Job Description Summary

Advanced technology, advanced thinking, and a superb work environment. When you come to work at the GE Aerospace Airfoils facility located in Piedmont, SC, just outside of Greenville, you’ll come to realize that you’re in a place where you can do your best. We’re producing High Pressure Turbine Blades that help power tomorrow’s commercial and military aircraft. We’re using innovative production methodologies including complex machining, special processes, and NDT. By engaging with highly collaborative teams, we’re out to continuously improve our performance by delivering quality products, on-time to customers.
As the Manufacturing Engineer for the weekend shift at our Piedmont, SC site, you will perform engineering associated with the manufacturing process and make a lasting impact on the operations of the plant by enabling manufacturing uptime, cost reduction, and increased product quality. Your contributions will range from creating and developing processes, to problem solving process related issues, to learning new technologies to lead continuous improvement within our manufacturing processes.

This position will support our weekend shift with standard days of Friday, Saturday, Sunday for 12 hours per day. This role will require up to 10% travel.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop in-depth expertise to become subject matter expert of assigned processes
• Coordinate the design, development and implementation of programs according to the drawing and specification requirements
• Responsible for machinery selection along with development or improvement concepts
• Drive the qualification of new equipment
• Design and develop new processes to support new product introductions
• Drive efforts to support and meet production schedules, including safety, quality, and delivery
• Utilize Lean principles and participate in action workouts to improve product cost, throughput and quality
• Display a dedicated, team-oriented work ethic with personal ownership while having a goal-focused mindset

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of manufacturing experience)
• At least an additional 3 years of manufacturing experience

Desired Characteristics:

• Must be willing to work standard Friday, Saturday and Sunday weekend shift, 12 hours per day
• Knowledge of creep feed grind machining in a manufacturing environment
• Prior process / manufacturing knowledge of high-pressure turbine blade manufacturing
• Hands-on shop floor experience with experience providing technical direction
• Experience analyzing and resolving problems
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Established project management skills.
• 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
• Possess a strong desire to grow and learn new manufacturing processes and possess ability to know when to seek help
• Have flexibility in hours/shift of work; ability to flex schedule for training and/or shop coverage needs

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like Health Ahead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. ​

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

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

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes