance data against targets to identify areas for improvement and drive operational excellence.
• Defines and implements a process and rhythm to continuously assess project/priorities alignment with section, department and product line objectives. Develop action plans to anticipate and respond to problems.
• Utilizes Flight Deck to drive continuous improvement. Embraces and integrates Lean principles into operations, utilizing proven toolkits for daily management and problem solving. Supports LEAN adoption and implementation of LEAN strategy across organization.
• Influences functional and operations teams and/or projects with varied levels resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Leads teams to find creative solutions to address complex problems that impact the organization. Has ability to evaluate quality of information received and questions conflicting data for analysis.
• Utilizes expertise and judgement to solve problems, leveraging skills and analytic thinking as required. Uses multiple internal and external resources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• Communicates complex messages and negotiates mainly internally with others to adopt a different point of view and gain buy-in across the organization. Influences peers for support and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers as required.
• Stays informed of industry and customer trends that may inform work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Science. (Or a bachelor's degree in other disciplines from an accredited university or college with at least 6 years of experience in a technical or engineering function)
• Minimum of 6 additional years of experience in a Technical or Engineering position.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

• Ability and willingness to work flexible and off-shift hours when business needs dictate.
• Ability and willingness to travel to and support operations at offsite locations when business needs dictate.

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Project management and execution experience in a cross-functional team environment with projects of moderate complexity across a matrixed organization.
• Strong organizational skills with proven ability to lead multiple initiatives/projects to completion simultaneously.
• Familiarity with aerospace test environment; prior test measurements & instrumentation experience preferred.
• Experience leading teams directly or indirectly; team champion and advocate, with effective leadership/team building skills. Ability to guide, coach and influence others.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while maintaining focus on SQDC priorities.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels within the company as well as organizations outside GE.

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